# Hospitals in Somalia by city: Mogadishu, Hargeisa, Garowe, Kismayo, Baidoa and Galkayo > The main public and private hospitals in Mogadishu, Hargeisa, Garowe, Kismayo, Baidoa and Galkayo, who supports them, and what care costs. Source page: https://calankii.com/en/society/hospitals-by-city/ Last checked: 2026-11-12 Publisher: Calankii (https://calankii.com) ## In short Most hospitals in Somalia are in Mogadishu. Public hospitals cost little to enter, but supplies are short, so patients often buy their own medicines and dressings. Private hospitals generally offer better care at a much higher price. Treatments such as dialysis, organ transplants and some cancer care are scarce or unavailable, so serious cases often go to Kenya, the Gulf or India ([EUAA, Somalia Country Focus 2025, Mogadishu](https://www.euaa.europa.eu/coi/somalia/2025/country-focus/21-mogadishu/213-socioeconomic-indicators)). The figures below are from early 2025 unless stated. Hospitals open, close and change quickly, so call before you travel. ## Mogadishu About 18 larger hospitals operated in Mogadishu in early 2025 (EUAA, Mogadishu): - **Public:** Banadir, Medina and De Martino. Banadir had about 500 beds in a 2020 Danish study. Medina is used mainly by the police but also serves the public. - **Private:** [Aden Adde](/en/people/aden-abdulle-osman/), Kalkaal, Somali Sudanese, Ummo, Digfeer (Erdoğan), Yardimeli, Jazeera, Dufle, Fiqi, Dalmar, Forlanini, Habeeb, Liban, Shaafi and Hodon. - **Turkish-run:** Erdoğan (the rebuilt Digfeer) and Yardimeli are Turkish-owned, on land the government gave for free. Their prices are a little lower than fully private hospitals. - **Mental health:** Forlanini, Habeeb and Erdoğan have psychiatric wards. The Red Cross has long backed two Mogadishu hospitals. It has supported the Somali Red Crescent's **Keysaney** hospital since 1992, with the Norwegian Red Cross, and **Medina** since 2000. With Kismayo General, these hospitals treated 19,675 patients in 2025, including 1,674 with weapon wounds ([ICRC, programmes and activities in Somalia, January 2026](https://blogs.icrc.org/app/uploads/sites/99/2026/03/ICRC-programmes-and-activities-in-Somalia-January-2026.pdf)). **Costs in early 2025.** Public hospitals were officially free, but began asking an admission fee of about $3. Private admission cost $7 to $13. A night in hospital ran from about $20 at Yardimeli to $50 at Erdoğan. A caesarean section cost $250 to $300 (EUAA, Mogadishu). ## Hargeisa - **Public:** **Hargeisa Group Hospital** is the main public referral hospital. It has six main departments, about 30 units and about 700 staff. It sees around 260 patients a day, including about 20 women giving birth ([EUAA, Somalia Country Focus 2025, Hargeisa](https://www.euaa.europa.eu/coi/somalia/2025/country-focus/22-hargeisa/223-socioeconomic-indicators)). - **Mother and child centres:** free state-run centres give basic care and free delivery in many neighbourhoods (EUAA, Hargeisa). - **Private:** well-known private hospitals include Gaargaar, Manhal, Haldoor, Hussein Deeqle and the Edna Adan hospital (EUAA, Hargeisa). See [Edna Adan Ismail](/en/people/edna-adan-ismail/). There is no admission fee at public hospitals. Patients pay for some medicines and dressings, and relatives bring food. Private treatment for small problems costs $50 to $100 (EUAA, Hargeisa). ## Garowe - **Public:** Garowe General Hospital (about 200 beds) and Gol [Nugaal](/en/regions/nugaal/) Maternity Hospital (about 15 beds). - **Private:** Qaran (about 30 beds), Siha (about 45) and Arafat (about 60), among about seven larger private hospitals. Some private clinics are run by doctors who came back from abroad. - **Costs:** about $10 to be admitted to a public hospital and $15 at a private one. A caesarean costs $100 to $150 in a public hospital and about $300 in a private one. - **Mental health:** no public or private hospital in Garowe offered specialist mental health care in early 2025. ([EUAA, Somalia Country Focus 2025, Garowe](https://www.euaa.europa.eu/coi/somalia/2025/country-focus/23-garowe/233-socioeconomic-indicators).) ## Kismayo **Kismayo General Hospital** has had permanent Red Cross support since 2013, with medicines, staff pay, equipment and training. The Red Cross also backs a stabilisation centre in Kismayo for very malnourished young children, which treated 1,999 children under five in 2025 (ICRC, January 2026). ## Baidoa Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) supports **Bay Regional Hospital** in Baidoa, with emergency obstetric care, newborn care and treatment for malnourished children. In August 2025 MSF opened a 20-bed unit for women with obstetric fistula ([MSF, Somalia](https://msf.or.ke/en/country/somalia)). ## Galkayo **[Mudug](/en/regions/mudug/) Regional Hospital** in Galkayo North is supported by MSF, which runs emergency, maternity and children's services and treats malnutrition and tuberculosis, including drug-resistant TB. MSF also works in Galkayo South (MSF, Somalia). ## Read more - [Health in Somalia](/en/society/health-in-somalia/): the national numbers. - [Caring for Somali patients](/en/society/caring-for-somali-patients/): a guide for health workers. ## Sources - EUAA (2025). Somalia Country Focus: [Mogadishu](https://www.euaa.europa.eu/coi/somalia/2025/country-focus/21-mogadishu/213-socioeconomic-indicators), [Hargeisa](https://www.euaa.europa.eu/coi/somalia/2025/country-focus/22-hargeisa/223-socioeconomic-indicators) and [Garowe](https://www.euaa.europa.eu/coi/somalia/2025/country-focus/23-garowe/233-socioeconomic-indicators), socioeconomic indicators, health care. - ICRC (2026). [ICRC programmes and activities in Somalia, January 2026](https://blogs.icrc.org/app/uploads/sites/99/2026/03/ICRC-programmes-and-activities-in-Somalia-January-2026.pdf). - MSF. [Somalia](https://msf.or.ke/en/country/somalia), 2025 highlights. --- I want to help with this: email hello@calankii.com. Fix this page: email hello@calankii.com with the page link and your source.