{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox hospital | name = Arua Regional Referral Hospital | org_group = [[Uganda Ministry of Health]] | image = | caption = <!-- optional --> | logo = <!-- optional --> | location = [[Arua]] | region = [[Arua District]] | state = | country = [[Uganda]] | pushpin_map = Uganda | coordinates = {{coord|03|01|10|N|30|54|45|E|display=title, inline}} | healthcare = Public | type = General and Teaching | specialty = | standards = <!-- optional if no national standards --> | emergency = I | affiliation = | beds = 272 | founded = | closed = <!-- optional --> | website = | other_links = [[Hospitals in Uganda]]<br/>[[Medical education in Uganda]] }} '''Arua Regional Referral Hospital''', commonly known as '''Arua Hospital''' is a hospital in the town of [[Arua]], in [[Northern Region, Uganda|Northern Uganda]]. It is the referral hospital for the districts of [[Adjumani District|Adjumani]], [[Arua District|Arua]], [[Koboko District|Koboko]], [[Maracha-Terego District|Maracha]], [[Moyo District|Moyo]], [[Nebbi District|Nebbi]], [[Yumbe District|Yumbe]], and [[Zombo District|Zombo]]. The hospital also receives referrals from neighboring parts of [[South Sudan]] and the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200906090148.html |title=Uganda: Arua Hospital To Get USh3.2 Billion Three-Storey Ward| date=8 June 2009|accessdate=27 October 2014|newspaper=[[New Vision]] (Kampala) via [[AllAfrica.com]]|first=Frank|last=Mugabi}}</ref>
==Location== Arua Regional Referral Hospital is located in the city of [[Arua]], [[Arua District]], [[West Nile sub-region]], in the [[Northern Region, Uganda|Northern Region]] of Uganda. It is located approximately {{convert|251|km|0}}, by road, northwest of [[Gulu Regional Referral Hospital]].<ref>{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Gulu+Hospital,+laro+division,,+Gulu/Arua+Regional+Referral+Hospital,+Arua/@2.7219785,31.0443597,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x1771a6380734a02f:0xfe5e661adf82ad04!2m2!1d32.2984425!2d2.7776119!1m5!1m1!1s0x176e62148f489e19:0xa085e04dc56d5e42!2m2!1d30.9134022!2d3.0195531!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Gulu Regional Referral Hospital And Arua Regional Referral Hospital |access-date=27 October 2020}}</ref> This location is approximately {{convert|496|km|0}}, by road, northwest of [[Mulago National Referral Hospital]], in [[Kampala]], Uganda's capital and largest city.<ref>{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Mulago+Hospital,+Kampala/Arua+Regional+Referral+Hospital,+Arua/@1.6788221,30.6223412,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbb0f51509de1:0xea12334542674d8c!2m2!1d32.5761312!2d0.3380637!1m5!1m1!1s0x176e62148f489e19:0xa085e04dc56d5e42!2m2!1d30.9134022!2d3.0195531!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Mulago National Referral Hospital And Arua Regional Referral Hospital |access-date=27 October 2020}}</ref> The coordinates of Arua Regional Referral Hospital are: 03°01'10.0"N, 30°54'45.0"E (Latitude:3.019444; Longitude:30.912500).<ref>{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/3%C2%B001'10.0%22N+30%C2%B054'45.0%22E/@3.0194443,30.9125,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0 |title=Location of Arua Regional Referral Hospital |access-date=27 October 2020}}</ref>
==Overview== Arua 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 (13) Regional Referral Hospitals in Uganda.<ref>[[Hospitals in Uganda|Uganda Has Thirteen Regional Referral Hospitals]]</ref> The hospital is designated as one of the fifteen (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.<ref>[[Medical school#Uganda|Medical Education in Uganda]]</ref> The bed capacity of Arua Hospital is quoted as 272, although the hospital admits far more patients, with the excess either sleeping on the floor, or sharing beds.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/SpecialReports/Arua-hospital-where--the-sick-get-more-sick-/-/688342/1888524/-/10offfnz/-/index.html |title=Arua Hospital Where ‘The Sick Get More Sick’|date=20 June 2013 |first=and Clement Aluma|last=Felix Warom Okello|accessdate=27 October 2014|newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] (Kampala)}}</ref> [[File:Dr. Alex Andema ( Arua Regional Referral Hospital).jpg|thumb|Dr. Alex Andema ( Arua Regional Referral Hospital).jpg]]
==See also== *[[Hospitals in Uganda]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090316082329/http://arua.go.ug/ Arua District Internet Portal]
{{Authority control}} {{Arua District}}
[[Category:Hospitals in Uganda|Arua Hospital]] [[Category:Arua District]] [[Category:Arua]] [[Category:West Nile sub-region]] [[Category:Northern Region, Uganda]]