Busolwe General Hospital, also Busolwe Hospital, is a hospital in
Busolwe Town,
Butaleja District
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Location
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of
Uganda
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. It is a
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hospital, owned by the
Ugandan Government and is administered by Butaleja District Local Government.
Location
The hospital is located in the
central business district
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of the town of
Busolwe, about southwest of
Mbale Regional Referral Hospital
Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, commonly known as Mbale Hospital is a hospital in Mbale, Eastern Uganda. It is the referral hospital for the districts of Busia, Budaka, Kibuku, Kapchorwa, Bukwa, Butaleja, Manafwa, Mbale, Pallisa, Sironko ...
. The coordinates of Busolwe Hospital are: 0°50'58.0"N, 33°55'45.0"E (Latitude:0.849449; Longitude:33.929156).
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.
Renovations
In 2008, the
Government of Uganda
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signed a ''debt swap agreement'', with the
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involving the creation of a
Trust Fund
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. The resources of that trust fund will be used to construct and equip
Kawolo General Hospital and Busolwe General Hospital.
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
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.
As of July 2019, those planned renovations had not been carried out yet.
See also
*
List of hospitals in Uganda
The largest state-owned hospital in Uganda is Mulago Hospital in Kampala with around 1,500 beds. It was built in 1962.
Ian Clarke (physician), Ian Clarke, a physician and missionary from Northern Ireland, built the 200-bed International Hospital K ...
References
External links
Website of Uganda Ministry of Health
{{Districts of Uganda
Hospitals in Uganda
Butaleja District
Eastern Region, Uganda
Hospital buildings completed in 1970
1970 establishments in Uganda