Care on Sherbro Island: what the island's hospital can do, what has to go to the mainland by boat, and how Sierra Leone's health system works level by level — with the free emergency line.
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Where to go for care on Sherbro Island — what the island's hospital can do, what has to go to the mainland, and how Sierra Leone's health system is meant to work, level by level. Boat-only means planning ahead: for anything the hospital here can't handle, you'll need a crossing.
Uganda’s public health facilities go up in steps. Knowing which step you need saves a wasted journey — a Health Centre II can’t admit you, and a hospital is far for a cough.
Maternal & Child Health Post (MCHP)
The smallest local post: antenatal check-ups, child immunisation, and treatment for malaria and everyday illness. No admissions or surgery.
Community Health Post (CHP)
Basic outpatient care for common illness and injury, close to home. Refers anything serious upward.
Community Health Centre (CHC)
A larger centre with trained staff: outpatient care, normal deliveries, and maternal and child services. The chiefdom-level referral point.
District / General Hospital (Hospital)
Inpatient beds, emergencies, surgery, blood transfusion and emergency care for childbirth. Where serious cases are meant to go.
Regional / Referral Hospital (Referral)
Specialist and complex care beyond a district hospital — in Bo or Freetown. Off Sherbro Island: a boat crossing and a road journey.
Government facilities are the public system. Under Sierra Leone's Free Healthcare Initiative, care for pregnant women, new mothers and children under five is free — but medicines, tests and transport are often not covered, so bring what money you can.
Warm pins are hospitals and Health Centre IVs (the higher levels of care); blue pins are Health Centre IIs and IIIs and clinics. Pick a need above to highlight the facilities that can help.
Bonthe Government Hospital
0.3 km from Bonthe
District / General Hospital · Government · Bonthe (Sherbro Island)
The island's hospital, on Coulson Street. Emergency care for childbirth, a blood bank, and solar power keeping the lights on since 2023. The top of the care ladder on Sherbro Island.
Mattru General Hospital
38 km from Bonthe
District / General Hospital · Government · Mattru Jong (mainland)
On the mainland at Mattru Jong — reached by boat and then road. A mainland alternative, and on the way inland for onward referral to Bo.
The island's hospital is the top of the ladder here
In an emergency
The 2 facilities this tool lists across Bonthe, grouped by sub-county and division.
Bonthe Government Hospital
District / General Hospital · Government
The island's hospital, on Coulson Street. Emergency care for childbirth, a blood bank, and solar power keeping the lights on since 2023. The top of the care ladder on Sherbro Island.
Mattru General Hospital
District / General Hospital · Government
On the mainland at Mattru Jong — reached by boat and then road. A mainland alternative, and on the way inland for onward referral to Bo.
Facility name, level and ownership from the Uganda Ministry of Health — National Health Facility Registry. Map locations © OpenStreetMap contributors. A facility whose exact location we couldn’t confirm is listed here but not pinned on the map. Spotted something wrong or missing? Use the report link at the bottom of this page.
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