Kitagata General Hospital | |
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Uganda Ministry of Health | |
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Geography | |
Location | Kitagata, Sheema District, Western Region, Uganda |
Coordinates | 00°40′21″S 30°09′04″E / 0.67250°S 30.15111°E |
Organisation | |
Care system | Public |
Type | General |
Services | |
Emergency department | I |
Beds | 100 |
History | |
Opened | 1969 |
Links | |
Other links | Hospitals in Uganda |
Kitagata General Hospital, also Kitagata Hospital, is a hospital in the Western Region of Uganda.
The hospital is located in the central business district of the town of Kitagata, in Sheema District, in the Ankole sub-region, in Western Uganda, about 62 kilometres (39 mi) southwest of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. [1] This is about 111 kilometres (69 mi) north of Kabale Regional Referral Hospital. [2] The coordinates of Kitagata General Hospital are: 0°40'21.0"S, 30°09'04.0"E (Latitude:-0.672503; Longitude:30.151111). [3]
Kitagata Hospital was established in 1969 by the first government of Prime Minister Milton Obote. It has a bed capacity of 100. As with many government hospitals built at the same time, the hospital infrastructure is in a dilapidated state, with antiquated equipment. [4] [5]
In 2013, the government of Uganda acquired funds to renovate certain hospitals, including Kitagata General Hospital, using funds borrowed from the World Bank. [6] [7]