Anaka General Hospital

Anaka General Hospital, also known as Anaka Hospital, is a hospital in the Northern Region of Uganda.[1]

Anaka General Hospital
Uganda Ministry of Health
Geography
LocationAnaka, Nwoya District, Northern Region, Uganda
Coordinates02°35′59″N 31°56′51″E
Organisation
Care systemPublic
TypeGeneral
Services
Emergency departmentI
Beds120
History
Opened1969
Links
Other linksHospitals in Uganda

Location

The hospital is in the town of Anaka in Nwoya District, approximately 55 kilometres (34 mi), by road, south-west of the Gulu Regional Referral Hospital.[2] This is about 321 kilometres (199 mi), by road, north-west of Mulago National Referral Hospital,[3]The geographical coordinates of Anaka General Hospital are 02°35'59.0"N, 31°56'51.0"E (Latitude:2.599707; Longitude:31.947496).[4]

Overview

Anaka General Hospital was built in the 1960s during the administration of Prime Minister Milton Obote. During the Lord's Resistance Army insurgency, the hospital was attacked, ransacked, and vandalized.[5][6]

The hospital suffers from dilapidated infrastructure, antiquated or non-existent equipment, poor funding, poor staffing, poor pay, late salary payments, and low staff morale.[1] According to a 2012 published report, the hospital had gone several years without a physician or surgeon.[7]

Renovations

Beginning in 2014, the Uganda Ministry of Health began renovating this hospital, using a loan from the World Bank.[8] The improvements, which cost UGX:18.65 billion, included the following:[6][9] 1. New, bigger outpatients' department 2. Build a mortuary 3. Enlarge the private wing for paying patients 4. Renovate the existing staff housing 5. Renovate the hospital's water source 6. Rehabilitate the hospital's water supply pipe system, both outside and inside the facility 7. Rehabilitate the hospital's sewerage disposal system, both inside and outside the buildings 8. Construct an emergency room (casualty department) 9. Construct a psychiatric department 10. Build an intensive care unit.

See also

References
  1. Wacha, Joe (27 February 2010). "Anaka Hospital in Ruins". Kampala: Uganda Radio Network. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. Google (15 October 2020). "Road Distance Between Gulu Regional Referral Hospital And Anaka General Hospital" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  3. Google (15 October 2020). "Road Distance Between Mulago National Referral Hospital And Anaka General Hospital" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  4. Google (5 May 2016). "Location of Anaka General Hospital" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  5. (UNOCHA). "Humanitarian Update - Uganda, Volume IV, Issue 6". Nairobi: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) via ReliefWeb.
  6. Makumbi, Cissy (29 January 2015). "Anaka Hospital repairs to be completed in June". Daily Monitor. Kampala.
  7. Makumbi, Cissy (12 April 2012). "Anaka Hospital grapples with doctor shortage". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  8. Kyobe, Sarah (27 October 2014). "Government begins massive hospitals' renovations". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  9. Lubangakene, Cornes (28 April 2015). "Nwoya hospital gets Sh18 billion facelift". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
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