United Bulawayo Hospitals

The United Bulawayo Hospitals is situated in the eastern part of the city of Bulawayo. It is one of two principal referral centers for the southern part of the country. The hospital also serves as one of the two referral centers for an urban population of about 1 million. The United Bulawayo Hospitals was opened in 1937 at Khumalo as an extension of the Old Memorial Hospital. The then-new hospital catered to European patients (maternity) and in 1943 a general wing was opened. At independence the number of beds was 300 and at present it is 650 beds. Currently there are plans to extend the hospital, which will be done in different phases. It is one of the six Central Hospitals in Zimbabwe, others being Mpilo, Ingutsheni, Harare, Chitungwiza, and Parirenyatwa. UBH services Bulawayo Metropolitan Province, Matabeleland North and South Provinces, Masvingo and Midlands Provinces. It consists of the Main Hospital, the Richard Morris Hospital, the Lady Rodwell Maternity Hospital, the Opportunistic Infection Clinic, the Bulawayo Orthopaedic Hospital, and the BMB COVID Isolation Treatment UBH is a 650 bedded government quaternary referral. Some Districts in Matabeleland South use it as a tertiary referral hospital because of its geographical location.