Kilembe Mines Hospital

Kilembe Mines Hospital
Kilembe Mines
Uganda Ministry of Health
Roman Catholic Diocese of Kasese
Geography
Location
Kilembe,
Kasese District,
Western Region,
Uganda
Organisation
Care system Community Hospital
Hospital type General
Services
Emergency department I
Beds 200
History
Founded 1951
Links
Other links Hospitals in Uganda

Kilembe Mines Hospital, is a community hospital in the Western Region of Uganda.[1]

Location

The hospital is located in the community of Kilembe, on the campus of Kilembe Mines, in Kasese District, about 86 kilometres (53 mi) southwest of Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital.[2] This is approximately 166 kilometres (103 mi) northwest of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.[3] The coordinates of Kilembe Mines Hospital are:0°12'14.0"N, 30°00'37.0"E (Latitude:0.203885; Longitude:30.010271).[4]

Overview

The hospital, being located on the banks of River Nyamwamba, is prone to flooding; having flooded in May 2013, in May 2014 and in July 2015.[5][6][7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ KMH (3 April 2013). "About Kilembe Mines Hospital". Kilembe: Kilembe Mines Hospital (KMH). Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  2. ↑ GFC (12 May 2016). "Distance between Kilembe Mines Hospital, Kilembe, Western Region, Uganda and Kabarole Referral Hospital (Buhinga), Fort Portal, Western Region, Uganda". Globefeed (GFC). Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  3. ↑ GFC (12 May 2016). "Distance between Kilembe Mines Hospital, Kilembe, Western Region, Uganda and Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Mbarara, Western Region, Uganda". Globefeed (GFC). Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Google (12 May 2016). "Location of Kilembe Mines Hospital" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  5. ↑ John Thawite, and Taddeo Bwambale (9 May 2014). "Five perish as fresh floods hit Kasese". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  6. ↑ Kule, Ronald (14 May 2014). "Kasese Floods; Kilembe Mines Hospital Re-opened". Kampala: Uganda Radio Network. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  7. ↑ Kahungu, Thembo (1 July 2015). "Floods Disrupt Service Delivery at Kilembe Mines Hospital". Kampala: Uganda Radio Network. Retrieved 12 May 2016.

Coordinates: 00°12′14″N 30°00′37″E / 0.20389°N 30.01028°E / 0.20389; 30.01028

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/12/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.