Kawolo General Hospital
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Kawolo General Hospital, also Kawolo Hospital, is a hospital in Buikwe District in the Central Region of Uganda.[1]
Location
The hospital is on the
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.[5] The hospital, which serves Buikwe District, and parts of Mukono District, Kayunga District and Buvuma District, handles a significant number of road traffic accidents on the Kampala–Jinja Highway.[6]
Renovations
In 2008, the government of Uganda and the Kingdom of Spain signed a Debt Swap Agreement, involving the creation of a
The contract, valued at about US$9 million includes the following works:[8]
1. Expand the outpatients department 2. Built new operating rooms (operating theatre) 3. Build a new maternity centre, including antenatal department 4. Construct a trauma centre 5. Renovate existing staff residences 6. Build new staff houses for doctors, nurses and midwives and 7. Expand and equip existing mortuary.[8]
See also
References
- Uganda Ministry of Health (UMOH). Archived from the originalon 9 May 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
- ^ Google (18 October 2020). "Distance between Kawolo Hospital, Lugazi, Central Region, Uganda and Jinja Reional Referral Hospital, Rotary Road, Jinja, Eastern Region, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ Google (18 October 2020). "Distance between Kawolo Hospital, Lugazi, Central Region, Uganda and Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Central Region, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ Google (18 October 2020). "Location of Kawolo General Hospital" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ SUO (9 May 2016). "Kawolo General Hospital Profile" (PDF). Sustainuganda.org (SUO). Retrieved 9 May 2016.
- ^ Fred Muzaale (25 January 2012). "Kawolo Hospital yearns for renovation, health workers". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
- Uganda Ministry of Health(UMOH). Retrieved 9 May 2016.
- ^ a b Violet Nabatanzi (14 October 2014). "Kawolo Hospital gets Sh22 billion for renovation". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
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