Tororo General Hospital
{{Short description|Ugandan public hospital}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox hospital
| Name = Tororo General Hospital
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| Location = Tororo
| Region = Tororo District
| State = Eastern Region
| Country = Uganda
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|coordinates ={{coord|00|41|39|N|34|11|13|E|region:UG|display=inline, title}}
| HealthCare = Public
| Type = General
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| Beds = 200
| Founded = 1940
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Tororo General Hospital, also Tororo Government Hospital, Tororo District Hospital or Tororo Main Hospital, is a hospital in Uganda.{{cite journal|title=Identifying risk factors for perinatal death at Tororo District Hospital, Uganda: a case-control study |journal=BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth |volume=20 | author=Martha A. Tesfalul, Paul Natureeba, Nathan Day, Ochar Thomas & Stephanie L. Gaw |date=2020 |issue=1 |page=45 |doi=10.1186/s12884-020-2727-3 |pmid=31959141 |pmc=6972019 |doi-access=free }}
Location
The hospital is located in the central business district of the town of Tororo, in Tororo District, in the Eastern Region of the country, approximately {{convert|46|km|0}}, south of Mbale Regional Referral Hospital.{{google maps|
url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Mbale+Hospital,+Pallisa+Road,+Mbale%2FP.O.Box+921+Pallisa,+Mbale/Tororo+General+Hospital,+Tororo/@0.8839605,34.0332653,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x1778b66cd8569acb:0x4eec5b95578410bc!2m2!1d34.1762996!2d1.0766183!1m5!1m1!1s0x177f6b7aac712097:0x93e87660c4dbda1a!2m2!1d34.1867952!2d0.6937182!3e0 |title=Distance between Tororo General Hospital, Tororo, Eastern Region, Uganda and Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, Mbale, Eastern Region, Uganda |access-date=19 October 2020}} This location is approximately {{convert|132|km|0}}, by road, east of Jinja Regional Referral Hospital.{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Jinja+Regional+Referral+Hospital,+Rotary+Rd,+Jinja/Tororo+General+Hospital,+Tororo/@0.735166,33.1357329,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177e7b9ad9e6532b:0x168afcf76f804f0a!2m2!1d33.2053335!2d0.4301143!1m5!1m1!1s0x177f6b7aac712097:0x93e87660c4dbda1a!2m2!1d34.1867952!2d0.6937182!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Jinja Regional Referral Hospital And Tororo General Hospital |access-date=19 October 2020}} The coordinates of the hospital are: 0°41'39.0"N, 34°11'13.0"E (Latitude:0.694167; Longitude:34.186944).{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B041'39.0%22N+34%C2%B011'13.0%22E/@0.6941667,34.1869444,196m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0 |title=Location of Tororo General Hospital |
access-date=19 October 2020}}
Overview
Tororo General Hospital is a public hospital owned by the Uganda Government and administered by the Uganda Ministry of Health. The hospital serves the general public despite severe challenges, including poor funding, corruption, inadequate staffing, poor remuneration, insufficient medication and antiquated medical equipment.{{cite web|url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/863624/-/wijjx8/-/index.html |title=Tororo Hospital in power blackout |
newspaper=Daily Monitor |date=17 February 2010 |access-date=6 May 2016 |author=Daily Monitor |author-link=Daily Monitor |location=Kampala}}{{cite web| newspaper=New Vision | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1335703/minister-appalled-tororo-hospital |title=Minister appalled at state of Tororo Hospital |date=16 December 2013 |author=Faustine Odeke | access-date=6 May 2016 |location=Kampala}}{{cite web|url=http://ugandaradionetwork.com.dedi3883.your-server.de/a/story.php?s=24275 |title=Military Medics Take Over Tororo Main Hospital |publisher=Uganda Radio Network |
date=1 October 2009 |author=Reagan Emolot |access-date=7 May 2016 |location=Kampala}}{{cite web|
url=http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=49300 |date=29 January 2013 |title=Tororo Hospital Receives UGX 45 Million for Repairs, Needs UGX 2 Billion |publisher=Uganda Radio Network |access-date=7 May 2016 |author=Juma Seyyid |location=Kampala}}
A study carried out in 2019, using data collected in 2014, that was published in 2020, identified seven conditions associated with still births (after the 24th week of pregnancy) and neonatal deaths (from age zero to 28 days). The top seven conditions at Tororo General Hospital are: 1. Prematurity of the baby 2. Breech presentation 3. Multiple gestation 4. Cesarean delivery 5. Low birth weight 6. Antepartum hemorrhage and 7.Cord prolapse. The rate of perinatal death at this hospital was higher than Uganda's national targets. The "calculated stillbirth rate was 26.3 per 1000 total deliveries, and the neonatal death rate of 8.9 per 1000 live deliveries".
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.health.go.ug/ Website of Uganda Ministry of Health]
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{{Tororo District}}