Mityana Hospital

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Mityana Hospital
Uganda Ministry of Health
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Mityana Hospital
Mityana Hospital
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Geography
Location Mityana, Mityana District, Buganda Region, Uganda
Coordinates 00°23′48″N32°03′34″E / 0.39667°N 32.05944°E / 0.39667; 32.05944
Organisation
Care system Public
Type General
Services
Emergency department II
Beds100
History
Opened1940 [1]
Links
Other links Hospitals in Uganda
Medical education in Uganda

Mityana Hospital, also Mityana General Hospital or Mityana District Hospital is a hospital in the town of Mityana, Mityana District in the Central Region of Uganda. [1]

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Location

Mityana Hospital is located in the central business district of the town of Mityana, about 85 kilometres (53 mi) east of Mubende Regional Referral Hospital, the regional referral hospital. [2]

This is approximately 69 kilometres (43 mi) west of Mulago National Referral Hospital, the largest hospital in the country. [3] The coordinates of Mityana Hospital are: 0°23'48.0"N, 32°02'34.0"E Latitude:0.396667; Longitude:32.042778). [4]

Overview

Mityana Hospital is a public hospital, funded by the Uganda Ministry of Health and general care in the hospital is free. The hospital opened in 1940 and has, until 2013 been in a dilapidated state, with crumbling buildings and antiquated or non-existent equipment. [1] In December 2013, the Government of Uganda, using funds borrowed from the World Bank, began an update and renovation of the institution. [5] Those renovations concluded in 2015. [6] [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kagiri, Luke (2 August 2013). "Mityana Hospital in dilapidated state". New Vision . Kampala. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  2. "Road Distance Between Mubende Regional Referral Hospital And Mityana General Hospital, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  3. "Road Distance Between Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda And Mityana General Hospital, Mityana, Central Region, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  4. "Location of Mityana Hospital" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  5. Kyobe, Sarah (27 October 2014). "Government begins massive hospitals' renovations". New Vision . Kampala. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  6. Ninsiima, Racheal (6 November 2015). "Renovation of seven hospitals complete". The Observer (Uganda) . Kampala. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  7. "Renovation/Construction of seven hospitals finalized, 27 Health Centre IVs still under rehabilitation". Kampala: Uganda Ministry of Health (UMOH). 2 November 2015. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)