Bwera General Hospital

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'''Bwera General Hospital''', also '''Bwera Hospital''', is a hospital in the Western Region of Uganda.<ref name="Whelm">{{cite web|url=https://ugandaradionetwork.com/story/expectant-mothers-overwhelm-bwera-hospital|title=Expectant Mothers Overwhelm Bwera Hospital |last=Thembo Kahungu|first= Misairi |publisher=Uganda Radio Network| location=Kampala |accessdate=11 May 2016 |date=15 October 2013}}</ref>

== Location == The hospital is located in the town of Bwera, in Kasese District, near the international border with DR Congo, approximately {{convert|132|km|0}} southwest of Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital.<ref>{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Bwera+Hospital,+Bwera/Kabarole+Referral+Hospital+(Buhinga),+Fort+Portal/@0.3191545,29.7400652,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x1761de350d834b89:0x7be1081d07f90fc4!2m2!1d29.76722!2d0.0336885!1m5!1m1!1s0x1763da713dee2643:0x2f03e6b95f37799d!2m2!1d30.2812432!2d0.6554842!3e0 |title=Distance between Bwera Hospital, Bwera, Western Region, Uganda and Kabarole Referral Hospital, Fort Portal, Western Region, Uganda |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref> This is about {{convert|167|km|0}} northwest of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.<ref>{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Bwera+Hospital,+Bwera/Mbarara+Hospital,+Mbarara/@-0.2911286,29.6479025,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x1761de350d834b89:0x7be1081d07f90fc4!2m2!1d29.76722!2d0.0336885!1m5!1m1!1s0x19d91a527d44407f:0x3ff53c1887fe35e8!2m2!1d30.6576625!2d-0.6170591!3e0 |title=Distance between Bwera Hospital, Bwera, Western Region, Uganda and Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Mbarara, Western Region, Uganda |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref> The coordinates of Bwera General Hospital are: 0°02'02.0"N, 29°46'01.0"E (Latitude:0.033899; Longitude:29.766934).<ref>{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B002'02.0%22N+29%C2%B046'01.0%22E/@0.0338889,29.7663039,196m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d0.033899!4d29.766934 |title=Location of Bwera General Hospital |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref>

== Overview == Bwera General Hospital is a public hospital owned by the Uganda Ministry of Health. It serves the surrounding sub-counties in Kasese District, and patients from neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the only government-owned hospital in Kasese District, as of May 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Kasese-on-Ebola-alert/-/688334/2439572/-/114boa7/-/index.html|title=Kasese on Ebola alert| accessdate=11 May 2016 |date=3 September 2014 |first=Enid |last=Ninsiima | newspaper=Daily Monitor |location=Kampala}}</ref> The hospital's bed capacity is 100, although many times it admits up to 300.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Patients-overwhelm-hospital/-/688334/1704124/-/6q3yfh/-/index.html |title=Patients overwhelm hospital |accessdate=11 May 2016|date=26 February 2013 |last=Ninsiima | newspaper=Daily Monitor |first=Enid |location=Kampala}}</ref>

Like most government hospitals in the country,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.observer.ug/news-headlines/28129-with-no-doctors-or-supplies-uganda-hospitals-are-ailing |title=With no doctors or supplies, Uganda hospitals are ailing|first=Moses |last=Talemwa|newspaper=The Observer (Uganda) |location=Kampala |accessdate=11 May 2016|date=20 October 2013}}</ref> Bwera General Hospital faces many challenges including non-functioning equipment,<ref>{{cite web| url=https://ugandaradionetwork.com/story/bwera-hospital-fails-to-repair-ultra-sound-scanner-six-months-after |title=Bwera Hospital Fails to Repair Ultra Sound Scanner Six Months After |date=30 May 2015|first=Thembo| last=Kahungu |accessdate=11 May 2016 |publisher=Uganda Radio Network| location=Kampala}}</ref> under-staffing, poor funding, over-worked staff<ref name="Whelm" /> and slow payment of staff.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ugandaradionetwork.com/story/bwera-hospital-medical-workers-threaten-to-strike-over-pay |title=Bwera Hospital Medical Workers Threaten to Strike Over Pay |last=Ronald Kule |first=and Thembo Kahungu Misairi |accessdate=11 May 2016 | publisher=Uganda Radio Network |date=3 May 2014 |location=Kampala}}</ref>

== Ebola == The hospital has an Ebola treatment unit which treated patients in June 2019 during the 2018–20 Kivu Ebola epidemic affecting neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lichtenstein|first=Amanda Leigh|last2=Kagumire|first2=Rosebell|date=June 13, 2019|title=DR Congo Ebola outbreak spreads to neighboring Uganda, activating rapid preparedness response|language=en-US|work=The World from PRX|url=https://theworld.org/stories/2019/06/13/dr-congo-ebola-outbreak-spreads-neighboring-uganda-activating-rapid-preparedness|access-date=2021-07-24}}</ref>

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

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== External links == * [https://www.health.go.ug/ Website of Uganda Ministry of Health] * [http://mobile.monitor.co.ug/News/Cholera-outbreak-confirmed-Kasese/-/2466686/2658870/-/format/xhtml/-/7w3foez/-/index.html Cholera outbreak confirmed in Kasese – 19 March 2016]

Category:Hospitals in Uganda Category:Kasese District Category:Rwenzururu sub-region Category:Western Region, Uganda Category:Hospitals established in 2000 Category:2000 establishments in Uganda