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Soroti Hospital

Public hospital in Uganda

Summary

Public hospital in Uganda

Field	Value
name	Soroti Regional Referral Hospital
org_group	Uganda Ministry of Health
caption
logo
location	Soroti
region	Soroti District
state	Eastern Region
country	Uganda
pushpin_map	Uganda
coordinates
healthcare	Public
type	General, Teaching
standards
emergency	Level I
beds	274
closed
other_links	Hospitals in Uganda
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Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, commonly known as Soroti Hospital is a hospital in the city of Soroti, in Soroti District, in Eastern Uganda. It is the referral hospital for the districts of Amuria, Bukedea, Kaberamaido, [[Kapelebyong District| Kapelebyong]], Katakwi, Kumi, Ngora, Serere and Soroti.

Location

Soroti Hospital is located in the central business district of the city of Soroti, about 102 km, by road, northwest of Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, in the city of Mbale.{{google maps

Soroti Regional Referral Hospital is located about 294 km, by road, northeast of Mulago National Referral Hospital, in Kampala, Uganda's capital city.{{google maps

Overview

Soroti 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 13 Regional Referral Hospitals in Uganda. The hospital is designated as one of the 15 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 Soroti Hospital was quoted as 250, as of October 2000.{{cite journal|title=Quality of Midwifery Care In Soroti District, Uganda |author=D. Kaye, MBChB, MMed (Obs/Gyn) |journal=East African Medical Journal | url=http://ajol.info/index.php/eamj/article/viewFile/46712/33102

Other considerations

The hospital was established in the mid 1920s as a treatment centre for syphilis. It was elevated to a district hospital in 1978 and it became a referral hospital in 1996.

Soroti Regional Referral Hospital is governed by a 19-person board, chaired by Dr Charles Vincent Ojoome, effective August 2019. Dr Michael Mwanga the hospital's executive director is the secretary to the hospital's board.

References

The Electives Network. (October 2020). "About Soroti Regional Referral Hospital". The Electives Network.
[[Hospitals in Uganda. Uganda Has Thirteen Regional Referral Hospitals]]
East African Health. (October 2020). "History of Soroti Regional Referral Hospital". East African Health.
Alexander Okori. (29 August 2019). "Soroti Hospital board finally inaugurated". [[New Vision]].

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