Buluba Hospital

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St. Francis Hospital Buluba
Roman Catholic Diocese of Jinja
Buluba Hospital
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Geography
LocationBuluba, Mayuge District, Eastern Region, Uganda
Coordinates 00°29′32″N33°23′06″E / 0.49222°N 33.38500°E / 0.49222; 33.38500
Organisation
Care system Public
Type General
Services
Emergency department I
Beds100
History
Opened1934
Links
Other links Hospitals in Uganda
Medical education in Uganda

Buluba Hospital, whose formal name is St. Francis Hospital Buluba, is a community hospital in Uganda. It is owned and operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jinja. [1]

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Location

The hospital is located in the village of Buluba, in Baitambogwe sub county, Bunya west constituency in Mayuge District, Busoga sub-region, Eastern Region of Uganda. This location is approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi), by road, north-west of Mayuge, where the district headquarters are located. [2] Buluba Hospital is approximately 21 kilometres (13 mi), by road, southwest of Iganga General Hospital, in Iganga, the nearest large town. [3] The coordinates of Buluba Hospital are 0°29'32.0"N, 33°23'06.0"E (Latitude:0.492222; Longitude:33.385000). [4]

Overview

St. Francis Hospital Buluba, is a rural community hospital, that serves the population of Mayuge District. It is the only General Hospital in the district. Due to the good quality of services rendered, many patients travel from other parts of the country to seek services at this facility.

History

Wanda Blenska, Polish physician and leprosy expert who developed the Buluba Hospital Wanda Maria Blenska.jpg
Wanda Błeńska, Polish physician and leprosy expert who developed the Buluba Hospital

The hospital was founded in 1934 by the Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa. Eventually, the Franciscan Sisters handed over the hospital to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jinja. The diocese entrusted the management and administration of the hospital to a native religious congregation of Franciscan Sisters, the Little Sisters of St. Francis. In the beginning, the hospital specialized in the treatment of leprosy, which was endemic in the area. [5] Wanda Błeńska, a Polish expert in tropical diseases, worked there for over 40 years (1951-1994) and developed the hospital into an internationally recognized centre for leprosy treatment. [6] Later, the hospital added tuberculosis to the diseases it specializes in. Buluba Hospital maintains a prosthetic unit (initiated by Błeńska), one of the few in the country. As of January 2014, while the hospital attended to all general medical problems, they were adept and experienced in handling patients with leprosy and tuberculosis. Often, these patients also suffered from HIV/AIDS. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "African Jewelry for Charity: Buluba Hospital". HopeInstituteUganda.Org. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Google (21 October 2020). "Road Distance From Mayuge Town To Buluba Hospital" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  3. ↑ Google (21 October 2020). "Road Distance Between Iganga General Hospital And Buluba Hospital" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  4. ↑ Google (21 October 2020). "Location of St. Francis Hospital Buluba" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  5. ↑ Philippa Croome, and Sarah Tumwebaze (23 April 2011). "Leprosy: A Disease of Poverty?". Daily Monitor Mobile (Kampala). Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  6. ↑ Stafford, Ned (2015). "Wanda Blenska". BMJ. 350: h640. doi:10.1136/bmj.h640. S2CID   220104724.
  7. ↑ Olle-Goig, J. E. (September 2010). "Tuberculosis In Rural Uganda". African Health Sciences. 10 (3): 226–229. PMC   3035960 . PMID   21327132.
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