Kagadi General Hospital | |
Org/Group: | Uganda Ministry of Health |
Region: | Kagadi District |
State: | Western Region |
Country: | Uganda |
Pushpin Map: | Uganda |
Coordinates: | 0.9417°N 30.8089°W |
Healthcare: | Public |
Type: | General |
Emergency: | I |
Beds: | 100 |
Founded: | 1969 |
Wiki-Links: | Hospitals in Uganda |
Kagadi General Hospital is a hospital in the Western Region of Uganda.
The hospital is on the Kyenjojo–Kabwoya Road, in the town of Kagadi in Kagadi District, about 93km (58miles) south-west of Hoima Regional Referral Hospital.
This is about northwest of Mubende Regional Referral Hospital. The geographical coordinates of Kagadi General Hospital are 0°56'30.0"N, 30°48'32.0"E (Latitude:0.941661; Longitude:30.808889).
Kagadi General Hospital was built and is owned by the government of Uganda. In July 2012, the hospital experienced an outbreak of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever.[1] [2] Like many hospitals in Uganda, the hospital faces challenges of understaffing,[3] poor pay, and late salary payments.[4]