# Orotta National Referral Hospital

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## TL;DR

Eritrea's national referral hospital in Asmara. Its children's hospital opened a cancer unit for children in February 2025, with training from a German team.

## Summary

Orotta Referral Hospital in Asmara is described by Eritrea's Ministry of Information as the country's largest medical facility. A paediatric oncology unit opened in a renovated section of its children's hospital on 13 February 2025, led by Prof. Uta Dirksen of University Hospital Essen with the German charity Archemed and support from the RTL Foundation; Archemed estimates that about 500 children are diagnosed with cancer in Eritrea each year, and says the German team trains doctors and nurses there. The coordinates are an approximate city point for Asmara.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-11
- Also known as: Orotta Referral Hospital; Orotta Hospital; Orota Hospital
- City: Asmara, ER
- Type: hospital

## Sources

- Archemed: children with cancer are given a chance at life (March 2025): https://www.archemed.org/news/children-with-cancer-are-given-a-chance-at-life/?lang=en
- Shabait: raising awareness and promoting prevention to reduce the cancer burden (February 2024): https://shabait.com/2024/02/26/raising-awareness-and-promoting-prevention-to-reduce-the-cancer-burden/

## Connected records

- institutions: [Ministry of Health, Eritrea](https://onco.cc/institutions/eritrea-ministry-of-health/), [West German Cancer Center (WTZ), University Hospital Essen](https://onco.cc/institutions/essen-wtz/)

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