Kiruddu General Hospital

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Kiruddu General Hospital
Uganda Ministry of Health and
Kampala Capital City Authority
Geography
Location
Kiruddu,
Central Region, Uganda
Organisation
Care system Public
Hospital type General
Services
Emergency department III
Beds 200[1]
History
Founded 16 May 2016 [1]
Links
Other links Hospitals in Uganda

Kiruddu General Hospital, also known as Kiruddu General Referral Hospital, is a hospital in Uganda. It is an urban, public, general hospital. It cost an estimated US$15 million (UGX:38 billion) to build. The hospital was constructed by the Government of Uganda, with funding from the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Nigeria Trust Fund (NTF).[2] The hospital opened to the public on Monday 16 May 2016.[1]

Location

The hospital is located in the neighborhood of Kiruddu, on Buziga Hill, in Makindye Division, one of the five administrative units of the Kampala Capital City Authority. This is approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi), by road, southeast of Mulago National Referral Hospital.[3] The approximate coordinates of Kiruddu General Hospital are: 0°15'41.0"N, 32°36'01.0"E (Latitude:0.261389; Longitude:32.600278).[4]

Overview

In December 2013, the Ugandan government, through the Ministry of Health, contracted China New Era And Metallurgical Joint Venture to construct the hospital. The work was budgeted at an estimated cost of US$15 million (UGX:38 billion).[5] In December 2015, Ugandan print media reported that construction of the hospital was nearing completion, with commissioning planned for March 2016.[6]

Kampala population

Because of rapid urbanization, the night-time population of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city, is estimated at 2 million, increasing to 4.5 million during the day.[7]

In 2013, the Ugandan government secured a loan from AfDB and NTF. The purpose is to rehabilitate and improve the Mulago National Referral Hospital, construct Kawempe General Hospital, construct Kiruddu General Hospital, and reorganize healthcare delivery in Kampala so that some of the patient burden is shifted to Naguru General Hospital, Kawempe General Hospital, and Kiruddu General Hospital. Mulago will then be reserved for the role for which it was constructed - serving only patients referred to it by other health facilities and not handing upper respiratory infections and uncomplicated malaria cases.[8]

See also

References

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