{{Infobox hospital | name = Masafu General Hospital | org_group = Uganda Ministry of Health | image = | caption = <!-- optional --> | logo = <!-- optional --> | location = Masafu | region = <br /> Busia District | state = <br />Eastern Region | country = <br />Uganda | pushpin_map = Uganda | coordinates = {{coord|00|24|48|N|34|02|05|E|region:UG|display=inline, title}} | healthcare = Public | type = General | specialty = | standards = <!-- optional if no national standards --> | emergency = I | affiliation = | beds = 100 | founded = 2010 | closed = <!-- optional --> | website = | other_links = Hospitals in Uganda }}
'''Masafu General Hospital''', also '''Masafu Hospital''', is a hospital in the Eastern Region of Uganda.
==Location== The hospital is in the town of Masafu on the Musita–Mayuge–Lumino–Majanji–Busia Road in Busia District, Uganda, about {{convert|150|km|0}} east of the Jinja Regional Referral Hospital.<ref>{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Jinja+Regional+Referral+Hospital,+Rotary+Rd,+Jinja/Masafu+General+Hospital,+Matayos+Funyula+Road,+Kenya/@0.4549856,33.1424082,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177e7b9ad9e6532b:0x168afcf76f804f0a!2m2!1d33.2053335!2d0.4301143!1m5!1m1!1s0x177fbe5284af91e1:0x111aead9c9d11bd1!2m2!1d34.119426!2d0.2806384!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Jinja Regional Referral Hospital And Masafu General Hospital |access-date=17 October 2020}}</ref> This is approximately {{convert|106|km|0}}, by road, south of Mbale Regional Referral Hospital.<ref>{{google maps|title=Distance between Masafu General Hospital, Busia, Eastern Region, Uganda and Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, Mbale, Eastern Region, Uganda |access-date=17 October 2020 | url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Mbale+Hospital,+Pallisa+Road,+Mbale%2FP.O.Box+921+Pallisa,+Mbale/Masafu+General+Hospital,+Matayos+Funyula+Road,+Kenya/@0.6775628,33.8795067,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x1778b66cd8569acb:0x4eec5b95578410bc!2m2!1d34.1762996!2d1.0766183!1m5!1m1!1s0x177fbe5284af91e1:0x111aead9c9d11bd1!2m2!1d34.119426!2d0.2806384!3e0}}</ref> The coordinates of Masafu General Hospital are: 00°24'48.0"N, 34°02'05.0"E (Latitude:0.413333; Longitude:34.034722).<ref>{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B024'48.0%22N+34%C2%B002'05.0%22E/@0.4133333,34.0347222,196m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0 |title=Location of Masafu General Hospital, Busia District, Eastern Region, Uganda |access-date=17 October 2020}}</ref>
==Overview== Masafu General Hospital was established in 2010 when the Masafu Health Centre IV was upgraded to hospital status.<ref name="Up">{{cite web |title=Mulago Hospital for Massive Facelift | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1289012/mulago-hospital-massive-facelift |accessdate=27 May 2016 | date=3 June 2010 |first= Barbara Among |last=Felix Osike | newspaper=New Vision | location=Kampala}}</ref> The hospital attends to a large number of HIV/AIDS patients.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.msh.org/blog-tags/masafu-hospital | title=Masafu Hospital: Expert HIV Clients Help Reach Their Ugandan Communities |first=Margaret | last=Hartley | date=16 July 2012 | accessdate=27 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://observer.ug/news-headlines/26736-govt-denies-shortage-of-arvs | title=Government Denies Shortage of ARVs | accessdate=27 May 2016 | author=Administrator | date=1 August 2013 | newspaper=The Observer (Uganda) | location=Kampala}}</ref> This hospital is on the list of general hospitals earmarked for renovation and expansion.<ref>{{cite web | location=Kampala | url=http://www.health.go.ug/projects/rehabilitation-and-construction-general-hospitals | title= Rehabilitation and Construction of General Hospitals | accessdate=27 May 2016 | date=January 2016 | publisher=Uganda Ministry of Health (UMOH) |last=UMOH}}</ref>
==See also== * List of hospitals in Uganda
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.health.go.ug/ Website of Uganda Ministry of Health] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241125172918/http://www.health.go.ug/ |date=2024-11-25 }}
{{Authority control}} {{Busia District}}
Category:Hospitals in Uganda Category:Busia District, Uganda Category:Eastern Region, Uganda Category:Hospitals established in 2010 Category:2010 establishments in Uganda