Holy Innocents Children's Hospital

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Holy Innocents Children's Hospital
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbarara
Holy Innocents Children's Hospital
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Geography
Location Mbarara, Mbarara District, Western Region, Uganda
Coordinates 00°37′23″S30°38′50″E / 0.62306°S 30.64722°E / -0.62306; 30.64722
Organisation
Care system Private, Non-profit
Type Pediatric Hospital
Services
Emergency department I
Beds100
History
Opened2009
Links
Website Homepage
Other links Hospitals in Uganda

Holy Innocents Children's Hospital (HICH), is a pediatric general hospital in the Western Region of Uganda. Founded in 2009, [1] it is the second entirely pediatric hospital in the country, the other being CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda (CCHU), located in Mbale, in Eastern Uganda, which was founded in 2000. [2]

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Location

HICH is located in the city of Mbarara, in Mbarara District, approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi), west of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, the largest hospital in the Western Region of Uganda, and the nearest regional referral hospital. [3]

This location is approximately 272 kilometres (169 mi), by road southwest of Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. [4]

Overview

The hospital is a collaborative effort between many stakeholders, including the following: [1] 1. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbarara 2. Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau 3. The University of San Diego School of Nursing & Health Sciences 4. The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine 5. The Children's Hospital Oakland 6. The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego 7. California State University, Northridge 8. Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego 9. Private Businesspeople and Entrepreneurs 10. Donors and Volunteers worldwide. [1]

Operation

Holy Innocents Children's Hospital is a mender of the Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau. As of October 2020, the bed capacity was 55 beds. Annual outpatient visits were 20,468, with 3,922 annual admissions. Patient user fees accounted for 45.3 percent of the total hospital annual income. [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Holy Innocents Children's Hospital (October 2020). "About Holy Innocents Children's Hospital: A Tribute to Tom Thomas, Founder of Holy Innocents Children's Hospital Uganda, Inc". Holy Innocents Children's Hospital. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  2. CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda (23 October 2020). "About CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda". Mbale, Uganda: CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda . Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  3. Google (23 October 2020). "Road Distance Between Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital And Holy Innocents Children's Hospital" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  4. Google (23 October 2020). "Road Distance Between Mulago National Referral Hospital And Holy Innocents Children's Hospital" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  5. Kakinda, Annet (2005). "User fees in private non-for-profit hospitals in Uganda: a survey and intervention for equity". International Journal for Equity in Health. 4 (1): 6. doi: 10.1186/1475-9276-4-6 . PMC   1142334 . PMID   15871744.
  6. Lagarde, Mylene (2008). "The impact of user fees on health service utilization in low- and middle-income countries: how strong is the evidence?". World Health Organization.[ dead link ]