Ishaka Adventist Hospital
Ishaka Adventist Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | Ishaka, Bushenyi District, Western Region, Uganda |
Organisation | |
Care system | Private |
Type | General |
Services | |
Beds | 110 |
History | |
Opened | 195 |
Links | |
Other links | Hospitals in Uganda |
Ishaka Adventist Hospital (IAH), is a hospital in Uganda. The hospital is located in the town of Ishaka, Bushenyi District, Western Uganda. It is located immediately north of the junction of the Ntungamo-Kasese Road with the Mbarara-Ishaka Road. Its location is approximately 77 kilometres (48 mi), by road, west of Mbarara, the largest city in the sub-region.[1] This location lies approximately360 kilometres (224 mi), by road, southwest of Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the largest city in that country.[2]
Overview
Ishaka Adventist Hospital is a 110-bed community hospital that is owned and administered by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Uganda. It primarily caters to the health needs of the rural subsistence farmers who live in the community where the hospital is located. As of 2010[update] the hospital's professional staff included 3 doctors, 6 clinical assistants and about 60 nurses, midwives and nurse's aides. The hospital maintains a nurses training school on the hospital premises. IAH is affiliated with Loma Linda University, in Loma Linda, California, United States of America[3]
History
The hospital was founded in 1950.[4] It affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Besides a School of Nursing, the hospital maintains an elementary school, Ishaka Adventist Hospital Primary School, for the children of staff and the community and a community-based health delivery organisation, Ishaka Health Plan.