NaguruChina Hospital
NaguruChina Hospital
NaguruChina Hospital
the People's Republic of China was completed and handed over to the Government
of Uganda on 6th January 2012.
The Chinese government, designed and built the hospital between 2009 and 2012 as
a gift to the people of Uganda, at a cost of US$8 million (UGX:20 billion).
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) donated the 5acres site where the hospital
was built. The government of Uganda contributed an estimated US$2 million
(UGX:4.8 billion) in tax waivers on construction materials used to build the
hospital, landscaping, road access and licensing fees. The hospital is on Naguru
Road, on Naguru Hill, Nakawa Division.
Naguru hospital is intended to serve primarily the residents of ; Nakawa
Division , Kampala Metropolitan Area and other Ugandans. Naguru Hospital is also
meant to decongest Mulago National Referral Hospital, the only general public
hospital serving an estimated 3 million inhabitants of the Kampala Metropolitan
Area. Plans are underway by the Government of Uganda to construct a general
hospital in each of the five divisions of Kampala, starting with kawempe and
kiruddu which are near completion.
In June 2014, construction of the hospital's staff quarters began in the Kireka
neighborhood in Kira Municipality, Wakiso District, approximately 7km east of
Naguru.The hospital employs 356 staff led by the Executive Director, Doctor
Edward Naddumba.
The hospital has a bed capacity of 100 beds and its mandate is stipulated in the
National Hospital policy of 2006.
The mission of the hospital is " to provide general and specialized patient care
services, train health professionals and conduct research.
With regard to training and research, several institutions have partnered with
Naguru Referral Hospitals in training students to acquire practical clinical
skills.
Naguru hospital was completed in December 2011 and consists of seven buildings,
four operating rooms, a maternity ward, a pediatric unit, a teenage center
(adolescent health unit), a blood bank, radiology department (including a CT
scanner) and housing for medical staff. Naguru hospital was officially handed
over to the Government of Uganda on 10 January 2012, to be jointly administered
by the Ministry of Health and Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA).
Strategic Objectives of the hospital include;
To provide a range of general and specialized curative, promotive, preventive
and rehabilitative services.
To contribute to regional human resource development through training of various
cadres of health workers.
To contribute to national and conduct operational level research.
To contribute and participate as requested to the ministry's national policy and
support supervision.
The management and staff of CUFH-N are grateful to the Government of the
People's Republic of China and Uganda for the establishment of this hospital
which offers FREE services to the Ugandan population that is unable to access
private institutions.
Ever since the official opening, the hospital has seen growth in the number of
clients , the majority of whom access reproductive health services, specialized
services such as Urology, gastroenterology, Orthopedics,acupuncture, E.N.T,
diabetes, hypertension, specialized pediatrics among others are offered.
"The staffs of CUFH-N are committed to giving holistic services of quality to
their clients".