Iganga General Hospital | |
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Uganda Ministry of Health | |
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Geography | |
Location |
Iganga, Iganga District, Uganda |
Coordinates | 00°36′57″N 33°29′04″E / 0.61583°N 33.48444°E |
Organisation | |
Care system | Public |
Type | General |
Services | |
Emergency department | I |
Beds | 100 |
History | |
Opened | 1968 |
Links | |
Other links | Hospitals in Uganda |
Iganga General Hospital, also, Iganga District Hospital or Iganga Main Hospital, Iganga Hospital commonly known as Nakavule Hospital, [1] [2] is a hospital in Iganga, Eastern Uganda. [3]
The hospital is located on the Jinja- Tororo Highway, about 40 kilometres (25 mi), northeast of Jinja Regional Referral Hospital. [4] The coordinates of Iganga General Hospital are: 0°36'57.0"N, 33°29'04.0"E (Latitude:0.615828; Longitude:33.484431). [5]
Iganga General Hospital is a 100-bed, government-owned hospital. It serves Iganga District and parts of the districts of Luuka, Mayuge, Bugiri, Namutumba and Kaliro. [6] It was built in 1968. [3] Over the years, the underfunded, understaffed hospital's infrastructure has deteriorated and equipment has aged and become antiquated. The overworked staff are underpaid and of low morale. [3]
In 2013 the Uganda Ministry of Health, using a loan of $195 million from the World Bank, began renovating a number of hospitals including this hospital. [7] The renovation work was complete by November 2015. [8]