ENTEBBE – President Yoweri Museveni has commissioned the new patients’ admission wing of Dr. Ronald Bata Memorial Hospital on Nsamizi hill.
The Special Forces Command, which guards the President runs the facility, under the Ministry of Defence.
The 60-bed facility has 60 nurses, 5 general doctors, 12 Clinical Officers and four visiting specialists involved in pediatrics, internal medicine and gynaecology.
The hospital that was upgraded from Health Centre III status offers free medical services to civilians on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and attends to military personnel on the rest of the days of the week.
The facility also provides free medical services to wananchi as part of the good relations between the Army and wananchi.
The SFC Hospital also attends to emergencies including a caring centre for people that get accidents.