Kiruddu General Hospital
Kiruddu General Hospital, also known as Kiruddu General Referral Hospital, is a hospital in Uganda. It is an urban, public, general hospital. It cost an estimated US$10.3 million (about USh37 billion) plus about $350,000 in supervisory fees to build.[2] The hospital was constructed by the government of Uganda, with funding from the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Nigeria Trust Fund (NTF).[3] The hospital opened to the public on 16 May 2016.[1]
Location
The hospital is in the neighborhood of Kiruddu, on Buziga Hill, in Makindye Division, one of the five administrative units of the Kampala Capital City Authority. This is approximately 13.5 kilometres (8 mi), by road, south-east of the Mulago National Referral Hospital.[4] Kiruddu General Hospital is approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi), southeast of the central business district of the city.[5] The coordinates of Kiruddu General Hospital are 0°14'53.0"N, 32°36'45.0"E (Latitude:0.248056; Longitude:32.612500).[6]
Overview
Because of the rapid expansion of Kampala's population, and as part of government efforts to improve service delivery to its citizens, the number of public hospitals planned for the city was increased.[7]
In December 2013, the Ugandan government, through the Ministry of Health, contracted China New Era And Metallurgical Joint Venture to construct the hospital. The work was budgeted at an estimated cost of US$15 million (UGX:38 billion).[8]
As at August 2016, Kiruddu Hospital's fourteen outpatient clinics attend to about 250 patients daily.[9]
History
In 2013, the Ugandan government secured a loan from AfDB and NTF. The purpose was to rehabilitate and improve the Mulago National Referral Hospital, construct Kawempe General Hospital, construct Kiruddu General Hospital, and reorganize healthcare delivery in Kampala so that some of the patient burden is shifted to Naguru General Hospital, Kawempe General Hospital, and Kiruddu General Hospital. Mulago will then be reserved for the role for which it was constructed - serving only patients referred to it by other health facilities and not handling upper respiratory infections and uncomplicated malaria cases.[10]
Governance
In August 2018, the Uganda Ministry of Health appointed Charles Kabugo, MBChB, MMed (Medicine), MSc, as the executive director of Kiruddu Hospital. Kabugo, a senior consultant physician, will be deputized by Dr. Robert Sentongo, a consultant plastic surgeon.[11]
Other considerations
The sewer system at this hospital, as originally built, is too small to handle the waste-water and sewerage that the hospital generates. The effluent from the hospital is prone to overflowing, polluting the hospital surroundings, including people's homes and businesses. A localized waste water treatment plant is planned on a 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) plot near the hospital to remedy the situation.[12]
In April 2021 National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) announced plans to construct a Sewage Compact Waste Water Treatment Plant capable of treating 150,000 litres (32,995 imp gal; 39,626 US gal) of waste water every 24 hours. Construction of the project is expected to take eight months and cost approximately USh2 billion (approximately US$560,000), fully funded by the Government of Uganda.[13]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Agaba, Vivian (17 May 2016). "Kiruddu Hospital now fully operational". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ Adengo, onathan (27 July 2017). "AfDB commends Uganda on project performance". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ Wacha, Joe (14 May 2013). "Government Moves To Construct Referral Hospitals In Kawempe, Makindye". Uganda Radio Network. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ^ Google (20 October 2020). "Distance between Kiruddu General Hospital, Kampala, Central Region, Uganda and Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Central Region, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ Google (20 October 2020). "Distance Between Amber House, Kampala And Kiruddu General Hospital, Kampala" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ Google (20 October 2020). "Location of Kiruddu General Hospital" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ Namuli, Zahra (4 December 2013). "Government To Construct More Referral Hospitals". Kampala: National Broadcasting Service (NBS). Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ^ AfDB (27 June 2013). "Improvement of Health Services Delivery At Mulago Hospital And The City of Kampala Project (MKCCAP)" (PDF). African Development Bank (AfDB). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ^ Kiwuuwa, Paul (28 August 2016). "MPs laud KCCA's Kiruddu Hospital". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ Ayebazibwe, Agatha (11 October 2014). "Mulago Hospital Renovation Starts". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Archived from the original on 14 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ^ Lilian Namagembe (10 August 2018). "Government Appoints Directors for Kiruddu, Kawempe Hospitals". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ Anthony Wesaka (16 June 2019). "Court Refuses To Block Kiruddu Sewage Plant". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ Javira Ssebwami (21 April 2021). "Uganda's largest waste water treatment plant in operation —Engineer Mugisha". Kampala: PML Daily. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
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