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Care system
  
Public

Emergency department
  
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Hospitals in Uganda

Date founded
  
1970

Hospital type
  
General

Lists
  
Hospitals in Uganda

Number of beds
  
100

Location
  
Busolwe, Butaleja District, Uganda

Busolwe General Hospital, also Busolwe Hospital, is a hospital in Busolwe Town, Butaleja District, in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is a public hospital, owned by the Ugandan Government and is administered by Butaleja District Local Government.

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Location

The hospital is located in the central business district of the town of Busolwe, approximately 47 kilometres (29 mi) southwest of Mbale Regional Referral Hospital. 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 signed a debt swap agreement, with the Kingdom of Spain involving the creation of a Trust Fund. 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:

  • Renovate existing staff housing
  • Build new staff houses
  • Build a new Emergency department ( Casualty department)
  • Build a trauma ward
  • Build new operating rooms (operating theatres)
  • Build a new mortuary with cold facilities
  • Build a new, bigger maternity ward, with antenatal wing
  • Build new operating rooms dedicated to obstetric cases
  • Construct a water reservoir with capacity of 144,000 liters (31,676 imp gal; 38,041 U.S. gal)
  • Rehabilitate existing water sources and install solar-powered pumps
  • Provision of an ambulance foe emergencies and a double cabin pick-up for outreach services.

    • References

    Busolwe General Hospital Wikipedia
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