Kyenjojo General Hospital

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Kyenjojo General Hospital
Uganda Ministry of Health
Kyenjojo General Hospital
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Geography
Location Kyenjojo, Kyenjojo District, Western Region, Uganda
Coordinates 00°37′01″N30°38′15″E / 0.61694°N 30.63750°E / 0.61694; 30.63750
Organisation
Care system Public
Type General
Services
Emergency department I
Beds100
History
Opened2011
Links
Other links Hospitals in Uganda

Kyenjojo General Hospital, also Kyenjojo District Hospital, or Kyenjojo Government Hospital, is a hospital in the Western Region of Uganda. [1]

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Location

The hospital is off of the Mubende-Kyegegwa-Kyenjojo-Fort Portal Road, in the town of Kyenjojo in Kyenjojo District, approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi), by road, east of Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital. [2]

This is about 98 kilometres (61 mi) west of Mubende Regional Referral Hospital. [3] The coordinates of Kyenjojo Hospital are 0°37'01.0"N, 30°38'15.0"E (Latitude:0.616942; Longitude:30.637493). [4]

Overview

Prior to attaining hospital status, Kyenjojo General Hospital was Kyenjojo Health Centre IV, the largest government health care facility in the district. [5] The hospital attends to the general population but sees a fair number of obstetric complications, [6] and a significant number of road accident victims. [7] [8] The hospital is on the list of general hospitals earmarked for renovation and expansion. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Amanyire, Edison (19 August 2015). "Hospital beds abandoned at Kyenjojo". Daily Monitor . Kampala. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  2. ↑ Google (17 October 2020). "Distance between Kyenjojo General Hospital In Kyenjojo And Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital In Fort Portal, Western Region, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  3. ↑ Google (17 October 2020). "Road Distance Between Kyenjojo General Hospital In Kyenjojo, And Mubende Regional Referral Hospital In Mubende, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  4. ↑ Google (25 June 2016). "Location of Kyenjojo General Hospital" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  5. ↑ Devex (22 May 2015). "Drilling Of Borehole, Pipe Works, Installation Of Water Tank And Stand At Kyenjojo Hospital". Devex.com (Devex). Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Justus Kafunjo Barageine; et al. (27 November 2014). "Risk Factors for Obstetric Fistula in Western Uganda: A Case Control Study". PLoS One . 9 (11): 11. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9k2299B. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112299 . PMC   4234404 . PMID   25401756.
  7. ↑ Ainganyiza, Steven (26 June 2015). "3 Perish in Kyenjojo Link Bus Accident". Kampala: Chimpreports.com. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  8. ↑ Amanyire, Edison (24 June 2016). "Three killed in Kyenjojo motor accident, scores injured". Daily Monitor . Kampala. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  9. ↑ UMOH (January 2016). "Rehabilitation and Construction of General Hospitals". Kampala: Uganda Ministry of Health (UMOH). Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
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