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Masindi District is divided up into four health sub districts with 2 hospitals and 2 health centers IVs, 12 health centers IIIs, 6 health centers IIs functioning as health centre IIIs and 21 health centers IIs. Four other health centers IIs are near completion and are yet to be operationalised.   

Human Resource

The are a total of 400 Medial Workers in the district of which 16 are Doctors 20 Clinical Officers 64 Nurses 45 Midwives 5 Dentists 4 Laboratory Technicians 0 Pharmacists and 135 Nursing Assistants. 

The table below shows the various medial personnel ratio to population 

Category

Ratio

§  Doctors

1:23,504

§  Clinical Officers

1:17,283

§  Orthopeadic Assistants

1:234,933

§  Laboratory Technicians

1:117,466

§  Dentists

1:259,259

§  Nurses

1:7,432

§  Midwives

1:10,441

§  Nursing Assistants

1:3,480

Source: HMIS – Medical Department 2003 

The table below shows the distribution of health Units by category and by sub county.  

LOCATION

HEALTH CENTER TYPE

County

Sub County

HCII

HCIII

HCIV

Hospitals/HCV

No.of HC

Beds

No.of HC

Beds

No.of HC

Beds

No.of HC

Beds

Buruli

 

Pakanyi

2

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

Miirya

2

4

1

0

0

0

0

0

Kimengo

0

4

2

4

0

0

0

0

Nyangahya

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

Karujubu

0

0

1

5

0

0

0

0

M.T. C.

3

0

0

0

0

0

1

140

Sub Total

 

9

12

5

9

0

0

1

140

Buliisa

Biiso

2

2

1

6

0

0

0

0

Buliisa

1

0

0

0

1

14

0

0

Sub Total

 

3

2

1

6

1

14

0

0

Kibanda

Masindi Port

1

0

1

8

0

0

0

0

Kigumba

2

0

1

8

0

0

0

0

Kiryandongo

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

104

Mutunda

0

0

2

8

0

0

0

0

Sub Total

 

3

0

4

24

0

0

1

104

Bujenje

Bwijanga

4

2

1

6

1

8

0

0

Budongo

2

2

2

4

0

0

0

0

Sub Total

 

6

4

3

10

1

8

0

0

Grand Total

 

21

18

13

49

2

22

2

244