Emergency department I Number of beds 106 | Hospital type General Date founded 1967 | |
Similar Jinja Regional Referral, Mabira forest, New Mulago Hospital, Paragon Hospital, St Francis Hospital ‑ Nsambya | ||
Kawolo General Hospital, also Kawolo Hospital, is a hospital in the Central Region of Uganda.
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Location
The hospital is on the Kampala–Jinja Highway, in the town of Lugazi, in Buikwe District, about 34 kilometres (21 mi), west of Jinja Regional Referral Hospital. This is approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi), east of Mulago National Referral Hospital. The coordinates of Kawolo Hospital are: 0°22'05.0"N, 32°56'44.0"E (Latitude:0.368050; Longitude:32.945553).
Overview
Kawolo General Hospital was built in 1968. It has a bed capacity of 106. In 2015, it admitted 11,699 patients and delivered 3,784 babies. The hospital, which serves Buiwe District, and parts of Mukono District, Kayunga District and Buvuma District, handles a significant number of road traffic accidents on the Kampala Jinja Highway.
Renovations
In 2008, the government of Uganda and the Kingdom of Spain signed a Debt Swap Agreement, involving the creation of a Trust Fund. The resources of the Trust Fund will be used to finance the cost of a contract to finance the construction and equipping of Kawolo General Hospital. Open bidding for qualified Ugandan and Spanish firms to carry out the renovation was advertised from 29 April 2016 until 12 July 2016. The winning bidder is expected to be announced in September 2016 and contract signing is scheduled for the same month.
The contract, valued at about US$9 million includes the following works: