{{Short description|Hospital in Masindi in Uganda}} {{Infobox hospital | name = Masindi General Hospital | org_group = [[Uganda Ministry of Health]] | image = Masindi Hospital.jpg | caption = Masindi General Hospital (2022) | logo = | location = [[Masindi]] | region = [[Western Region, Uganda|Western Region]] | country = [[Uganda]] | pushpin_map = Uganda | coordinates = {{coord|01|41|07|N|31|42|48|E|region:UG|display=inline, title}} | healthcare = [[Public hospital|Public]] | type = General | specialty = | standards = <!-- optional if no national standards --> | emergency = I | affiliation = | beds = 160 | founded = 1922 | closed = <!-- optional --> | website = | other_links = [[Hospitals in Uganda]] }} '''Masindi General Hospital''', also '''Masindi Government Hospital''' or '''Masindi Hospital''', is a hospital in the [[Western Region, Uganda|Western Region]] of [[Uganda]].<ref name="Profile">{{cite web|format=PDF |url=https://health.go.ug/docs/masindi.pdf| title=Profile of Masindi Hospital| publisher=[[Uganda Ministry of Health]] (UMOH)|accessdate=6 March 2016| date=6 May 2016| last=UMOH }}</ref>
==Location== The hospital is located in the town of [[Masindi]], in [[Masindi District]], in [[Bunyoro sub-region]], about {{convert|56|km|0}}, by road, northeast of [[Hoima Regional Referral Hospital]].<ref>{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Hoima+Regional+Referral+Hospital,+Main+Stree,+Hoima/Masindi+Hospital,+Masindi/@1.5200178,31.4561043,10z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x1764c4aa74d4f4e7:0xafd0a6665500bd2d!2m2!1d31.3543797!2d1.4280426!1m5!1m1!1s0x177ad2032db51eef:0xcb0daf4d77841bc3!2m2!1d31.716155!2d1.6832956!3e0 | title=Road Distance Between Masindi Hospital In Masindi And Hoima Regional Referral Hospital In Hoima, Uganda |access-date=17 October 2020}}</ref> The coordinates of Masindi General Hospital are:01°41'07.0"N, 31°42'48.0"E (Latitude:1.685282; Longitude:31.713337).<ref>{{google maps |access-date=6 May 2016 |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/1%C2%B041'07.0%22N+31%C2%B042'48.0%22E/@1.6858062,31.7101315,932m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d1.685282!4d31.713337 |title=Location of Masindi General Hospital}}</ref>
==Overview== The hospital was built in 1922, as a health aid post of the workers of the [[East African Railways]]. In 1935, it was acquired by the colonial government and developed into a Health Center IV facility. In 1965 it was handed over to the government of Uganda. In 1988, it was upgraded to a 100-bed general hospital. 54 gynecology beds were added in 2008, to bring the bed capacity to 154.<ref name="Profile"/> The bed capacity as at January 2013, was given as 160.<ref name="Shun"/>
Patients served come from the districts of [[Masindi District|Masindi]], [[Buliisa District|Buliisa]], [[Nakasongola District|Nakasongola]], [[Nakaseke District|Nakaseke]], [[Hoima District|Hoima]] and [[Nebbi District|Nebbi]]. Some patients come from as far away as [[South Sudan]] and eastern [[DR Congo]].<ref name="Profile"/><ref name="Shun">{{cite web |first=Stephen |url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Tourists-shun-Masindi-hospital-over-services/-/688334/1670966/-/v8dqar/-/index.html |title=Tourists shun Masindi hospital over services |accessdate=6 May 2016 |date=21 January 2013 |last=Otage |newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] |location=Kampala |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060813/http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Tourists-shun-Masindi-hospital-over-services/-/688334/1670966/-/v8dqar/-/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==See also== *[[List of hospitals in Uganda]]
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == * [https://www.health.go.ug/ Website of Uganda Ministry of Health]
{{Authority control}} {{Masindi District}}
[[Category:Hospital buildings completed in 1922]] [[Category:1922 establishments in Uganda]] [[Category:Hospitals in Uganda]] [[Category:Masindi District]] [[Category:Bunyoro sub-region]] [[Category:Western Region, Uganda]]