Kayunga Hospital | |
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Uganda Ministry of Health | |
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Geography | |
Location | Kayunga, Kayunga District, Buganda Region, Uganda |
Coordinates | 00°42′12″N 32°54′14″E / 0.70333°N 32.90389°E |
Organisation | |
Care system | Public |
Type | General |
Services | |
Emergency department | I |
Beds | 100 |
History | |
Opened | 1973 |
Links | |
Other links | Hospitals in Uganda |
Kayunga Hospital, is a public hospital in Uganda.[1]
The hospital is located in the town of Kayunga in Kayunga District in the Buganda Region of Uganda, approximately 51 kilometres (32 mi) north-east of Mukono, the nearest large city.[2] This is about 67.5 kilometres (42 mi) north-east of Mulago National Referral Hospital, the nation's largest referral hospital in Kampala.[3] The coordinates of Kayunga Hospital are 0°42'12.0"N, 32°54'14.0"E (Latitude:0.703329; Longitude:32.903886).[4]
Kayunga Hospital opened in 1973 during the reign of Idi Amin. It offers services to residents from Kayunga district and neighboring districts including Kamuli, Buikwe, Mukono, Luweero and Nakasongola.[1]
According to a 2009 published report, Kayunga Hospital had a dilapidated and crumbling infrastructure, aging equipment and machinery, under-staffing, poor staff remuneration, overwhelming patient numbers, and under-funding.[5]
In 2016, the Government of Uganda secured loans from Middle Eastern lenders totaling USh70 billion (approx. US$19 million), to renovate the dilapidated hospital and equipment, as well as construct new staff housing.[1] The renovations are funded by loans from the (a) Saudi Fund for Development, (b) Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) and (c) OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID).[6]
After delays, blamed on "bureaucracy within the Ministry of Health",[7] the actual work started in early 2018.[8][9]
The scope of the renovations include (1) a new Emergency Department (Casualty) (2) new operating rooms (theatres) (3) new out-patient department (4) new administration office block (5) expansion of the in-patient wards (6) new staff housing (7) rehabilitation of the water supply system (8) rehabilitation of the sewerage collection and disposal system.[7][8]
The expansion and renovations are expected to conclude in 2020, with a total bed capacity of 300, and the conversion of Kayunga Hospital, to Kayunga Regional Referral Hospital. The main contractor is Arab Contractors Uganda Limited.[10]
After renovations and expansion, then now 200-bed facility was upgraded to a Regional Referral Hospital, responsible for the districts of Buikwe, Jinja, Kayunga, Kamuli, Luweero, Mukono and Nakasongola.[11]