The Edna Adan University Hospital building

Life at the hospital

Real moments from the wards, clinics, and operating rooms of Edna Adan University Hospital — the everyday work of the staff, students, and visiting clinicians who keep it running.

A nurse attending to a newborn baby while the mother looks on — Newborn care

A doctor examining a young patient with a stethoscope while family members look on — General medicine

Somaliland clinicians and a visiting surgeon together in the operating room after a procedure — Local & visiting clinicians, together in theatre

Surgeons performing a procedure together in the operating room — In the operating room

A hospital staff member holding and smiling with a young patient — Pediatric care

Edna Adan Ismail with a group of midwife trainees and donated Direct Relief midwife kits — Edna Adan Ismail with graduating midwives

A doctor holding an infant patient — A doctor with a young patient

A mother smiling with her newborn baby — A mother and her newborn

A delivery room at the hospital — The delivery room

Nurses at the hospital — Hospital nursing staff

A female surgeon with assisting nurses in the operating room — A surgeon and her nursing team

The entrance to the hospital's operating theatre — Outside the operating theatre

Graduating students from the hospital's fourth training batch — The 4th graduating class

Students studying in a classroom at Edna Adan University — Students in the classroom

A hospital ambulance — The hospital's ambulance service

The Edna Adan University Hospital building — The hospital building

The hospital's pharmacy — The hospital pharmacy

A school health outreach visit run by the hospital — School health outreach