Ishaka Adventist Hospital is a rural hospital in

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. The hospital is located in the town of

Ishaka Ishaka is a town in the Western Region of Uganda. It is one of the municipalities in Bushenyi District. Location Ishaka is located in Igara County, in Bushenyi District, approximately , by road, west of Mbarara, the largest city in the sub-regio ...

Bushenyi District Bushenyi District is a district in Western Uganda. Like many other Ugandan districts, it is named after its chief town, Bushenyi, where the district headquarters are located. Location Bushenyi District is bordered by Rubirizi District to the n ...

, Western Uganda. It is located immediately north of the junction where the

Ishaka–Kagamba Road The Ishaka–Kagamba Road is a road in the Western Region of Uganda, connecting the town of Kagamba in Ntungamo District with Ishaka in Bushenyi District. Location The road starts at Kagamba, west of Ntungamo, on the road to Rukungiri, and ...

meets the Mbarara–Ishaka Road. Its location is approximately , by road, west of

Mbarara Mbarara City is a city in the Western Region of Uganda and the second largest city in Uganda after Kampala. The city is divided into 6 boroughs of Kakoba Division, Kamukuzi Division, Nyamitanga Division, Biharwe Division, Kakiika Division, ...

, the largest city in the

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. This location lies approximately , by road, southwest of

Kampala Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Ruba ...

, the capital of Uganda and the largest city in that country. The geographical coordinates of Ishaka Adventist Hospital are: 0°32'38.0"S, 30°08'17.0"E (Latitude:-0.543889; Lonitude:30.138056).

Overview

Ishaka Adventist Hospital has capacity of 120 beds. It primarily serves the poor from te rural districts of

Bushenyi Bushenyi is a town in Western Uganda. It is the 'chief town' of Bushenyi District and the district headquarters are located there. The district is named after the town, in keeping with the practice in most of the districts in the country. Loca ...

Sheema Sheema, also Sheema Municipality, is an urban centre in the Western Region of Uganda. It is the largest municipality in Sheema District. Location Sheema lies on the Mbarara–Ishaka Road, approximately , by road, west of Mbarara, the largest ci ...

Rubirizi Rubirizi, sometimes spelled Rubiriizi, is a town in Rubirizi District, Ankole sub-region, Western Uganda. The town is the main municipal, administrative and commercial center of Rubirizi District. The district is named after the town. Locat ...

, Mitooma,

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Kasese Kasese is a town north of Lake George in the Western Region of Uganda. It originally grew around the copper mine at Kilembe, while attention later turned to cobalt mining. It is the chief town of Kasese District, and the district headquarters ...

and

Ntungamo Ntungamo is a town in the Western Region, Uganda, Western Region of Uganda. It is the largest town in Ntungamo District and the site of the district headquarters. Location Ntungamo is about , by road, southwest of the city of Mbarara, the larges ...

. The hospital, which began offering patient services in 1950, has the following departments: 1. Male Ward 2. Female Ward 3. Maternity Ward 4. Maternal & Child Health Services 5. Radiology Services 6. Dental Care Services 7. Lifestyle and Wellness Centre 8. Laboratory Services 9. Chaplaincy Department and 10. HIV Clinic. Ishaka Adventist Hospital has two affiliated medical training institutions on its property: 1. Ishaka Adventist School of Allied Health Sciences and 2. Ishaka Adventist School of Nursing and Midwifery. The hospital also owns and administers the Ishaka Adventist Health Plan. In September 2020, Ishaka Adventist hospital with support from UPMB implemented Stre@mline Health, an EMR for Africa that enables clinicians in resource poor settings to deliver health care efficiently by providing key patient safety prompts across the entire patient journey.

History

Ishaka Adventist Hospital was founded in 1950. The mission hospital is operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the majority of te people it takes care of are rural subsistence farmers.

Ebola threat

In 2000 Ishaka Adventist Hospital was on high alert after the

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was reported in Mbarara District, from the hospital. A

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from the hospital was sent to a larger hospital for training in isolation and treatment procedures for the

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Corporal punishment controversy

At Ishaka Adventist School of Nursing and Midwifery, two students who left their dormitory without permission were suspended, by the Deputy Princil of the school. When the suspended students returned to school, the parents were told to whip their children as punishment. The Senior Administrator of Ishaka Adventist Hospital, Lydia Komigisha told the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education and Sports, who were investigating the spanking of the students. That she was embarrassed of the pictures on the internet. She said that it wasn't the schools policy to use corporal punishment. Lydia Komigisha later suspended the Deputy Principal and the Clinical Instructor, for their actions.

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