University Hospital of Oran

University Hospital of Oran (Arabic: مستشفى وهران الجامعي‎), (Oran-Mohamed-Boudiaf Hospital) is a large research hospital affiliated with the University of Oran in Oran, Algeria with a capacity of exceeding 1000 beds, established in 1986, located in front of the university.[1] A new modern hospital was developed in 2003, at a cost of €120 million.[2] The hospital is a major teaching facility of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Oran.[3] The original hospital was designed by noted Japanese architect Kenzō Tange, and is regarded as an example of his metabolic architecture concept.[4][5][6]

University Hospital of Oran
مستشفى وهران الجامعي
Geography
LocationWahran, Oran, Algeria
Coordinates35.693276°N 0.639028°W / 35.693276; -0.639028
Organisation
FundingPublic hospital
TypeTeaching and research
Affiliated universityUniversity of Oran
Services
Beds2,922 (in 2005)
History
Former name(s)St Lazare Hospital
Opened1877
Links
Websitehttp%3a%2f%2fwww.sante.dz%2fchu-oran%2findex.html
ListsHospitals in Algeria

History

The original hospital in the city was established in 1877 and the St Lazare Hospital moved in in April 1883. The decree n ° 57-1090 of October 3, 1957 designated it as the regional hospital of Oran. The ordinance 58-1373 of December 30, 1958, designated it as the "Hospital and University Center of Oran".[7]

In Albert Camus’ 1947 novel “The Plague” a mysterious virus runs through the city of Oran. This has inspired comparisons with the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.[8] 20 people were under intensive care in the hospital for COVID-19 in June 2020. Abdelaziz Djerad, the prime minister, visited to assess the evolution of case transmission and hospital conditions. The Algerian Minister of Health, Abderrahmane Benbouzid, toured the hospital.[9]

In 2003, the hospital played a critical role in the control of an outbreak of bubonic plague. It formed a crisis committee with the Institut Pasteur and the World Health Organisation and through molecular diagnosis, contact tracing and rapid treatment of cases identified, and treated 18 cases of plague with one fatality.[10][11][12]

In July 2020 the large increase in the number of cases of COVID-19 forced the hospital to turn the Physical Medicine and Occupational Rehabilitation centre into an area for Covid patients and the Department of Pediatric Urology was used for screening. 454 patients had been discharged from the hospital after recovery on 25 June since the start of the outbreak.[13] Subsequently 300 symptomatic cases arrived in 24 hours.[14] An RCB analysis device for the detection of COVID-19 was presented to the hospital in June 2020, a gift from Algerian doctors residing abroad. It can carry out about 16 analyzes per hour.[15]

An Algerian Raï singer, Siham El Gabouni, was arrested in July 2020 after releasing a video in which she criticised staffing levels at the Medical and Surgical Urgent Service and the dilapidated state of the hospital.[16] She was charged by the management of the hospital center with contempt of an official institution, damage to the symbols of the national revolution, defamation and taking photos and recording without authorization.[17] She was sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined 3,000 Algerian dinars.[18] A 46-year-old man was later arrested for photographing medical kits in the Department of Chest Diseases in order to defame them.[19]

References
  1. "University of Science and Technology of Oran Mohamed-Boudiaf". Times Higher Education. 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  2. Pasanen-Zetz, Heli (27 October 2011). "Algeria Health Sector Overview". Finpro.
  3. "Faculté de Médecine d'Oran Présentation année de fondation décret - Faculté de Médecine d'Oran - Université Ahmed Benbella d'Oran - Algérie". www.facmed-univ-oran.dz. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  4. Folder A080-003. The Kenzō Tange Archive -- 丹下健三アーカイブ, DES, 2011, 0012, 014379275, A000, A080, A080-003. Frances Loeb Library Special Collections, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University.
  5. "WORKS". Tange Associates. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  6. McDaniel, Justin Thomas (2017), "Monuments and Metabolism:: Kenzo Tange and the Attempts to Bring New Architecture to Buddhism's Oldest Site", Architects of Buddhist Leisure, Socially Disengaged Buddhism in Asia’s Museums, Monuments, and Amusement Parks, University of Hawai'i Press, pp. 30–81, ISBN 978-0-8248-6598-6, JSTOR j.ctt1wn0qv2.6, retrieved 2020-07-24
  7. "History of the Oran University Hospital". Sante.dz. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  8. de Botton, Alain (19 March 2020). "Camus on the Coronavirus". New York Times. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  9. "A tale of two plagues in Oran, Algeria: COVID-19 brings a dystopian novel to life". Chicago Crusader. 12 June 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  10. "WHO | Plague in Algeria - Update 2". WHO. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  11. Bertherat, Eric; Bekhoucha, Souad; Chougrani, Saada; Razik, Fathia; Duchemin, Jean B.; Houti, Leila; Deharib, Larbi; Fayolle, Corinne; Makrerougrass, Banaouda; Dali-Yahia, Radia; Bellal, Ramdan (October 2007). "Plague Reappearance in Algeria after 50 Years, 2003". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 13 (10): 1459–1462. doi:10.3201/eid1310.070284. ISSN 1080-6040. PMC 2851531. PMID 18257987.
  12. Bitam, Idir; Baziz, Belkacem; Rolain, Jean-Marc; Belkaid, Miloud; Raoult, Didier (December 2006). "Zoonotic Focus of Plague, Algeria". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 12 (12): 1975–1977. doi:10.3201/eid1212.060522. ISSN 1080-6040. PMC 3291359. PMID 17326957.
  13. "Covid-19:106 people leave Oran hospital after recovery". Elbilad. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  14. "أطباء يدقون ناقوس الخطر أمام ارتفاع حالات الإصابة بكورونا في وهران". Ennahara online. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  15. "المركز الاستشفائي الجامعي لوهران يتدعم بجهاز تحاليل للكشف عن الفيروس". Radio Algerie. 27 June 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  16. "مغنية راي جزائرية أمام القضاء اليوم بسبب فيديو "مستشفى وهران"". Al araby. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  17. "Algerian police arrest singer for criticizing dilapidated hospital". North Africa Journal. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  18. "الحكم بسجن المغنية الجزائرية سهام الجابونية". Al-Seyassah. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  19. "توقيف أربعيني تورط في تصوير أطقم طبية بمستشفى وهران الجامعي". Ennahara online. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
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