Ippy
| Ippy | |
|---|---|
  Ippy Location in Central African Republic | |
| Coordinates: 6°15′N 21°12′E / 6.250°N 21.200°E | |
| Country | Central African Republic |
| Prefecture | Ouaka |
| District | Ippy District |
| Population | |
| • Total | 16,571 |
Ippy is a town located in the Central African Republic prefecture of Ouaka.
The Ippy Hospital was founded by American missionary Margaret Nicholl Laird with facilities including 60 beds, two operating theaters and a 1,000 English-language medical textbook library. Laird herself worked at the hospital 1964, and nowadays the hospital has been described as a "shell of its former self".[1]
References
- ↑ Beesley, Mark. "The Bottom of the Sack: Health Service Provision in the Central African Republic" (PDF). University of Queensland. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
Coordinates: 6°15′N 21°12′E / 6.250°N 21.200°E
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