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Entebbe Children's Surgical Hospital (ECSH) is a specialized children's
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hospital in
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. It is a hospital, owned and operated by
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, an international
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that offers "free medical treatment to the victims of war, poverty and landmines".


Location

The hospital is located in the village of Banga, in the city of
Entebbe Entebbe is a city in Central Region, Uganda, Central Uganda which is located on Lake Victoria peninsula, approximately southwest of the Ugandan capital city, Kampala. Entebbe was once the seat of government for the Protectorate of Uganda pri ...
, in
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, in the Central Region of Uganda. This location is approximately , by road, north of the
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. ECSH is located approximately south of
Mulago National Referral Hospital Mulago National Specialised Hospital, also known as Mulago National Referral Hospital, is a component of Mulago Hospital Complex, the teaching facility of Makerere University College of Health Sciences. It is the largest public hospital in Ug ...
. The hospital sits on of land, donated by the UPDF Special Forces Command.


Construction

The hospital was designed by
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and built in association with TAM Associates. ''The Kampala Post'', a Ugandan online publication, reported the construction cost to be USh117 billion in 2021 (approx. €29 million).


Overview

The ECSH is a specialized pediatric surgery hospital owned and administered by
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, the international
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. ECSH serves children with surgical disabilities regardless of their ethnic background, religious affiliation, or ability to pay. Opened on 19 April 2021, the hospital has bed capacity of 72 patients. When fully operational, the hospital will employ 385 local people. Of these, 179 (46.5 percent) are medical staff, including
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s,
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s,
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s and
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s. The remaining 206 (53.5 percent) are administrative staff, including social workers, accountants, receptionists, drivers, cooks, security, cleaners and laundry personnel, among others. At full capacity, the hospital expects to hire 36 expatriate medical staff and 143 Ugandan medical staff. Of the 206 non-medical staff, 196 (95 percent) are expected to be Ugandan and 10 (5 percent) are expected to be expatriates.


Training

One of the hospital's long-term objectives is to train Ugandans, both medical and non-medical. In turn the trained staff will "improve pediatric surgery and medical care in Uganda", and will over time train other workers to do the same.


Other considerations

The
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participated in the planning of this hospital. The Ugandan government donated the land where the hospital was built. The government is also expected to fund 20 percent of the hospital's operational expenses, annually.


See also

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Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery The ''Salam'' Centre for Cardiac Surgery is a 63-bed cardiac surgery hospital located on the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan. The private hospital is operated by Emergency, a humanitarian non-governmental organization, and provides all medical car ...
*
Hospitals in Uganda The largest state-owned hospital in Uganda is Mulago Hospital in Kampala with around 1,500 beds. It was built in 1962. Ian Clarke, a physician and missionary from Northern Ireland, built the 200-bed International Hospital Kampala, which was the ...
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CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda (CCHU) is a specialized children's neurosurgery hospital in Uganda. It is a private hospital, owned and operated by CURE International. The hospital is also a teaching center in neurosurgery, pediatric neurosurge ...


References


External links


Official Website

Detailed Hospital Profile
As of April 2021.
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