{"id":195,"date":"2021-12-10T19:04:07","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T01:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ilulahealth.org\/?p=195"},"modified":"2021-12-10T19:04:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T01:04:07","slug":"ilula-campus-expands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ilulahealth.org\/index.php\/2021\/12\/10\/ilula-campus-expands\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilula Campus Expands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shoulder to Shoulder provided USD $19,000 to purchase additional land for hospital campus expansion. \u00a0The plot is just outside the main hospital gate and will be the site of construction of the new Reproductive and Children&#8217;s Health (RCH) Clinic. \u00a0Moving the existing RCH to outside the hospital gate will improve patient access to the clinic for routine infant and child care and immunizations. This will also free up space inside the campus compound for maternity ward expansion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_196\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-196\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"196\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ilulahealth.org\/?attachment_id=196\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ilulahealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IlulaExpansion.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 8&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1579512018&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00058309037900875&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IlulaExpansion\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ilulahealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IlulaExpansion.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-196 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ilulahealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IlulaExpansion.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ilulahealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IlulaExpansion.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ilulahealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IlulaExpansion.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ilula Hospital administrator, Alamu Kikoti, displays the land purchased for hospital expansion. The green roof of the inpatient private ward is seen on the left.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shoulder to Shoulder provided USD $19,000 to purchase additional land for hospital campus expansion. \u00a0The plot is just outside the main hospital gate and will be the site of construction of the new Reproductive and Children&#8217;s Health (RCH) Clinic. \u00a0Moving the existing RCH to outside the hospital gate will improve patient access to the clinic&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ilulahealth.org\/index.php\/2021\/12\/10\/ilula-campus-expands\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ilula Campus Expands<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8qFwf-39","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":513,"url":"https:\/\/ilulahealth.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/28\/looking-ahead-with-gratitude\/","url_meta":{"origin":195,"position":0},"title":"Looking ahead, with gratitude","author":"Chloe Ahlf","date":"February 28, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"2025 was a huge year for Shoulder to Shoulder and Ilula Hospital. 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