Care system Public Emergency department III Address Kampala, Uganda Number of beds 200 | Hospital type General Other links Hospitals in Uganda Founded May 16, 2016 | |
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Location Kiruddu,
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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). The hospital opened to the public on 16 May 2016.
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Location
The hospital is 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, south-east of the Mulago National Referral Hospital. The approximate coordinates of Kiruddu General Hospital are 0°15'41.0"N, 32°36'01.0"E (Latitude:0.261389; Longitude:32.600278).
Overview
Because of the rapid expansion of Kampala's population, and as part of government efforts to improve service delivery to its citizens, the number of public hospitals planned for the city was increased.
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).
As at August 2016, Kiruddu Hospital's fourteen outpatient clinics attend to about 250 patients daily.
History
In 2013, the Ugandan government secured a loan from AfDB and NTF. The purpose was 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.