| Moyo General Hospital | |
| Org/Group: | Uganda Ministry of Health |
| Location: | Moyo |
| Region: | Moyo District |
| State: | Northern Region |
| Country: | Uganda |
| Pushpin Map: | Uganda |
| Coordinates: | 3.6497°N 31.7272°W |
| Healthcare: | Public |
| Type: | General |
| Emergency: | I |
| Beds: | 176 |
| Founded: | 1972 |
| Wiki-Links: | Hospitals in Uganda |
Moyo General Hospital also Moyo Hospital, is a hospital in the Northern Region of Uganda.
The hospital is located in the central business district of Moyo Town, in Moyo District, in West Nile sub-region, in Northern Uganda, approximately 160km (100miles) northeast of Arua Regional Referral Hospital.
This is approximately 157km (98miles) northwest of Gulu Regional Referral Hospital. The coordinates of Moyo General Hospital are:03°38'59.0"N, 31°43'38.0"E (Latitude:3°38'59.0"N; Longitude:31°43'38.0"E).
The hospital was built during the late 1960s and was commissioned by Idi Amin in 1972. The hospital infrastructure is dilapidated and the equipment is antiquated or non-functional. The hospital is severely under-staffed, employing only 60 nurses out of the 120 needed. As of January 2016, the facility had no functioning ambulance.[1]
In 2013, the government of Uganda secured funding from the World Bank, to repair and renovate certain hospitals, Moyo General Hospital among them.[2] The US$4,541,931.32 contract was awarded to Prism Construction Company Limited.[3] Work that started in February 2014[4] consists of the following, among others:[5]
The construction started in February 2014 with expected completion in October 2015.[4] However, due to multiple delays,[6] [7] the new expected completion date is June 2016.[4]