Lubaga Hospital

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Uganda Martyrs' Hospital Lubaga
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala
Lubaga Hospital
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Geography
Location Lubaga Hill, Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
Coordinates 00°18′15″N32°33′10″E / 0.30417°N 32.55278°E / 0.30417; 32.55278
Organisation
Care system Private, Not for profit
Type Community
Affiliated university Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau
Services
Emergency department I
Beds275
History
Opened1899;125 years ago (1899)
Links
Website Homepage
Other links Hospitals in Uganda
Medical education in Uganda

Uganda Martyrs' Hospital Lubaga, commonly known as Lubaga Hospital, which was formerly named Rubaga Hospital, is a private, not-for-profit, community hospital in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. [1]

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Location

The hospital is located on Lubaga Hill, in Lubaga Division, in the western part of Kampala. It is located approximately 5.5 kilometres (3 mi), southwest of Mulago National Referral Hospital. [2] This is approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi), west of Kampala's central business district. [3] The coordinates of Lubaga Hospital are: 0°18'15.0"N, 32°33'10.0"E (Latitude:0.304167; Longitude:32.552778). [4]

Overview

Lubaga Hospital was started in 1899 by the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa. It is reported to be the oldest Catholic hospital in Uganda. [1] It is owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala and is accredited by the Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau (UCMB). The hospital is governed by a Board of Governors appointed by the Archbishop of Kampala. Lubaga Hospital is managed by the Executive Director. The hospital is affiliated to UCMB. It also functions as the teaching hospital for the St Micheal Lubaga Hospital Training Institutes. [1]

Operations

The hospital had a bed capacity of 274, as of December 2019. At that time, patient user fees accounted for 83.3 percent of the total hospital annual income, while subsidies from the government of Uganda accounted for 1.4 percent of total hospital annual income. Institutional and individual donations as well as contribution by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kampala, cover the remaining 15.3 percent. [1]

Lubaga Hospital attends to 164,008 outpatients annually, averaging 450 outpatients daily, Monday through Sunday, including holidays. On average, 17,850 in patients are admitted every year, leading to a bed occupancy ratio of 62.5 percent. 6,832 babies are born at the hospital every year on average, with a caesarian section rate of 25.6 percent. [1]

Developments

In August 2023 the hospital opened the Rita Moser Organ Transplant Centre, a dedicated super-specialized facility capable and authorised to carry out human transplant operations, starting with kidneys and later expected to expand into liver, cornea and other organs. Dr. Rita Moser was the first medical superintendent (medical director) at this hospital. Lubaga Hospital is the first private hospital in Uganda to establish an organ transplant centre. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau (December 2019). "Uganda Martyrs' Hospital – Lubaga". Nsambya, Kampala, Uganda: Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  2. ↑ Google (10 November 2020). "Road Distance Between Lubaga Hospital And Mulago National Referral Hospital" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  3. ↑ Google (10 October 2020). "Road Distance Between Amber House, Kampala Road, Kampala And Lubaga Hospital, Muteesa Road, Kampala" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  4. ↑ Google (10 November 2020). "Location of Lubaga Hospital" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  5. ↑ Rogers Atukunda (15 August 2023). "Lubaga Hospital Unveils First Organ Transplant Centre". SoftPower Uganda. Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
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