Mityana Hospital

Mityana Hospital, also Mityana General Hospital or Mityana District Hospital is a hospital in the town of Mityana, in the Central Region of Uganda.[1]

Mityana Hospital
Uganda Ministry of Health
Geography
LocationMityana, Mityana District, Buganda Region, Uganda
Coordinates00°23′48″N 32°03′34″E
Organisation
Care systemPublic
TypeGeneral
Services
Emergency departmentII
Beds100
History
Opened1940[1]
Links
Other linksHospitals in Uganda
Medical education in Uganda

Location

Mityana Hospital is located in the central business district of the town of Mityana, about 85 kilometres (53 mi) east of Mubende Regional Referral Hospital, the regional referral hospital.[2]

This is approximately 69 kilometres (43 mi) west of Mulago National Referral Hospital, the largest hospital in the country.[3] The coordinates of Mityana Hospital are: 0°23'48.0"N, 32°02'34.0"E Latitude:0.396667; Longitude:32.042778).[4]

Overview

Mityana Hospital is a public hospital, funded by the Uganda Ministry of Health and general care in the hospital is free. The hospital opened in 1940 and has, until 2013 been in a dilapidated state, with crumbling buildings and antiquated or non-existent equipment.[1] In December 2013, the Government of Uganda, using funds borrowed from the World Bank, began an update and renovation of the institution.[5] Those renovations concluded in 2015.[6][7]

See also

References
  1. Kagiri, Luke (2 August 2013). "Mityana Hospital in dilapidated state". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  2. Google (17 October 2020). "Road Distance Between Mubende Regional Referral Hospital And Mityana General Hospital, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  3. Google (17 October 2020). "Road Distance Between Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda And Mityana General Hospital, Mityana, Central Region, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  4. Google (17 October 2020). "Location of Mityana Hospital" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  5. Kyobe, Sarah (27 October 2014). "Government begins massive hospitals' renovations". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  6. Ninsiima, Racheal (6 November 2015). "Renovation of seven hospitals complete". The Observer (Uganda). Kampala. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  7. "Renovation/Construction of seven hospitals finalized, 27 Health Centre IVs still under rehabilitation". Kampala: Uganda Ministry of Health (UMOH). 2 November 2015. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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