New-look Kayunga hospital offers more options to patients

Kayunga General Hospital, whose renovation and expansion works are nearing completion, will have additional services to offer to patients besides the existing ones.

Mr Paul Kaliba, the project supervising engineer from the Ministry of Health, said among the new additions to the facility are accident and emergency unit, physiotherapy and gym unit, private out-patient department and wards, kitchen and laundry, isolation wards, maintenance and workshop, hostels for intern doctors and quarters for nurses.

Mr Kaliba also said during an interview on Wednesday that the facility will have a unit where youth-related health issues are addressed.
The new accident and emergency unit is expected to ease congestion at Kawolo General Hospital as it would be within easy reach for accident victims on the Kampala-Jinja, Kayunga-Mukono and Kayunga-Jinja highways for urgent care.

“Kawolo hospital has on many occasions been overwhelmed by the big numbers of accident victims. This facility would handle some of them,” one of the medical workers at Kayunga hospital said.

Kayunga Hospital is about 50 kilometres away from Kawolo hospital in Buikwe District which has also been refurbished.
Mr Kaliba said the new modern laboratories and theatres would help in disease diagnosis and treatment.
“All these additions are aimed at better service delivery,” he said.

He said about 78 per cent of the construction works are complete, six months ahead of the set timeframe.
This has brought a smile to the faces of patients since most of them had to dig deep into their pockets to pay for medical services.
Currently, Kayunga hospital only offers paediatric, maternity and HIV/Aids services.

Patients have to get other services from Kangulumira and Ntenjeru health centre IVs, about 15kms and 4kms away, respectively.
Accident and emergency victims are referred to Mulago National Referral Hospital, which is about 55kms away.

Dr Diana Atwine, the Ministry of Health permanent secretary, said on completion of construction works, the facility would be equipped with new medical equipment.

Rehabilitation of Kayunga hospital began early last year and is being undertaken by Arab Contractors (U) Ltd at a tune of Shs70b.
With 97 per cent of the works done, the two-year project is expected to end next year.
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