Anaka General Hospital, also known as Anaka Hospital, is a hospital in the Northern Region of

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Location

The hospital is in the town of Anaka in

Nwoya District Nwoya District is a district in Northern Uganda. Like most districts in Uganda, it is named after its main municipal, administrative and commercial center, Nwoya, the location of the district headquarters. Location Nwoya District is bordered by ...

, approximately south-west of the

Gulu Regional Referral Hospital Gulu Regional Referral Hospital, commonly known as Gulu Hospital is a hospital in Gulu, northern Uganda. It is the referral hospital for the districts of Amuru, Gulu, Kitgum, Lamwo and Pader. The hospital also serves as one of the teaching hos ...

. This is about , by road, north-west of

Mulago National Referral Hospital Mulago National Specialised Hospital, also known as Mulago National Referral Hospital, is a component of Mulago Hospital Complex, the teaching facility of Makerere University College of Health Sciences. It is the largest public hospital in Ug ...

, The geographical coordinates of Anaka General Hospital are 02°35'59.0"N, 31°56'51.0"E (Latitude:2.599707; Longitude:31.947496).

Overview

Anaka General Hospital was built in the 1960s during the administration of Prime Minister

Milton Obote Apollo Milton Obote (28 December 1925 – 10 October 2005) was a Ugandan politician who served as the second prime minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and the second president of Uganda from 1966 to 1971 and later from 1980 to 1985. A Lango, ...

. During the

Lord's Resistance Army insurgency The Lord's Resistance Army insurgency is an ongoing conflict between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a Ugandan militant religious extremist group, against the government of Uganda. Following the War in Uganda (1986–1994), Ugandan Civil War, ...

, the hospital was attacked, ransacked, and vandalized. The hospital suffers from dilapidated infrastructure, antiquated or non-existent equipment, poor funding, poor staffing, poor pay, late salary payments, and low staff morale. According to a 2012 published report, the hospital had gone several years without a physician or surgeon.

Renovations

Beginning in 2014, the

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began renovating this hospital, using a loan from the

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. The improvements, which cost UGX:18.65 billion, included the following: 1. New, bigger outpatients' department 2. Build a mortuary 3. Enlarge the private wing for paying patients 4. Renovate the existing staff housing 5. Renovate the hospital's water source 6. Rehabilitate the hospital's water supply pipe system, both outside and inside the facility 7. Rehabilitate the hospital's sewerage disposal system, both inside and outside the buildings 8. Construct an emergency room (casualty department) 9. Construct a psychiatric department 10. Build an intensive care unit.

References

External links

Website of Uganda Ministry of Health

{{Nwoya District Hospital buildings completed in 1969 Anaka Nwoya District Acholi sub-region Northern Region, Uganda Hospitals established in 1969 1969 establishments in Uganda

Location

Overview

Renovations

See also

References

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