Kawolo General Hospital

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Kawolo General Hospital
Uganda Ministry of Health
Kawolo General Hospital
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Geography
Location Buikwe, Buikwe District, Central Region, Uganda
Coordinates 00°22′05″N32°56′44″E / 0.36806°N 32.94556°E / 0.36806; 32.94556 Coordinates: 00°22′05″N32°56′44″E / 0.36806°N 32.94556°E / 0.36806; 32.94556
Organisation
Care system Public
Type General
Services
Emergency department I
Beds106
History
Opened1967
Links
Other links Hospitals in Uganda

Kawolo General Hospital, also Kawolo Hospital, is a hospital in Buikwe District in the Central Region of Uganda. [1]

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Location

The hospital is on the Kampala–Jinja Highway, in the town of Lugazi, in Buikwe District, about 34.5 kilometres (21 mi), west of Jinja Regional Referral Hospital. [2] This is approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi), east of Mulago National Referral Hospital. [3] The coordinates of Kawolo General Hospital are: 0°22'05.0"N, 32°56'44.0"E (Latitude:0.368050; Longitude:32.945553). [4]

Overview

Kawolo General Hospital was built in 1968. It has a bed capacity of 106. In 2015, it admitted 11,699 patients and delivered 3,784 babies. [5] The hospital, which serves Buikwe District, and parts of Mukono District, Kayunga District and Buvuma District, handles a significant number of road traffic accidents on the Kampala–Jinja Highway. [6]

Renovations

In 2008, the government of Uganda and the Kingdom of Spain signed a Debt Swap Agreement, involving the creation of a Trust Fund. The resources of the Trust Fund will be used to finance the cost of a contract to finance the construction and equipping of Kawolo General Hospital. Open bidding for qualified Ugandan and Spanish firms to carry out the renovation was advertised from 29 April 2016 until 12 July 2016. The winning bidder is expected to be announced in September 2016 and contract signing is scheduled for the same month. [7]

The contract, valued at about US$9 million includes the following works: [8]

1. Expand the outpatients department 2. Built new operating rooms (operating theatre) 3. Build a new maternity centre, including antenatal department 4. Construct a trauma centre 5. Renovate existing staff residences 6. Build new staff houses for doctors, nurses and midwives and 7. Expand and equip existing mortuary. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ UMOH (January 2016). "Rehabilitation and Construction of General Hospitals". Kampala: Uganda Ministry of Health (UMOH). Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Google (18 October 2020). "Distance between Kawolo Hospital, Lugazi, Central Region, Uganda and Jinja Reional Referral Hospital, Rotary Road, Jinja, Eastern Region, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  3. ↑ Google (18 October 2020). "Distance between Kawolo Hospital, Lugazi, Central Region, Uganda and Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Central Region, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  4. ↑ Google (18 October 2020). "Location of Kawolo General Hospital" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  5. ↑ SUO (9 May 2016). "Kawolo General Hospital Profile" (PDF). Sustainuganda.org (SUO). Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  6. ↑ Fred Muzaale (25 January 2012). "Kawolo Hospital yearns for renovation, health workers". Daily Monitor . Kampala. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  7. ↑ UMOH (29 April 2016). "Invitation to Bidders: Refurbishment And Euipping of Kawolo General Hospital" (PDF). Kampala: Uganda Ministry of Health (UMOH). Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  8. 1 2 Violet Nabatanzi (14 October 2014). "Kawolo Hospital gets Sh22 billion for renovation". New Vision . Kampala. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
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