Ruharo Mission Hospital is a community hospital in

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. It is affiliated with the Anglican

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Location

The hospital is located in the neighborhood called ''Ruharo'', in ''Kamukuzi Division'' of the city of

Mbarara Mbarara City is a city in the Western Region, Uganda, Western Region of Uganda and the second largest city in Uganda after Kampala. The city is divided into 6 boroughs of Kakoba Division, Kamukuzi Division, Nyamitanga Division, Biharwe Division, ...

, in Mbarara District, in the

Ankole sub-region Ankole sub-region is a region in the Western Region of Uganda that consists of the following districts: * Buhweju District * Bushenyi District * Ibanda District * Isingiro District * Kazo District * Kiruhura District * Mbarara District * ...

of the Western Region of Uganda. Ruharo Mission Hospital is approximately west the

Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH), also known as Mbarara Hospital or Mbarara University Teaching Hospital, is a government-owned healthcare facility located in Mbarara City, in the Western Region of Uganda. It serves as a referral center ...

in the central business district of the city, along the

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. The geographical coordinates of the hospital are: 0°36'46.0"S, 30°37'52.0"E (Latitude:-0.612778; Longitude:30.631111).

Overview

The institution is a private, non-profit, community hospital with a bed capacity of 100. The hospital is a fee-paying hospital, although no one is turned away due to inability to pay. The fees collected from the patients partially cover the total hospital expenses. Ruharo Mission Hospital was founded in 1981 by the late Bishop Amos Betungura, at that time the Bishop of East Ankole Diocese of the

. Later the hospital was taken over by the Ankole Diocese of the Church of Uganda. The following subsidiaries are owned by Ruharo Mission Hospital, either in full or in part. (a) General Medical Services (b) Ruharo Mission Eye Centre (c) Organized Useful Rehabilitation Services (d) St. Johns Health Centre, in Katojo – Biharwe (e) Ibanda Mission Health Centre in

Ibanda Ibanda is a town in the Western Region of Uganda. It is the main political, administrative, and commercial centre of Ibanda District and the site of the district headquarters. It started way back in the 1990s and was elevated from a trading ce ...

and (f) St. Luke Clinic in Kisyoro,

Isingiro District Isingiro District is a Districts of Uganda, district in the Western Region, Uganda, Western Region of Uganda. The town of Isingiro is the district's main municipal, administrative, and commercial center. Location Isingiro District is bordered b ...

Accreditation

The hospital is accredited by the Uganda Ministry of Health and by the Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau. It is owned by the Ankole Diocese of the Church of Uganda and is administered by the Hospital Management Committee.

References

External links

Official Webpage
{{Mbarara District Hospital buildings completed in 1981 Hospitals in Uganda Mbarara District Ankole sub-region Western Region, Uganda 1981 establishments in Uganda

Location

Overview

Accreditation

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