Kisiizi Hospital

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Kisiizi Hospital
Church of Uganda
Map
Kisiizi Hospital is located in Uganda
Kisiizi Hospital
Geography
LocationKisiizi, Rukungiri District, Uganda
Coordinates00°59′45″S 29°57′44″E / 0.99583°S 29.96222°E / -0.99583; 29.96222
Organisation
Care systemCommunity hospital
TypeGeneral and specialist
Affiliated universityChurch of Uganda
Services
Emergency departmentI
Beds260
History
Opened1958; 66 years ago (1958)
Links
WebsiteHomepage
ListsHospitals in Uganda
Other linksHospitals in Uganda

Kisiizi Hospital is a community hospital in Uganda. It is affiliated with the Anglican Church of Uganda.[1]

Location

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The hospital is located in the town of Kisiizi in Rukungiri District, in the Kigezi sub-region of the Western Region of Uganda. Kisiizi Hospital is approximately 43 kilometres (27 mi) south of Rukungiri, where the district headquarters are located.[2] This location is also approximately 42 kilometres (26 mi) north of Kabale, the largest city in the Kigezi sub-region.[3] The geographical coordinates of the hospital are:00°59'53.0"S, 29°56'37.0"E (Latitude:-0.998056; Longitude:29.943611).[4]

Overview

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The hospital is a private non-profit institution with a bed capacity of 250 plus 10 cots/incubators in the Special Care Baby Unit. The hospital is a fee-paying hospital, although no one is turned away due to inability to pay. The fees collected from the patients cover only about 40 percent of the total hospital expenses. To supplement that income, the hospital operates several other businesses whose revenue augments the hospital's financial and social responsibilities. The hospital also receives charitable contributions from supporters within Uganda and from overseas.[1][5]

Kisiizi Hospital was founded by missionary John Sharp in 1958 and was later taken over by the North Kigezi Diocese of the Church of Uganda. The following subsidiaries are owned by Kisiizi Hospital either in full or in part. These services help to deliver a more holistic lifestyle to the community, which otherwise is very rural and very poor.[1][5][6][7]

Subsidiaries

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The first subsidiary is Kisiizi Hospital Primary School, a mixed day and boarding primary school, which takes in students from hospital staff and the community, with 403 students, and 13 teachers, as of August 2018.[6]

The second subsidiary is Kisiizi Hospital School of Nursing. This teaching institution, was established in 1998 and trains nurses and midwives. Its total enrollment is 200 students.[7]

The third subsidiary is Kisiizi Hospital Power Limited, the owner/operator of the Kisiizi Power Station, a 300 kilowatts (0.30 MW) hydroelectric project that supplies the hospital and affiliated subsidiary institutions. The surplus power is sold to the community, including businesses and residences.[8]

The fourth affiliated operation is the Kisiizi Hospital Health Insurance Scheme. The scheme, operated in conjunction with Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (Saccos), in the community. The saccos collect health premiums from their members, from which they pay the hospital bills for covered illnesses. Not all conditions are covered, but the scheme protects patients from financial ruin from routine illnesses and the hospital gets paid something instead of nothing when the patient lacks cash. As of 2017 the scheme had 38,400 enrollees.[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Church of Uganda (April 2020). "Hospitals and Medical Bureau: Kisiizi Hospital". Kampala: Church of Uganda. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Distance Between Kisiizi, Uganda And Rukungiri, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Distance Between Kisiizi And Kabale In Uganda" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Location of Kisiizi Hospital" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b "About Kisiizi Hospital". Kisiizi: Kisiizi Hospital. April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  6. ^ a b Titus Kakembo (24 August 2017). "Sights & Sounds: A Journey Down South To Kisiizi". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  7. ^ a b Kisiizi Hospital (April 2020). "Profile of Kisiizi Hospital School of Nursing". Kisiizi: Kisiizi Hospital. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  8. ^ Kisiizi Hospital (April 2020). "About Kisiizi Hospital Power Limited". Kisiizi: Kisiizi Hospital. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  9. ^ Sebastian Olikira Baine, Alex Kakama & Moses Mugume (2018). "Development of the Kisiizi hospital health insurance scheme: lessons learned and implications for universal health coverage". BMC Health Services Research. 18 (1): 455. doi:10.1186/s12913-018-3266-8. PMC 6003105. PMID 29903016.
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