Kaabong General Hospital

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Kaabong General Hospital
Uganda Ministry of Health
Kaabong General Hospital
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Geography
Location Kaabong, Kaabong District, Karamoja sub-region, Uganda
Coordinates 03°30′39″N34°07′53″E / 3.51083°N 34.13139°E / 3.51083; 34.13139
Organisation
Care system Public
Type General
Services
Emergency department I
Beds100
History
Opened2011
Links
Other links Hospitals in Uganda

Kaabong General Hospital, also Kaabong District Hospital, is a public hospital in the Northeastern Region of Uganda. [1] [2]

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Location

The hospital is located in the town of Kaabong, in Kaabong District, in Karamoja sub-region, in Northern Uganda, about 187 kilometres (116 mi), by road, northwest of Moroto Regional Referral Hospital. [3]

This is approximately 277 kilometres (172 mi), by road northeast of Gulu Regional Referral Hospital. [4] The coordinates of Kaabong General Hospital are 03°30'39.0"N, 34°07'53.0"E (Latitude:03.510833; Longitude:34.131389). [5]

Overview

Kaabong General Hospital was established in 2011, by the elevation of Kaabong Health Centre IV to full hospital status. [6] Kaabong General Hospital is on the list of general hospitals earmarked for renovation and expansion. [7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ SUSTAIN (November 2015). "Strengthening Uganda's Systems for Treating AIDS Nationally: Kaabong General Hospital". Sustainuganda.org (SUSTAIN). Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. ↑ Juvenal (2016). "Makerere College of Health Health Sciences Students' Medical Outreach to Kaabong District: A Project Report". Kampala: Makerere University College of Health Sciences Quoting Makerere Medical Journal 47th Edition. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Road Distance Between Kaabong General Hospital And Moroto Regional Referral Hospital" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Road Distance Between Kaabong General Hospital, Northern Region, Uganda and Gulu Regional Referral Hospital, Gulu, Northern Region, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Location of Kaabong General Hospital" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  6. ↑ Museveni, Yoweri (8 June 2011). "State of the Nation Address by the President of Uganda - 2011". Kampala: State House Uganda. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  7. ↑ UMOH (January 2016). "Rehabilitation and Construction of General Hospitals". Kampala: Uganda Ministry of Health (UMOH). Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
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