Government has introduced a new reform in the health sector to uplift the status of health centre IVs to community hospitals. This was revealed by the Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja during the plenary sitting on Thursday, 08 August 2024, chaired by Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa. “Based on the Ministry of Health Draft National Health Policy 2024, Government has introduced a reform of upgrading the status of health centre IVs with 24 bed capacity to community hospitals with 60 bed capacity,” Nabbanja said.
She added, “this will be undertaken in a phased manner prioritising health centre IVs with high catchment population, and 135 constituencies without health centre IVs based on geographical access, population coverage and resource availability”. Nabbanja was responding to a question raised by Omoro County Member of Parliament, Andrew Ojok, who inquired of the updates on the presidential directive to construct a hospital in each district. Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja presenting her statement to the House on Thursday, 08 August 2024al in each district.
She said the move to construct community hospitals will save the country high costs required to construct a general hospital in each of the 82 districts without a hospital, noting that the estimated cost of construction and equipping a general hospital is Shs 70 billion. On the other hand, the estimated cost of constructing and equipping a community hospital is Shs 12 billion, according the Premier. Additionally, to f.