The St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College in Addis Ababa is the first largest hospital in Ethiopia. History The Hospital was built by Emperor Haile Selassie I in 1969 with the help of the German Evangelical Church. It aimed to serve the poor. A medical college was formed in 2007. Capacity The hospital has 350 beds sees an annual average of 300,000. It has a catchment population of more than 5 million. The hospital has 1200 clinical and non-clinical staff Departments There are over 13 departments which include: Forensic medicine and toxicology internal medicine neurology general surgery ENT psychiatry ophthalmology dentistry (maxillofacial surgery) radiology dermatology gynecology obstetrics pediatrics biomedicine emergency medicine neurosurgery Medical School A medical school, the Millennium Medical College was opened in 2007 to commemorate the new Millennium era of the Ethiopian Calendar (which is 7 years behind the Gregorian Calendar). Students admitted from each region of the country are required to pass written and oral (VIVA) entrance exams. The school was established by the Ethiopian Ministry of Health with Gordon Williams of the department of urology at the Hammersmith Hospital in London as the first dean. He became the medical director of the Hamlin Fistula Hospital in Addis Ababa. The enrollment is 40% female. There are links with University of Addis Ababa, Jimma University, Tulane University and University of Michigan as well as the Open University. The school's provost is Mesfin Araya, a psychiatrist. References Hospital buildings completed in 1969 Hospitals in Ethiopia Buildings and structures in Addis Ababa 1969 establishments in Ethiopia