Holy Innocents Children's Hospital
Appearance
Holy Innocents Children's Hospital | |
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbarara | |
Geography | |
Location | Mbarara, Mbarara District, Western Region, Uganda |
Organisation | |
Care system | Private, Non-profit |
Type | Pediatric Hospital |
Services | |
Emergency department | I |
Beds | 100 |
History | |
Opened | 2009[1] |
Links | |
Other links | Hospitals in Uganda |
Holy Innocents Children's Hospital (HICH), is a pediatric general hospital in the Western Region in Uganda. Founded in 2009, it is the second pediatric hospital in the country, the other being CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda (CCHU), located in Mbale, in Eastern Uganda, which was founded in 2000.[2]
Location
HICH is located in the city of Mbarara, in Mbarara District, approximately 295 kilometres (183 mi), by road southwest of Kampala, Uganda's capital city and largest metropolitan area.[3]
Overview
The hospital is a collaborative effort between many stakeholders, including the following: [4]
- The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbarara
- Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau
- The University of San Diego School of Nursing & Health Sciences
- The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
- The Children's Hospital Oakland
- The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego
- California State University, Northridge
- Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego
- Private Businesspeople and Entrepreneurs
- Donors and Volunteers worldwide