Nebbi General Hospital

The hospital is located in the central business district of the town of Nebbi, in Nebbi District, in the West Nile sub-region, in Northern Uganda, about 78 kilometres (48 mi) southeast of Arua Regional Referral Hospital.^[2]

This is approximately 173 kilometres (107 mi) southwest of Gulu Regional Referral Hospital.^[3] The coordinates of the hospital are:02°28'39.0"N, 31°05'08.0"E (Latitude:2.477495; Longitude:31.085549).^[4]

Nebbi Hospital was established in 1969 by the first government of Prime Minister Milton Obote.^[5] It has a bed capacity of 108.^[6] As with many government hospitals built at the same time, the hospital infrastructure was in dilapidated state, with antiquated equipment.^[7]

In 2013, the government of Uganda solicited bids for the renovation of certain hospitals, including Nebbi General Hospital, using funds borrowed from the World Bank.^[8] The work was contracted to China Railway Number 5 Engineering Group, at a contract cost of US$3.8 million. Work started in February 2014 with an initial completion date of June 2015.^[9] Due to multiple delays,^[10] the work was completed in May 2016.^[5] The work included the following components:^[11][12] 1. Construct a new, larger outpatient department 2. Construct a new larger casualty department (emergency room) 3. Construct a building to house the diesel generator for electricity 4. Build a placenta disposal facility 5. Build a disposal facility for bio-medical waste 6. Build a laundry facility for patient's family members 7. Build a kitchen and dining room or the patients' family members 8. Build ventilated improved pit latrines for patient's families and outpatients 9. Refurbish the T-Block building and 10. Refurbish two existing staff houses.

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