Hospital in Western Region, Uganda
Kyenjojo General Hospital , also Kyenjojo District Hospital , or Kyenjojo Government Hospital , is a hospital in the
Western Region of
Uganda .
[1]
Location
The hospital is off of the
Mubende-Kyegegwa-Kyenjojo-Fort Portal Road , in the town of
Kyenjojo in
Kyenjojo District , approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi), by road, east of
Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital .
[2]
This is about 98 kilometres (61 mi) west of
Mubende Regional Referral Hospital .
[3] The coordinates of Kyenjojo Hospital are 0°37'01.0"N, 30°38'15.0"E (Latitude:0.616942; Longitude:30.637493).
[4]
Overview
Prior to attaining hospital status, Kyenjojo General Hospital was Kyenjojo Health Centre IV , the largest government health care facility in the district.
[5] The hospital attends to the general population but sees a fair number of obstetric complications,
[6] and a significant number of road accident victims.
[7]
[8] The hospital is on the list of general hospitals earmarked for renovation and expansion.
[9]
See also
References
^ Amanyire, Edison (19 August 2015).
"Hospital beds abandoned at Kyenjojo" .
Daily Monitor . Kampala. Retrieved 25 June 2016 .
^
Google (17 October 2020).
"Distance between Kyenjojo General Hospital In Kyenjojo And Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital In Fort Portal, Western Region, Uganda" (Map).
Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 17 October 2020 .
^
Google (17 October 2020).
"Road Distance Between Kyenjojo General Hospital In Kyenjojo, And Mubende Regional Referral Hospital In Mubende, Uganda" (Map).
Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 17 October 2020 .
^
Google (25 June 2016).
"Location of Kyenjojo General Hospital" (Map).
Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 25 June 2016 .
^ Devex (22 May 2015).
"Drilling Of Borehole, Pipe Works, Installation Of Water Tank And Stand At Kyenjojo Hospital" . Devex.com (Devex). Retrieved 25 June 2016 .
^ Justus Kafunjo Barageine; et al. (27 November 2014).
"Risk Factors for Obstetric Fistula in Western Uganda: A Case Control Study" .
PLoS One . 9 (11): 11.
Bibcode :
2014PLoSO...9k2299B .
doi :
10.1371/journal.pone.0112299 .
PMC
4234404 .
PMID
25401756 .
^ Ainganyiza, Steven (26 June 2015).
"3 Perish in Kyenjojo Link Bus Accident" . Kampala: Chimpreports.com. Retrieved 25 June 2016 .
^ Amanyire, Edison (24 June 2016).
"Three killed in Kyenjojo motor accident, scores injured" .
Daily Monitor . Kampala. Retrieved 25 June 2016 .
^ UMOH (January 2016).
"Rehabilitation and Construction of General Hospitals" . Kampala:
Uganda Ministry of Health (UMOH). Archived from
the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016 .
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