Emergency department I Date founded 1969 | Hospital type General Number of beds 120 | |
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Anaka General Hospital, also known as Anaka Hospital, is a hospital in the Northern Region of Uganda.
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Location
The hospital is in the town of Anaka in Nwoya District, approximately 55 kilometres (34 mi), by road, south-west of the Gulu Regional Referral Hospital. This is about 321 kilometres (199 mi), by road, north-west of the Mulago National Referral Hospital, the country's largest tertiary healthcare facility. The 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. During the Lord's Resistance Army insurgency, 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 Uganda Ministry of Health began renovating this hospital, using a loan from the World Bank. The improvements, which cost UGX:18.65 billion, included the following: