Bugiri General Hospital | |
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Uganda Ministry of Health | |
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Geography | |
Location | Bugiri, Bugiri District, Eastern Region, Uganda |
Coordinates | 00°34′25″N33°44′33″E / 0.57361°N 33.74250°E Coordinates: 00°34′25″N33°44′33″E / 0.57361°N 33.74250°E |
Organisation | |
Care system | Public |
Type | General |
Services | |
Emergency department | I |
Beds | 100 |
History | |
Opened | 1967 |
Links | |
Other links | Hospitals in Uganda |
Bugiri General Hospital, also Bugiri District Hospital, or Bugiri Hospital, is a hospital in the Eastern Region of Uganda. [1]
The hospital is on the Jinja–Tororo highway, in the town of Bugiri, about 73 kilometres (45 mi), east of Jinja Regional Referral Hospital. [2] The coordinates of Bugiri General Hospital are: 0°34'25.0"N, 33°44'33.0"E (Latitude:0.573605; Longitude:33.742501). [3]
Bugiri General Hospital is a 100-bed, government-owned hospital. It serves Bugiri District and parts of the districts of Iganga, Busia, Namayingo Mayuge and Namutumba. [1] [4] [5]
The hospital was built in 1967 [1] by the Obote I government. Over the years, the hospital infrastructure has deteriorated, the equipment has become antiquated and hospital has become under-staffed. The remaining workers are overworked, underpaid, poorly funded and under-motivated. [6]
In November 2015,the Uganda Ministry of Health contracted Alliance Technical Services Limited to carry out repairs to the hospital at a budgeted sum of UGX:699,856,460. The repair work is expedience to conclude in August 2016. [1]
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