Anaka General Hospital

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox hospital | name = Anaka General Hospital | org_group = Uganda Ministry of Health | image =  | caption =  | logo = | location = Anaka | region = Nwoya District | state = Northern Region | country = Uganda | pushpin_map = Uganda | coordinates = {{coord|02|35|59|N|31|56|51|E|display=title, inline}} | healthcare = Public | type = General | specialty = | standards =  | emergency = I | affiliation = | beds = 120 | founded = 1969 | closed =  | website = | other_links = Hospitals in Uganda }}

'''Anaka General Hospital''', also known as '''Anaka Hospital''', is a hospital in the Northern Region of Uganda.<ref name="Bad">{{cite web | url=http://ugandaradionetwork.com/story/anaka-hospital-in-ruins | title=Anaka Hospital in Ruins | first=Joe | last=Wacha |date=27 February 2010 | publisher=Uganda Radio Network | location=Kampala | accessdate=5 May 2016}}</ref>

==Location== The hospital is in the town of Anaka in Nwoya District, approximately {{convert|55|km|0}} south-west of the Gulu Regional Referral Hospital.<ref>{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Gulu+Hospital,+laro+division,,+Gulu/Anaka+Referal+Hospital,+Anaka/@2.6848606,31.861493,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x1771a6380734a02f:0xfe5e661adf82ad04!2m2!1d32.2984425!2d2.7776119!1m5!1m1!1s0x177035027277170f:0x95d7fcdc53716969!2m2!1d31.9480062!2d2.6006562!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Gulu Regional Referral Hospital And Anaka General Hospital |access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref> This is about {{convert|321|km|0}}, by road, north-west of Mulago National Referral Hospital,<ref>{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Mulago+Hospital,+Kampala/Anaka+Referal+Hospital,+Anaka/@2.270899,30.9412695,8z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbb0f51509de1:0xea12334542674d8c!2m2!1d32.5761312!2d0.3380637!1m5!1m1!1s0x177035027277170f:0x95d7fcdc53716969!2m2!1d31.9480062!2d2.6006562!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Mulago National Referral Hospital And Anaka General Hospital |access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref> The geographical coordinates of Anaka General Hospital are 02°35'59.0"N, 31°56'51.0"E (Latitude:2.599707; Longitude:31.947496).<ref>{{google maps | url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/2%C2%B035'59.0%22N+31%C2%B056'51.0%22E/@2.5997124,31.9453127,449m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d2.599707!4d31.947496 |title=Location of Anaka General Hospital |access-date=5 May 2016}}</ref>

==Overview== Anaka General Hospital was built in the 1960s during the administration of Prime Minister Milton Obote. During the Lord's Resistance Army insurgency, the hospital was attacked, ransacked, and vandalized.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://reliefweb.int/report/uganda/humanitarian-update-uganda-volume-iv-issue-6 | title=Humanitarian Update - Uganda, Volume IV, Issue 6 |publisher=UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) via ReliefWeb | last=(UNOCHA) | location=Nairobi}}</ref><ref name="Repair"/>

The hospital suffers from dilapidated infrastructure, antiquated or non-existent equipment, poor funding, poor staffing, poor pay, late salary payments, and low staff morale.<ref name="Bad"/> According to a 2012 published report, the hospital had gone several years without a physician or surgeon.<ref>{{cite web | title=Anaka Hospital grapples with doctor shortage | newspaper=Daily Monitor |url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1384674/-/aw4hjlz/-/index.html | accessdate= 5 May 2016 | date=12 April 2012 | first=Cissy | last=Makumbi | location=Kampala}}</ref>

==Renovations== Beginning in 2014, the Uganda Ministry of Health began renovating this hospital, using a loan from the World Bank.<ref>{{cite web | last=Kyobe | accessdate=5 May 2016 | date=27 October 2014 | location=Kampala | first=Sarah | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1313285/government-begins-massive-hospitals-renovations | title=Government begins massive hospitals’ renovations | newspaper=New Vision}}</ref> The improvements, which cost UGX:18.65 billion, included the following:<ref name="Repair">{{cite web |url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Anaka-Hospital-repairs-to-be-completed-in-June/-/688334/2605208/-/imm03az/-/index.html | title=Anaka Hospital repairs to be completed in June | date=29 January 2015 | first=Cissy | last=Makumbi | newspaper=Daily Monitor | location=Kampala}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Lubangakene | accessdate=5 May 2016 | newspaper=New Vision | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1324816/nwoya-hospital-sh18b-facelift | title=Nwoya hospital gets Sh18 billion facelift | first=Cornes | date=28 April 2015 | location=Kampala}}</ref> 1. New, bigger outpatients' department 2. Build a mortuary 3. Enlarge the private wing for paying patients 4. Renovate the existing staff housing 5. Renovate the hospital's water source 6. Rehabilitate the hospital's water supply pipe system, both outside and inside the facility 7. Rehabilitate the hospital's sewerage disposal system, both inside and outside the buildings 8. Construct an emergency room (casualty department) 9. Construct a psychiatric department 10. Build an intensive care unit.

==See also== *List of hospitals in Uganda

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== External links == * [http://www.health.go.ug/ Website of Uganda Ministry of Health] * [http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/Hospitals-get-facelift--but-far-from-better-service-delivery/-/691232/3070938/-/item/0/-/v4jnt8/-/index.html Hospitals get facelift, but far from better service delivery]

Category:Hospital buildings completed in 1969 Anaka Category:Nwoya District Category:Acholi sub-region Category:Northern Region, Uganda Category:Hospitals established in 1969 Category:1969 establishments in Uganda