Kiruddu General Hospital

Last updated

Kiruddu General Hospital
Uganda Ministry of Health and
Kampala Capital City Authority
Kiruddu General Hospital
Uganda location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Geography
LocationSalaama, Kampala, Makindye Division, Central Region, Uganda
Coordinates 00°14′53″N32°36′45″E / 0.24806°N 32.61250°E / 0.24806; 32.61250
Organisation
Care system Public
Type General
Services
Emergency department III
Beds200 [1]
History
Opened16 May 2016 [1]
Links
Other links Hospitals in Uganda

Kiruddu General Hospital, also known as Kiruddu General Referral Hospital, is a hospital in Uganda. It is an urban, public, general hospital. It cost an estimated US$10.3 million (about USh37 billion) plus about $350,000 in supervisory fees to build. [2] The hospital was constructed by the government of Uganda, with funding from the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Nigeria Trust Fund (NTF). [3] The hospital opened to the public on 16 May 2016. [1]

Contents

Location

The hospital is in the neighborhood of Kiruddu, on Buziga Hill, in Makindye Division, one of the five administrative units of the Kampala Capital City Authority. This is approximately 13.5 kilometres (8 mi), by road, south-east of the Mulago National Referral Hospital. [4] Kiruddu General Hospital is approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi), southeast of the central business district of the city. [5] The coordinates of Kiruddu General Hospital are 0°14'53.0"N, 32°36'45.0"E (Latitude:0.248056; Longitude:32.612500). [6]

Overview

Because of the rapid expansion of Kampala's population, and as part of government efforts to improve service delivery to its citizens, the number of public hospitals planned for the city was increased. [7]

In December 2013, the Ugandan government, through the Ministry of Health, contracted China New Era And Metallurgical Joint Venture to construct the hospital. The work was budgeted at an estimated cost of US$15 million (UGX:38 billion). [8]

As at August 2016, Kiruddu Hospital's fourteen outpatient clinics attend to about 250 patients daily. [9]

History

In 2013, the Ugandan government secured a loan from AfDB and NTF. The purpose was to rehabilitate and improve the Mulago National Referral Hospital, construct Kawempe General Hospital, construct Kiruddu General Hospital, and reorganize healthcare delivery in Kampala so that some of the patient burden is shifted to Naguru General Hospital, Kawempe General Hospital, and Kiruddu General Hospital. Mulago will then be reserved for the role for which it was constructed - serving only patients referred to it by other health facilities and not handling upper respiratory infections and uncomplicated malaria cases. [10]

Governance

In August 2018, the Uganda Ministry of Health appointed Charles Kabugo, MBChB, MMed (Medicine), MSc, as the executive director of Kiruddu Hospital. Kabugo, a senior consultant physician, will be deputized by Dr. Robert Sentongo, a consultant plastic surgeon. [11]

Other considerations

The sewer system at this hospital, as originally built, is too small to handle the waste-water and sewerage that the hospital generates. The effluent from the hospital is prone to overflowing, polluting the hospital surroundings, including people's homes and businesses. A localized waste water treatment plant is planned on a 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) plot near the hospital to remedy the situation. [12]

In April 2021 National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) announced plans to construct a Sewage Compact Waste Water Treatment Plant capable of treating 150,000 litres (32,995 imp gal; 39,626 US gal) of waste water every 24 hours. Construction of the project is expected to take eight months and cost approximately USh2 billion (approximately US$560,000), fully funded by the Government of Uganda. [13]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Makindye</span> Place in Central Uganda, Uganda

Makindye is a hill in Kampala, Uganda's largest city and capital. The name also refers to the neighborhood that sits on that hill. Makindye is also the seat of Makindye Division, one of the five administrative zones of the city of Kampala.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nsambya Hospital</span> Private faith-based community, teaching hospital in Uganda

St. Francis Hospital Nsambya, commonly known as Nsambya Hospital, is a hospital in Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the largest city in that country.

Kawempe Division (sub-county) is one of the five divisions that comprise the city of Kampala along with Makindye division, Lubaga division, Nakawa division and Central division, It has 19 parishes and 771 villages. The parishes include Bwaise I, Kanyanya, Kazo ward, Kyebando, Makerere iii, Mulago I, Bwaise ii, Kawempe I, Kikaya, Makerere I, Mpererwe, Mulago iii, Bwaise III, Kawempe ii, Komambogo, Makerere ii, Mulago i, Makerere University. The division's current mayor is His worship Dr. Emmanuel Serunjogi.

Kibuli Hospital, sometimes referred to as Kibuli Muslim Hospital (KMH), is a hospital in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.

Moroto Regional Referral Hospital, commonly known as Moroto Hospital is a hospital in the town of Moroto, in Northeastern Uganda. It is the referral hospital for the districts of Abim, Kaabong, Kotido, Moroto and Nakapiripirit and Napak.

