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Lira Hospital

Ugandan public hospital

Summary

Ugandan public hospital

Field	Value
name	Lira Regional Referral Hospital
org_group	Uganda Ministry of Health
caption
logo
location	Lira, Lira District, Lango sub-region
country	Uganda
pushpin_map	Uganda
coordinates
healthcare	Public
type	General and teaching
standards
emergency	I
beds	254
founded	1920
closed
other_links	Hospitals in Uganda
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Lira Regional Referral Hospital, commonly known as Lira Hospital, is a hospital in Lira in the Northern Region of Uganda. It is the referral hospital for the districts of Amolatar, Apac, Dokolo, Lira, Kole, and Oyam.

Location

Lira Hospital is located along Police Road, in the central business district of the city of Lira, approximately 101 km, southeast of Gulu Regional Referral Hospital, in Gulu City.{{google maps |access-date=29 October 2020}} This is approximately 124 km by road, northwest of Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, in the city of Soroti.

Lira Regional Referral Hospital is located approximately 339 km, by road, north of Mulago National Referral Hospital, in the city of Kampala, Uganda's capital.{{google maps

Overview

Lira 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 regional referral hospitals in Uganda. The hospital is designated as one of the internship hospitals in Uganda, where graduates of Ugandan medical schools can serve one year of internship under the supervision of qualified specialists and consultants. The bed capacity of the hospital in 2012 was 254. Staff shortage is a concern. In 2012, of the 39 required doctors, the hospital had only 9 doctors.

In September 2017, the hospital commissioned an 8-apartment building to house some of the critically essential staff, so that they can quickly respond to emergencies. Prior to then, all staff lived off-campus, away from the hospital. Construction of the three-story building started in January 2015 and lasted 2 years and eight months, at a cost of USh1.5 billion (approx. US$430,000), fully funded by the Government of Uganda.{{cite web| url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1461971/lira-hospital-sh15b-staff-housing |title=Lira Hospital gets Sh1.5 billion staff housing | accessdate=19 September 2017 | date=19 September 2017 | first=Joseph

References

Oketch, Bill. (13 October 2012). "Lira hospital faces doctor shortage". [[Daily Monitor.
"Road Distance Between Lira Regional Referral Hospital And Soroti Regional Referral Hospital".

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