McCord's Hospital, originally McCord Zulu Hospital, is a hospital in Durban, South Africa.

Exterior and interior views of the Hospital, before 1935
Founders James Bennett McCord and Margaret Mellen McCord, before 1935

It was founded "for the Zulu", by American Christian missionaries, physician Dr. James Bennett McCord and Margaret Mellen McCord, in 1909.[1]

McCord Hospital shut down after 104 years in 2013 due to budget cuts by the local government.[2]

Sinikithema HIV/AIDS Clinic

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McCord Hospital's Sinikithemba HIV clinic was a President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief site in South Africa that treated provided antiretrovirals to both adults and children.[3][4]

The Sinikithema HIV clinic was one of the first PEPFAR sites to build an electronic medical record.[5] The EMR system identified that nonpregnant women with an elevated mean body mass index (BMI) on the HIV antiretroviral stavudine were at a higher risk of developing lactic acidosis.[6]

Several implementation studies were published documenting McCord Hospitals HIV antiretroviral cohorts in prestigious international journals.[7] The Sinikithema family centered model was also featured in a letter to the editor in The New York Times[8]

References

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  1. ^ Parle, Julie. The People's Hospital: A History of McCords, Durban, 1890s-1970s. Natal Society Foundation. ISBN 978-1-991225-69-6.
  2. ^ "McCord hospital in Durban closing down". News 24. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  3. ^ https://www.aidshealth.org/2013/03/south-africa-aids-advocacy-march-to-protest-pepfar-cuts-mar-15-12h00-durban/
  4. ^ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-01-23-cutting-the-mccord-durbans-hospital-finally-loses-the-battle/
  5. ^ Dybul, Mark. "Lessons learned from PEPFAR". Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. doi:10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181bbc98d. PMID 19858928.
  6. ^ Geddes, Rosemary; Knight, Stephen; Moosa, Yunus; Reddi, Anand; Uebel, Kerry; Sunpath, Henry (2006). "A high incidence of nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI)-induced lactic acidosis in HIV-infected patients in a South African context". South African Medical Journal. 96 (8). PMID 17019496.
  7. ^ Reddi, Anand; Leeper, Sarah C.; Grobler, Anneke C.; Geddes, Rosemary; France, K Holly; Dorse, Gillian L.; Vlok, Willem J.; Mntambo, Mbali; Thomas, Monty; Nixon, Kristy; Holst, Helga L.; Karim, Quarraisha Abdool; Rollins, Nigel C.; Coovadia, Hoosen M.; Giddy, Janet (17 March 2017). "Preliminary outcomes of a paediatric highly active antiretroviral therapy cohort from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa". BMC Pediatrics. 7 (12): 13. doi:10.1186/1471-2431-7-13. PMC 1847430. PMID 17367540.
  8. ^ Reddi, Anand (1 November 2010). "Aids: Time to Refocus". The New York Times.