Busolwe General Hospital

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
Uganda Ministry of Health
Geography
LocationBusolwe, Butaleja District, Uganda
Coordinates00°50′58″N 33°55′45″E
Organisation
Care systemPublic
TypeGeneral
Services
Emergency departmentI
Beds100
History
Opened1970
Links
ListsHospitals in Uganda
Other linksHospitals in Uganda

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
  1. Ayubu Kirinya (10 July 2019). "Poor State of Busolwe Hospital Worries Patients". Kampala: Uganda Radio Network. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  2. 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.
  3. Google (10 May 2016). "Location of Busolwe General Hospital" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  4. UMOH (December 2015). "Rehabilitation and construction of Kawolo and Busolwe Hospitals". Kampala: Uganda Ministry of Health (UMOH). Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  5. Lanyero, Flavia (5 January 2012). "Busolwe Hospital is not equipment constrained, management says". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
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