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Hospital in Butaleja District, Uganda From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Busolwe General Hospital, also Busolwe Hospital, is a hospital in Busolwe Town, Butaleja District, in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is a public hospital, owned by the Ugandan Government and is administered by Butaleja District Local Government.[1]
Busolwe General Hospital | |
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Uganda Ministry of Health | |
Geography | |
Location | Busolwe, Butaleja District, Uganda |
Coordinates | 00°50′58″N 33°55′45″E |
Organisation | |
Care system | Public |
Type | General |
Services | |
Emergency department | I |
Beds | 100 |
History | |
Opened | 1970 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in Uganda |
Other links | Hospitals in Uganda |
The hospital is located in the central business district of the town of Busolwe, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) southwest of Mbale Regional Referral Hospital.[2] The coordinates of Busolwe Hospital are: 0°50'58.0"N, 33°55'45.0"E (Latitude:0.849449; Longitude:33.929156).[3]
The hospital was built in 1970. Since it was commissioned, the hospital infrastructure has not received any refurbishment or re-equipping. The buildings need renovation and remodeling.[4][5]
In 2008, the Government of Uganda signed a debt swap agreement, with the Kingdom of Spain involving the creation of a Trust Fund. The resources of that trust fund will be used to construct and equip Kawolo General Hospital and Busolwe General Hospital.[4] The renovations, which are expected to take four years, include the following:
1. Renovate existing staff housing 2. Build new staff houses 3. Build a new Emergency department (Casualty department) 4. Build a trauma ward 5. Build new operating rooms (operating theatres) 6. Build a new mortuary with cold facilities 7. Build a new, bigger maternity ward, with antenatal wing 8. Build new operating rooms dedicated to obstetric cases 9. Construct a water reservoir with capacity of 144,000 liters (31,676 imp gal; 38,041 U.S. gal) 10. Rehabilitate existing water sources and install solar-powered pumps 11. Procure an ambulance for emergencies and a double cabin pick-up for outreach services.[4] As of July 2019, those planned renovations had not been carried out yet.[1]
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