KIU WESTERN CAMPUS CELEBRATES ITS HEALTH SERVICE ACHIEVEMENTS

By Ambrose Katooto

www.mknewslink.com

In Bushenyi

After being ranked the 4th best general hospital in the country, Kampala International University teaching hospital Western Uganda (KIU) yesterday celebrated its health service achievements

The Ceremony was held on Saturday 8^thDecember 2018 at the hospital parking yard honored by quite a number of guests including faculty and staff.

The Ministry carried out the ranking of the best and worst hospitals at the Office of the President on Tuesday 30^thOctober.

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 tuberculosis detection rates.

The Bishop of West Ankole diocese Rt. Rev Bishop Johnson Twinomujuni congratulated the university administration and its board of trustees upon passionately contributing to health service delivery in greater Bushenyi and western Uganda in particular.

He described tycoon Alhaj Hassan Basajabalaba, the chairperson board of trustees as a committed person .

Bishop Twinomujuni used the ceremony to describe some of the concepts of success that included having an attachment to this worlds author (God), health, strategic plan, Integrity, commitment, team work and time management.

Robinson Ssebuufu, the executive director KIU teaching hospital said to reach these achievements, as the hospital they are connecting with the community in different ways and one of them is through cooperate social responsibility like monthly cleaning exercise, medical camps adding that they are the biggest donors of blood through students.

The Deputy vice chancellor KIU western campus, Prof. Patrick Kyamanywa challenged the leadership and the staff of the hospital to find a moment for a retreat to reflect and analyze what is it; that they did that got the hospital to the fourth position and what they can do to get to the first position.

He implored the staff to have good customer care because it is what makes the health care service thrive.

Kyamanywa said that they are now pushing for non communicable disease awareness and control like diabetes and hypertension among others

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