Holy Innocents Children's Hospital

Holy Innocents Children's Hospital
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
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.

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. The approximate coordinates of the hospital are:00 37 25S, 30 28 24E (Latitude:-0.6236; Longitude:30.6400). The coordinates are approximate because the hospital does not yet appear on most publicly available maps.

Overview

The hospital is a collaborative effort between many stakeholders, including the following:

• 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

External links

• Google Map Mbarara City

See also

• Mbarara
• Mbarara District
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbarara
• Hospitals in Uganda