{"id":13765,"date":"2025-02-04T16:32:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=13765"},"modified":"2025-02-04T16:32:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:32:50","slug":"construction-of-250-bed-cardiac-hospital-by-the-uganda-heart-institute-commences-in-naguru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/construction-of-250-bed-cardiac-hospital-by-the-uganda-heart-institute-commences-in-naguru\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction Of 250 Bed Cardiac Hospital By The Uganda Heart Institute  Commences in Naguru"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Prime Minister of Uganda Nabbanja Robinah has represented President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at the ground breaking ceremony for the construction of the long awaited  250-bed cardiac hospital by the Uganda Heart Institute in Naguru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Uganda Heart Institute Hospital project will be constructed on a 10 acres piece of land offered by government in Naguru central Kampala.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President  Museveni  said this is a significant milestone in the NRM government\u2019s effort to deliver quality and modern healthcare services to the people of Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Museveni urged stakeholders, agencies ,contractors and the Uganda Heart Institute management to ensure value for money and timely delivery of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-attachment-id=\"13767\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/construction-of-250-bed-cardiac-hospital-by-the-uganda-heart-institute-commences-in-naguru\/cardia-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cardia-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1080,719\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cardia 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cardia-2.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cardia-2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cardia-2-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cardia-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cardia-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cardia-2.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cardia-2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We shall not entertain delays, the People of Uganda deserve a fully operational world class hospital within the agreed time frame of two years&#8221;. The President empharsized in a statement read for him by Nabbanja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hospital complex will consist of three   blocks  which will  house three operating theatres, two cardiac catherization and 40 state of the art Cardiac Intensive Care Units.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" data-attachment-id=\"13768\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/construction-of-250-bed-cardiac-hospital-by-the-uganda-heart-institute-commences-in-naguru\/cardi-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cardi-4.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cardi 4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cardi-4.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cardi-4.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cardi-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cardi-4.jpg 960w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cardi-4.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cardi-4.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The project aims at providing affordable and accessible cardiovascular treatment and care for all the people in Uganda, improve on specialized teaching, training and research; enhance early prevention and awareness of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), reduce referrals abroad and promote medical tourism in Uganda among others.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project is funded by government of Uganda  and a USD 70m  loan  secured from OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) Fund, BADEA (The Arab Bank of Economic Development in Africa) and SFD (Saudi Fund for Development).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project  is expected to be completed in period of 2 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Prime Minister of Uganda Nabbanja Robinah has represented President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at the ground breaking ceremony for the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cardiac.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13777,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/museveni-officiates-at-48th-police-council-meeting\/","url_meta":{"origin":13765,"position":0},"title":"Museveni Officiates At 48th Police Council Meeting","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"February 5, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"President Yoweri Museveni has this afternoon officiated at the 28th Police Council Meeting in Naguru. 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