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The Project for Extension to the Maternity Ward at Bwindi Community Hospital

1. Project Detail

Organisation	Bwindi Community Hospital
Amount of funding	US $ 102,190
Signatory	Birungi Edwin Mutuhanga (Medical Superintendent)
Name of the project	The Project for Extension to the Maternity Ward at Bwindi Community Hospital
Location of the project	Kanungu District
Items that were funded	Extension to the Maternity Ward and procurement of Medical Equipment
Date of Grant Signing	20 October 2010
Date of Commissioning	18 November 2011
Time	8:30 am

 

Bwindi Community Hospital (BCH), established by Church of Uganda in 2004, is situated nearby the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park known for inhabitant of gorillas. Kanungu District is one of the districts with highest maternal mortality rate in Uganda due to its high practice of traditional home delivery. According to 2006 statistics, 60% mothers deliver at home with maternal mortality rate 1.4% (national average 0.8%) and its infant mortality rate 14% (national average 7.7%). BCH handles nearly 200 cases of delivery every month, but it did not have enough beds for patients, thus many of the pregnant mothers had been forced to lie on the hospital floor. Through the project, the maternity ward has been extended, the number of beds increased from 21 up to 43 and necessary medcal equipment procured.

 

 

2. Handing over Ceremony

 

The Ambassador of Japan to Uganda, Mr. Kazuo Minagawa, attended the handing over ceremony at Bwindi Community Hospital, Kanungu District, on 18th November 2011.
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Ambassador commissioning the Project		The memorial plaque of the Project

Ｔhe newmaternity ward donated		Inside the new maternity ward

Speech in front of the hospital		Cutting the memorial cake