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Bundibugyo General Hospital
Geography
Location	Bundibugyo, Bundibugyo District, Western Region, Uganda
Coordinates	00°42′11″N 30°03′49″E / 0.70306°N 30.06361°E / 0.70306; 30.06361
Organisation
Care system	Public
Type	General
Services
Beds	160
History
Opened	1969
Links
Other links	Hospitals in Uganda

Bundibugyo General Hospital, also Bundibugyo District Hospital or Bundibugyo Hospital, is a hospital in the Western Region of Uganda.

Location

The hospital is located in the town of Bundibugyo, in Bundibugyo District, approximately 85 kilometres (53 mi), by road, west of Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital. The coordinates of Bundibugyo General Hospital are:0°42'11.0"N 30°03'49.0"E, Latitude:0.703056; Longitude:30.063611).

Overview

Bundibugyo Hospital is a public hospital, funded by the Uganda Ministry of Health. General care in the hospital is free. The facility was founded in 1969 by the government of Prime minister Milton Obote. The hospital infrastructure and equipment has been neglected and is in very poor condition. The hospital offers services from the district of Bundibugyo and Ntoroko and from neighboring communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In 2015, the government of Uganda began renovating certain hospitals in the country, including this hospital.

See also

• List of hospitals in Uganda

References

1. "Road Distance Between Bundibugyo General Hospital And Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
2. "Location of Bundibugyo General Hospital" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
3. Mutegeki Araali, Geoffrey (1 October 2012). "Bundibugyo hospital rots away with old equipment". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
4. Baguma, Raymond (17 July 2013). "Bundibugyo Hospital on cholera outbreak alert". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
5. UMOH. "Rehabilitation and Construction of General Hospitals". Kampala: Uganda Ministry of Health (UMOH). Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.

External links

• Website of Uganda Ministry of Health
• Bundibugyo Hospital Cleaners lay down their tools for non-payment of wages

v t e Bundibugyo District
Capital: Bundibugyo
Towns and villages	Bujerere Bundibugyo Bunyamwera Yenga
Banking	Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited
Energy	Buranga Geothermal Power Station Sindila Hydroelectric Power Station Ndugutu Hydroelectric Power Station
Notable landmarks	Rwenzori Mountains Semliki River Semuliki National Park Lake Albert Lamia River Buranga Hot Springs
Transport	Bundibugyo Airport Fort Portal–Bundibugyo–Lamia Road
Health	Bundibugyo General Hospital
Notable people	Kamanda Bataringaya Harriet Ntabazi

v t e Districts of Uganda by region
Central	Buikwe Bukomansimbi Butambala Buvuma Gomba Kalangala Kalungu Kampala Kassanda Kayunga Kiboga Kyankwanzi Kyotera Luweero Lwengo Lyantonde Masaka Mityana Mpigi Mubende Mukono Nakaseke Nakasongola Rakai Sembabule Wakiso
Eastern	Amuria Budaka Bududa Bugiri Bugweri Bukedea Bukwo Bulambuli Busia Butaleja Butebo Buyende Iganga Jinja Kaberamaido Kalaki Kaliro Kamuli Kapchorwa Kapelebyong Katakwi Kibuku Kumi Kween Luuka Manafwa Mayuge Mbale Namayingo Namisindwa Namutumba Ngora Pallisa Serere Sironko Soroti Tororo
Northern	Abim Adjumani Agago Alebtong Amolatar Amudat Amuru Apac Arua Dokolo Gulu Kaabong Karenga Kitgum Koboko Kole Kotido Kwania Lamwo Lira Madi-Okollo Maracha Moroto Moyo Nabilatuk Nakapiripirit Napak Nebbi Nwoya Obongi Omoro Otuke Oyam Pader Pakwach Terego Yumbe Zombo
Western	Buhweju Buliisa Bundibugyo Bunyangabu Bushenyi Hoima Ibanda Isingiro Kabale Kabarole Kagadi Kakumiro Kamwenge Kanungu Kasese Kazo Kibaale Kikuube Kiruhura Kiryandongo Kisoro Kitagwenda Kyegegwa Kyenjojo Masindi Mbarara Mitooma Ntoroko Ntungamo Rubanda Rubirizi Rukiga Rukungiri Rwampara Sheema

• Hospitals in Uganda
• Hospitals established in 1969
• 1969 establishments in Uganda
• Bundibugyo District
• Rwenzururu sub-region
• Western Region, Uganda