Care system Public Emergency department I Address Bwera, Uganda Number of beds 100 | Hospital type General Other links Hospitals in Uganda Date founded 2000 | |
Location Bwera,
Kasese District,
Western Region,
Uganda | ||
Bwera General Hospital, also Bwera Hospital, is a hospital in the Western Region of Uganda.
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Location
The hospital is located in the town of Bwera, in Kasese District, near the international border with DR Congo, approximately 127 kilometres (79 mi) southwest of Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital. This is about 163 kilometres (101 mi) northwest of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. The coordinates of Bwera General Hospital are: 0°02'02.0"N, 29°46'01.0"E (Latitude:0.033899; Longitude:29.766934).
Overview
Bwera General Hospital is a public hospital owned by the Uganda Ministry of Health. It serves the surrounding sub-counties in Kasese District, and patients from neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the only government-owned hospital in Kasese District, as of May 2016. The hospital's bed capacity is 100, although many times it admits up to 300.
Like most government hospitals in the country, Bwera General Hospital faces many challenges including non-functioning equipment, under-staffing, poor funding, over-worked staff and slow payment of staff.