" I am privileged to work alongside Sheldon Wardwell and the dōTERRA team in establishing this unprecedented hospital in the Sanaag region of Somaliland . As a Pediatric Infectious Diseases specialist , I know its value will be immeasurable . Its opening will transform the region and save countless lives . Earlier this year , one of our contractors rode on a bus from Sanaag with a woman trying to find emergency healthcare for her young child . Help could not be found in time , and the child passed away . With the opening of our hospital , children like this will have access to the expert medical care they need close to home ." — Dr . Russell Osguthorpe , MD , CMO , dōTERRA ® Chief Medical Officer
The region is home to over 600,000 people but has little infrastructure and virtually no medical services . To address this crisis , dōTERRA and the dōTERRA Healing Hands Foundation built the Sanaag Specialty Hospital with a mission to be the highest-quality , most-trusted healthcare provider in Somaliland . The 37-bed inpatient hospital has over 60 medical professionals with three of Somaliland ’ s top physicians . The qualified staff will provide emergency services , surgical expertise , pediatric and maternity departments , an operating theater for performing Cesarean section deliveries , and medical diagnostics .
The Sanaag Specialty Hospital project began in 2017 and opened in 2021 , just after the dōTERRA Healing Hands Foundation celebrated its 10-year anniversary of empowering communities around the world . It is the largest philanthropic healthcare project that dōTERRA and the dōTERRA Healing Hands Foundation has accomplished to date and is an offering of gratitude to the communities that help provide the world with pure and effective Frankincense essential oil . doterrahealinghands . org 53