Bugando Medical Centre

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Bugando Medical Centre
Episcopal Conference of the Catholic Bishops of Tanzania & Tanzania Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
Bugando Medical Centre
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Geography
Location Mwanza, Mwanza Region, Tanzania
Coordinates 02°31′41″S32°54′27″E / 2.52806°S 32.90750°E / -2.52806; 32.90750 Coordinates: 02°31′41″S32°54′27″E / 2.52806°S 32.90750°E / -2.52806; 32.90750
Organisation
Care system Public
Type Tertiary, Referral, Teaching and Research
Affiliated university Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences
Services
Beds950+
History
Opened3 November 1971;50 years ago (1971-11-03)
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Other links List of hospitals in Tanzania

Bugando Medical Centre (BMC) is a tertiary care medical facility owned by the Episcopal Conference of the Catholic Bishops of Tanzania. The hospital is operated in collaboration with the Tanzania Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. [1]

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Location

The facility is located in the city of Mwanza, in Mwanza Region, along the southern shores of Lake Victoria. This is approximately 1,114 kilometres (692 mi), by road, north-west of Dar es Salaam, the financial capital and largest city in the country. [2] The geographical coordinates of the hospital are: 2°31'41.0"S, 32°54'27.0"E (Latitude:-2.528056; Longitude:32.907500). [3]

Overview

BMC is a tertiary referral, research, teaching center and cancer treatment hospital affiliated with the Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences. BMC's inpatient bed capacity is 950, spanning a wide range of medical and surgical specialties. The hospital employs over 1,300 staff. [1]

Bugando Cancer Centre

In Tanzania, an estimated 35,000 new cases of cancer were diagnosed in 2014, of whom about 21,000 (60 percent) died that same year. The country has only two cancer hospitals, the main one, Ocean Road Cancer Institute, is located in the financial capital, Dar es Salaam. The cancer unit at Bugando Medical Centre is the second and only other public cancer treatment centre to cater for the estimated 58 million Tanzania's citizens. [4] In February 2021 a total of TSh1.34 billion (approx. US$580,000) was raised at the hospital as part of funding to expand and modernize the facility. When completed the Bugando Cancer Centre, will have capacity to attend to 120 patients on a daily basis. [5]

History

This hospital was built by the Catholic Church between 1968 and 1977. It was officially opened on 3 November 1971, by Tanzania's founding president, Julius Nyerere. In 1972 the Hospital was nationalized by the Government. However, 13 years later, it was handed back to the Catholic Church in Tanzania, with the understanding that the hospital be run as a regional referral hospital for the Lake Zone, spanning 8 of Tanzania's 31 regions (total population 14 million in 2017), with the collaboration of the Government of Tanzania. [1]

Services

As of 2017, BMC offered specialist services in the following clinical areas: [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Bugando Medical Centre (2017), About Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza: Bugando Medical Centre, retrieved 19 February 2019
  2. ↑ Globefeed.com (19 February 2019). "Distance between Dar es Salaam, TZA and Bugando Medical Centre Hospital, Wurzburg Road, Mwanza, Nyamangana, Mwanza, TZA". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  3. ↑ Google (19 February 2019). "Location of Bugando Medical Centre" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  4. ↑ World Health Organization (2015). "Shortages and late diagnosis hamper cancer treatment in Dar es Salaam". Geneva: World Health Organization. Archived from the original on 19 July 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  5. ↑ Nashon Kennedy (7 February 2021). "Tanzania: Over 1 Billion Raised for Construction of Cancer Facility" (via AllAfrica.com). Tanzania Daily News . Dar es Salaam. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  6. ↑ Bugando Medical Centre (2017). "Bugando Medical Centre: Areas of Specialization". Mwanza: Bugando Medical Centre. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
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