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Hoima Hospital

Public hospital in Uganda

Summary

Public hospital in Uganda

Field	Value
name	Hoima Regional Referral Hospital
org_group	Uganda Ministry of Health
caption
logo
location	Hoima
region	Hoima District
state	Western Region
country	Uganda
pushpin_map	Uganda
coordinates
healthcare	Public
type	General and teaching
standards
emergency	I
beds	317 (2020)
founded	1935
closed
other_links	Hospitals in Uganda
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Hoima Regional Referral Hospital, commonly known as Hoima Hospital, is a hospital in the city of Hoima in Hoima District in the Western Region of Uganda. It is the referral hospital for the districts of Bulisa, Hoima, Kibaale, Kiryandongo, Kagadi, Kakumiro, Kikuube, and Masindi.

Location

The hospital is approximately 110 km, by road, north-west of Mubende Regional Referral Hospital. This is approximately 198 km, by road, north-west of Mulago National Referral Hospital, in Kampala, Uganda's capital city.{{google maps

Overview

Hoima Hospital is a public hospital, funded by the Uganda Ministry of Health, and general care in the hospital is free. It is one of the thirteen Regional Referral Hospitals in Uganda.{{cite web | url=https://library.health.go.ug/download/file/fid/2073 | title=Report On The State Of Regional Referral Hospitals In Uganda |access-date=6 May 2016 |date=November 2012 | publisher=HURINET-U |author=Michael Mawa |display-authors=etal

Established in 1935, the facility initially functioned as a district hospital. In 1994, it was upgraded to Regional Referral status for the Bunyoro sub-region. It also serves patients from nearby Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. In 2019, the Ugandan Ministry of Health estimated the hospital's catchment population to number approximately 3 million people.

References

Uganda Ministry of Health. (6 May 2016). "Profile of Hoima Regional Referral Hospital". [[Uganda Ministry of Health]].
"Road Distance Between Hoima Regional Referral Hospital And Mubende Regional Referral Hospital".
Mugerwa, Francis. (21 June 2013). "Staff shortage affecting Hoima hospital". [[Daily Monitor]].
Uganda Ministry of Health. (28 November 2019). "About Hoima Regional Referral Hospital". [[Uganda Ministry of Health]].

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