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Lira Regional Referral Hospital

Lira Regional Referral Hospital
Uganda Ministry of Health
Geography
Location Lira,
Lira District, Uganda
Organisation
Care system Public
Hospital type General and Teaching
Services
Emergency department I
Beds 254
History
Founded 1920
Links
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Medical education in Uganda

Lira Regional Referral Hospital, commonly known as Lira Hospital, is a hospital in Lira in the Northern Region of Uganda. It is the referral hospital for the districts of Amolatar, Apac, Dokolo, Lira, Kole, and Oyam.

Lira Hospital is approximately 319 kilometres (198 mi), by road, north of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The coordinates of the hospital are 2°15'07.0"N, 32°54'05.0"E (Latitude:2.251944; Longitude:32.901389).

Lira Hospital is a public hospital, funded by the Uganda Ministry of Health, and general care in the hospital is free. It is one of the thirteen regional referral hospitals in Uganda. The hospital is designated as one of the fifteen internship hospitals in Uganda, where graduates of Ugandan medical schools can serve one year of internship under the supervision of qualified specialists and consultants. The bed capacity of the hospital in 2012 was 254.

Coordinates: 02°15′06″N 32°54′05″E / 2.25167°N 32.90139°E / 2.25167; 32.90139


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