Naguru General Hospital, also known as China-Uganda Friendship Hospital Naguru, is a hospital in Uganda. It is an urban, general hospital built between 2009 and 2012, at an estimated cost of approximately US$8 million. The hospital was built by the Government of China, as a gift to the Government of Uganda.

King Ceasor University is a private university previously known as St. Augustine International University.

Kawempe General Hospital, also known as Kawempe Specialised National Referral Hospital, is a hospital in Uganda. It is an urban, specialised hospital built between 2014 and 2016 at an estimated cost of US$11.3 million. The hospital was constructed by the government of Uganda, with funding from the African Development Bank and the Nigeria Trust Fund.

Mulago Women's Referral Hospital, whose official name is Mulago Specialised Women and Neonatal Hospital, is a component of Mulago National Referral Hospital, the largest hospital in Uganda, which serves as the teaching hospital of Makerere University College of Health Sciences. The women's hospital was constructed from April 2013, with commissioning originally expected in the second half of 2016. After delays, construction was completed in July 2018.

Bombo Military Hospital is the largest military hospital in Uganda.The hospital is known for its specialized doctors and equipment. It also serves civilians from the districts of Luweero, Wakiso, Kampala, and Mukono.

Kayunga Hospital, is a public hospital in Uganda.

Anaka General Hospital, also known as Anaka Hospital, is a hospital in the Northern Region of Uganda.

Buwenge General Hospital, also Buwenge Hospital, is a hospital under construction in the Eastern Region of Uganda.

Upper Mulago Regional Referral Hospital, also known as Old Mulago Regional Referral Hospital, is a planned hospital in Uganda. When established, it is expected to serve as the regional referral hospital for the Kampala Metropolitan Area, which includes the capital city of Kampala and the surrounding Wakiso District.

The International Specialized Hospital of Uganda (ISHU) is a public, specialized, referral tertiary care medical facility under construction in Uganda. The hospital is expected to take two years to construct. The private developers who are constructing the hospital will operate it for ten years, then turn it over to the government of Uganda, in a public-private partnership arrangement.

Evelyn Christine Nabunya is a senior consultant obstetrician and gynecologist in the Uganda Ministry of Health, who serves as the executive director of the 450-bed Mulago Women's and Neonatal Referral Hospital. She was appointed to that position on 9 August 2018.

Charles Kabugo is a senior consultant internal medicine physician in the Uganda Ministry of Health. He is the executive director of Kiruddu General Hospital, in Makindye Division, in the south of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. He was appointed to that position on 9 August 2018.

Robert Ssentongo, is a consultant plastic surgeon in the Uganda Ministry of Health, who serves as the deputy executive director of Kiruddu General Hospital, in Makindye Division, in southern Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. He was appointed to that position on 9 August 2018.

Nehemiah Katusiime is an Ugandan consultant obstetrician and gynecologist in the Uganda Ministry of Health. He is the executive director of Kawempe General Hospital, in Kawempe Division, in northern Kampala, the capital and largest of Uganda. He was appointed to that position on 9 August 2018.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Agaba, Vivian (17 May 2016). "Kiruddu Hospital now fully operational". New Vision . Kampala. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Adengo, onathan (27 July 2017). "AfDB commends Uganda on project performance". Daily Monitor . Kampala. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  3. ↑ Wacha, Joe (14 May 2013). "Government Moves To Construct Referral Hospitals In Kawempe, Makindye". Uganda Radio Network . Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Google (20 October 2020). "Distance between Kiruddu General Hospital, Kampala, Central Region, Uganda and Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Central Region, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  5. ↑ Google (20 October 2020). "Distance Between Amber House, Kampala And Kiruddu General Hospital, Kampala" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  6. ↑ Google (20 October 2020). "Location of Kiruddu General Hospital" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  7. ↑ Namuli, Zahra (4 December 2013). "Government To Construct More Referral Hospitals". Kampala: National Broadcasting Service (NBS). Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  8. ↑ AfDB (27 June 2013). "Improvement of Health Services Delivery At Mulago Hospital And The City of Kampala Project (MKCCAP)" (PDF). African Development Bank (AfDB). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  9. ↑ Kiwuuwa, Paul (28 August 2016). "MPs laud KCCA's Kiruddu Hospital". New Vision . Kampala. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  10. ↑ Ayebazibwe, Agatha (11 October 2014). "Mulago Hospital Renovation Starts". Daily Monitor . Kampala. Archived from the original on 14 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  11. ↑ Lilian Namagembe (10 August 2018). "Government Appoints Directors for Kiruddu, Kawempe Hospitals". Daily Monitor . Kampala. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  12. ↑ Anthony Wesaka (16 June 2019). "Court Refuses To Block Kiruddu Sewage Plant". Daily Monitor . Kampala. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  13. ↑ Javira Ssebwami (21 April 2021). "Uganda's largest waste water treatment plant in operation —Engineer Mugisha". Kampala: PML Daily. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.