Busolwe General Hospital
Hospital in Butaleja District, Uganda
00°50′58″N 33°55′45″E / 0.84944°N 33.92917°E / 0.84944; 33.92917Busolwe 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]
Location
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]
Overview
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]
Renovations
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]
See also
References
- ^ a b Ayubu Kirinya (10 July 2019). "Poor State of Busolwe Hospital Worries Patients". Kampala: Uganda Radio Network. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ Google (31 October 2020). "Distance between Busolwe General Hospital, Busolwe, Eastern Region, Uganda and Mbale Regional Hospital, Mbale, Eastern Region, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ Google (10 May 2016). "Location of Busolwe General Hospital" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ a b c UMOH (December 2015). "Rehabilitation and construction of Kawolo and Busolwe Hospitals". Kampala: Uganda Ministry of Health (UMOH). Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ Lanyero, Flavia (5 January 2012). "Busolwe Hospital is not equipment constrained, management says". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
External links
- Website of Uganda Ministry of Health
- Busolwe town council in Butaleja: Get there before 7 pm or don’t bother
