The Ministry of Health ranked the best and worst hospitals at the Office of the President on Tuesday.
This saw Kampala International University (KIU) teaching hospital situated at the Western Campus, Ishaka in Bushenyi ranking among the top four (4) referal hospitals in the country.
The rankings that were made for the 2017/2018 financial year were based on indicators such as deliveries in health facilities, staffing levels, service delivery and tuberclosis detection rates.
The Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng announced that Adjumani, Moyo, Bushenyi, Gulu, and Kabarole made it to the top five districts with the best hospitals according to the Annual Health Sector Perfomance Report.
According to these rankings, KIU teaching hospital contributed vehemently to health service delivery in Bushenyi hence emerging the best in Western Uganda.
In response to the elating news, the University administration took to their Facebook page and praised this development.
” The KIU community would like to congratulate KIU teaching hospital for attaining the 4th rank among the best referal hospitals in the country. We have also been recognized as the best hospital in Western Uganda,” stated the Facebook post.
This milestone has left many questioning whether indeed, the allegations against this institution churning out ‘Fake Medics’ is false or cooked by critics and haters of the institution.
KIU teaching hospital is located in Ishaka, Bushenyi District. Plans to build it were commenced in 2005 after the establishment of the KIU School of Health Sciences a year before. The hospital is recognized by medical and dental licensing boards in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. It among others does General surgery, orthopedics, ophthalmology, dental surgery and physiotherapy with five operating theaters.
