Anaka General Hospital
| Anaka General Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Uganda Ministry of Health | |
| Geography | |
| Location |
Anaka, Nwoya District, Northern Region,  Uganda |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public |
| Hospital type | General |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | I |
| Beds | 120 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Links | |
| Other links | Hospitals in Uganda |
Anaka General Hospital, also known as Anaka Hospital, is a hospital in the Northern Region of Uganda.[1]
Location
The hospital is in the town of Anaka in Nwoya District, approximately 55 kilometres (34 mi), by road, south-west of the Gulu Regional Referral Hospital.[2] This is about 321 kilometres (199 mi), by road, north-west of the Mulago National Referral Hospital,[3] the country's largest tertiary healthcare facility.[4] The coordinates of Anaka General Hospital are 02°35'59.0"N, 31°56'51.0"E (Latitude:2.599707; Longitude:31.947496).[5]
Overview
Anaka General Hospital was built in the 1960s during the administration of Prime Minister Milton Obote. During the Lord's Resistance Army insurgency, the hospital was attacked, ransacked, and vandalized.[6][7]
The hospital suffers from dilapidated infrastructure, antiquated or non-existent equipment, poor funding, poor staffing, poor pay, late salary payments, and low staff morale.[1] According to a 2012 published report, the hospital had gone several years without a physician or surgeon.[8]
Renovations
Beginning in 2014, the Uganda Ministry of Health began renovating this hospital, using a loan from the World Bank.[9] The improvements, which cost UGX:18.65 billion, included the following:[7][10]
- New, bigger outpatients' department
- Build a mortuary
- Enlarge the private wing for paying patients
- Renovate the existing staff housing
- Renovate the hospital's water source
- Rehabilitate the hospital's water supply pipe system, both outside and inside the facility
- Rehabilitate the hospital's sewerage disposal system, both inside and outside the buildings
- Construct an emergency room (casualty department)
- Construct a psychiatric department
- Build an intensive care unit
See also
References
- 1 2 Wacha, Joe (27 February 2010). "Anaka Hospital in Ruins". Kampala: Uganda Radio Network. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ↑ GFC (5 April 2016). "Distance between Nwoya District Local Government Office, Anaka, Northern Region, Uganda and Gulu Regional Referral Hospital, Gulu, Northern Region, Uganda". Globefeed.com (GFC). Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ↑ GFC (5 May 2016). "Distance between Nwoya District Local Government Office, Anaka, Northern Region, Uganda and Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Central Region, Uganda". Globefeed.com (GFC). Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ↑ Ayebazibwe, Agatha (11 October 2014). "Mulago hospital renovation starts". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ↑ Google (5 May 2016). "Location of Anaka General Hospital" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ↑ (UNOCHA). "Humanitarian Update - Uganda, Volume IV, Issue 6". Nairobi: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) via ReliefWeb.
- 1 2 Makumbi, Cissy (29 January 2015). "Anaka Hospital repairs to be completed in June". Daily Monitor. Kampala.
- ↑ Makumbi, Cissy (12 April 2012). "Anaka Hospital grapples with doctor shortage". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ↑ Kyobe, Sarah (27 October 2014). "Government begins massive hospitals’ renovations". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ↑ Lubangakene, Cornes (28 April 2015). "Nwoya hospital gets Sh18 billion facelift". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
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Coordinates: 02°35′59″N 31°56′51″E / 2.59972°N 31.94750°E