Somaliland President Inaugurates Newly Equipped Police Hospital

By: Mohamed Duale

HARGEISA — Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi inaugurated a newly equipped police hospital, the police force said on Saturday, describing the facility as sufficient to meet its healthcare needs.

The president cut a ribbon marking the completion of work to equip the hospital, according to a statement published by the Somaliland Police Force.

“The hospital has been fully equipped,” the statement said. “The force now has a hospital sufficient for its needs.”

Photographs released alongside the statement showed Abdullahi touring the facility with senior police officers and medical staff. The images showed hospital beds, a stocked pharmacy and a rehabilitation room fitted with exercise equipment and parallel bars.

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The president was also pictured listening to a medical staff member explain the rehabilitation facilities.

The police statement did not disclose the cost of the work, the hospital’s bed capacity or whether its services would extend to officers’ families or the wider public.

(Reporting by HornDiplomat News Desk)