Kiwoko Hospital

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Kiwoko Hospital
Church of Uganda
Kiwoko Hospital
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Geography
Location Kiwoko, Nakaseke District, Central Region, Uganda
Coordinates 00°50′23″N32°21′40″E / 0.83972°N 32.36111°E / 0.83972; 32.36111 Coordinates: 00°50′23″N32°21′40″E / 0.83972°N 32.36111°E / 0.83972; 32.36111
Organisation
Care system Private
Type Community hospital
Services
Emergency department I
Beds250
History
Opened1991
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Other links Hospitals in Uganda

Kiwoko Hospital is a private community hospital, in the Central Region of Uganda. The hospital is affiliated with the Church of Uganda. [1]

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Location

The hospital is located in the town of Kiwoko, in Nakaseke District. Kiwoko is in the Luweero Triangle, about 77 kilometres (48 mi), by road, north-west of Mulago National Referral Hospital, in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. [2] The geographical coordinates of Kiwoko Hospital are: 0°50'23.0"N, 32°21'40.0"E (Latitude:0.839722; Longitude:32.361111). [3]

Overview

Kiwoko Hospital is a 250-bed community hospital administered by the Church of Uganda through the Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau. The hospital is operated with donations made to the Friends of Kiwoko Hospital. [4]

When the hospital was founded in 1991, Kiwoko was in the Luweero District. However, when Nakaseke District was carved out of Luweero District in 2005, Kiwoko went with Nakaseke District. Kiwoko, however, remains in the Luweero Triangle, which roughly corresponds to the area covered by present-day Luweero District and Nakaseke District or Luweero District alone, before the split. [5]

History

In 1988 Ian Clarke, a general practitioner from Bangor in Northern Ireland, traveled to Uganda with his young family with the intention of starting a community-based health care program. Initial work was done in partnership with the Kasana Orphanage. [5]

Upon the death of an expatriate visitor to the area, Barbara Kelly, a memorial fund was established in her name, raising an initial £25,000. That initial donation enabled construction to start on the first permanent building. Two years later, and through continued donations, the Barbara Kelly Memorial Hospital was completed. [5]

Kiwoko Hospital, as it was later renamed, was formally opened in September 1991 by the then vice president of Uganda, the Samson Kisekka. In 1997, the hospital established a partnership with Adara Development. In November 2001 the hospital celebrated its tenth anniversary, and boasted over 220 beds, a laboratory, a laboratory assistant training school, a nurse training school, and an active community-based health care programme. [5] In November 2021, as the hospital celebrated 30 years of existence, the Ministry of Health of Uganda recognized its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit as a centre of excellence in newborn health in Uganda. [6] [7]

See also

More information

There are two books published about the hospital, both by New Wine Press:

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References

  1. CMS Ireland (2018). "About Kiwoko Hospital In Luweero Anglican Diocese, Uganda". Dublin, Ireland: Church Missionary Society of Ireland. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  2. Google (3 November 2020). "Road Distance Between Kiwoko Hospital And Mulago National Referral Hospital" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  3. Google (3 November 2020). "Location of Kiwoko Hospital" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  4. FOKH (17 October 2019). "History of Kiwoko Hospital". Ballygowan, Northern Ireland: Friends of Kiwoko Hospital (FOKH). Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 4 The Independent Uganda (30 June 2009). "Evolution of Uganda's Districts". The Independent (Uganda) . Kampala. Archived from the original (Archived from the original by Web Archive on 3 March 2016) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  6. "30-year old facility serving vulnerable communities". NTV Uganda. 20 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  7. 30-year old facility serving vulnerable communities , retrieved 29 November 2021