Naguru General Hospital
Naguru General Hospital, also known as China-Uganda Friendship Hospital Naguru, is a hospital in Uganda. It is an urban, general hospital built between 2009 and 2012, at an estimated cost of approximately US$8 million. The hospital was built by the Government of China, as a gift to the Government of Uganda.
The hospital is on Naguru Road, on Naguru Hill, Nakawa Division, Kampala District, in Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the largest city in that country. This location lies approximately, by road, east of the central business district of Kampala.
Overview
The Chinese government, designed and built the hospital as a gift to the people of Uganda, at a cost of US$8 million. Kampala [Capital City Authority], donated the site where the hospital was built. The government of Uganda contributed an estimated US$2 million in tax waivers on construction materials used to build the hospital, landscaping, road access and licensing fees.The institution which was completed in December 2011, consists of seven buildings, four operating rooms, a maternity ward, a pediatric unit, a teenage center, a blood bank, radiology department and housing for medical staff. The hospital was officially handed over to the Government of Uganda on 10 January 2012, to be jointly administered by the Uganda [Ministry of Health] and Kampala Capital City Authority.