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14-426: Kabale Hospital is located in the central business district of the town of Kabale, approximately 139 kilometres (86 mi), by road, south-west of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital . This is about 406 kilometres (252 mi) south-west of Mulago National Referral Hospital . The coordinates of Kabale Regional Referral Hospital are 1°15'04.0"S, 29°59'21.0"E (Latitude:-1.251111; Longitude:29.989167). Kabele Hospital

28-548: A business that would later account for 10 percent of Uganda's gross domestic product. Following the Asian expulsion of 1972 Muljbhai's five sons decided to split parts of the business equally. His workers and their dependents have enjoyed free education, housing, and healthcare under the Group. The Group's businesses are run primarily by Madhvani family members, but many of the newer investments are joint ventures with other businesses. During

42-547: A modern out-patients department. UGX:20 billion was budgeted for the work. Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital , commonly known as Mbarara Hospital , is a hospital in Mbarara in the Western Region of Uganda . It is the referral hospital for the region and specifically for the districts of Mbarara , Bushenyi , Ntungamo , Kiruhura , Ibanda , and Isingiro . The hospital serves as

56-562: A subsidiary of the Madhvani Group . The work, expected to take approximately 18 months, was anticipated to be complete by the end of 2011. The hospital's bed capacity was increased from 300 to 608. In June 2024, construction began on a new 100-bed, stand-alone, four story, neonatal intensive care unit at a cost of US$ 1.9 million, donated by the World Bank . Madhvani Group The Madhvani Group of Companies commonly referred to as

70-461: Is a charitable trust that was established in 1962, just before Uganda gained its independence, to honor the vision of Muljibhai Madhvani (14 May 1894 – 11 July 1958). The foundation awards scholarships to deserving undergraduate and postgraduate university students to study in Ugandan universities. One of the foundation's primary objectives is to maintain and promote scientific and technical education among

84-523: 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 regional referral hospitals in Uganda. The hospital is designated as one of the fifteen internship hospitals in Uganda where graduates of Ugandan medical schools can serve of internship under the supervision of qualified specialists and consultants. The bed capacity of Kabale Hospital

98-406: Is quoted at 280, although many more admissions are made, with the excess sleeping on the floor. In 2014, work to expand and renovate the hospital got underway, in anticipation of turning the hospital into the teaching hospital of Kabale University. The renovations include the construction of new operating rooms (surgical theatre), the upgrading and expansion of the maternity ward, and construction of

112-477: Is staffed by medical students and residents. The hospital also acts as a teaching hospital for Nursing students from Bishop Stuart University . Mbarara Hospital is one of the 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. Its bed capacity is 600, although, as is the case with many Ugandan public hospitals, many more patients are admitted, with

126-595: The Madhvani Group , is one of the largest conglomerates in Uganda . The group has investments in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda , South Sudan , Tanzania , the Middle East , India , and North America . In 1912, Muljibhai Madhvani , then aged 18, arrived in Jinja following his older brother Nanjibhai. Starting in 1914, he was able to join his brothers small trading concern and help create

140-590: The 1970s, the Madhvani family was expelled from Uganda by Idi Amin and their businesses were nationalized and mismanaged to near-extinction. In 1985, the family returned to Uganda and with loans from the World Bank , the East African Development Bank , and the Uganda Development Bank , they resurrected and rehabilitated their businesses and started new ones. The Muljibhai Madhvani Foundation

154-488: The capital city of Uganda. The geographical coordinates of Mbarara Hospital are0°36'59.0"S, 30°39'32.0"E (Latitude:-0.616389; Longitude:30.658889). Mbarara Hospital is a public hospital, founded by the Uganda Ministry of Health , and general care in the hospital is free. It is affiliated with the medical school of the Mbarara University of Science and Technology, one of the four medical schools in Uganda. The hospital

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168-486: The excess sleeping on the floors. There is an acute shortage of functioning equipment for provision of tertiary healthcare services. In January 2011, President Yoweri Museveni laid the foundation stone at the hospital to mark the renovation, rehabilitation, and expansion of the hospital and transform it into a National Referral Hospital. The physical works were undertaken by the Excel Construction Company,

182-636: The teaching hospital for the Mbarara University of Science and Technology . The hospital is in Mbarara District, Ankole sub-region and is located within the central business district of the city . This location is approximately 139 kilometres (86 mi), by road, west of Masaka Regional Referral Hospital , in the city of Masaka . This is approximately 268 kilometres (167 mi), by road, southwest of Mulago National Referral Hospital , in Kampala ,

196-577: Was founded as a mission hospital of the church Missionary Society in 1921 by Leonard Sharp and Algernon Smith and their spouses as an expansion from the Mengo Hospital . The original mission hospital included a school and a leprosy hospital on Bwana Island on Lake Bunyonyi. The hospital also served as a base for Sharp and Smith to found a hospital in Rwanda as well, the Ruanda Mission . Kabale Hospital

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