Lwala Hospital Kaberamaido

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Lwala Hospital Kaberamaido
Roman Catholic Diocese of Soroti
Lwala Hospital Kaberamaido
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Geography
LocationLwala Village, Kaberamaido District Eastern Region, Uganda
Coordinates 01°51′33″N33°16′42″E / 1.85917°N 33.27833°E / 1.85917; 33.27833 [1]
Organisation
Funding Non-profit hospital
Type Community
Religious affiliation Catholic church
Services
StandardsUganda Catholic Medical Bureau standards
Emergency department Level I trauma center
Beds100
History
Opened1936
Links
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Lwala Hospital Kaberamaido is a hospital in Lwala Village, in Kaberamaido District, in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is a private, community hospital, serving the district of Kaberamaido and surrounding communities. [2]

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Location

The hospital is located in Otuboi sub-county, in Kaberamaido District, off of the Soroti–Dokolo–Lira Road, approximately 56 kilometres (35 mi), northwest of Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, in the city of Soroti. [3] Lwala Hospital is located about 72 kilometres (45 mi), by road, southeast of Lira Regional Referral Hospital, in the city of Lira. [4]

Overview

Lwala Hospital is a private, non-profit, community hospital owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Soroti and is accredited by the Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau. The original planned capacity was 100 in-patient beds. [2]

Among the challenges that Lwala Hospital faces are the following: 1. Dilapidated infrastructure, insufficient and overworked personnel, insufficient medical supplies, demoralized staff and low remunerations, among other challenges. [5] 2. The hospital lies in the Teso sub-region, which together with the neighboring Lango sub-region are endemic areas for Human African Trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness, a vector-borne parasitic infection that is transmitted between humans, domestic and some wild animals. [6]

Hospital operations

The hospital started as a sub-hospital health unit in 1936. In 1992, it received regulatory approval to operate as a hospital. As of December 2019, the hospital attended to 6,000 outpatients annually, on average. At that time, it admitted 3,553 inpatients, annually on average, with a bed occupancy ratio of 56.3 percent. There were 573 maternal deliveries every year on average, with a caesarian section ratio of 16.7 percent. At that time, patient user fees accounted for approximately 38.3 percent of total annual hospital income. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Location of Lwala Hospital Kaberamaido" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau (9 December 2019). "About Lwala Hospital Kaberamaido". Nsambya, Kampala, Uganda: Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Road Distance Between Lwala Hospital Kaberamaido and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Road Distance Between Lwala Hospital Kaberamaido And Lira Regional Referral Hospital" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  5. ↑ Simon Naulele (26 April 2010). "Kaberamaido Mothers Shun Hospitals". New Vision . Kampala. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  6. ↑ Herbert Mukiibi; et al. (26 August 2017). "Evaluation of a Stamp Out Sleeping Sickness campaign in Uganda to control human African Trypanosomiasis (2004 - 2009)". Pan African Medical Journal. 27 (4): 15. 26 Aug 2017. doi:10.11604/pamj.supp.2017.27.4.12632 (inactive 1 November 2024). Retrieved 30 November 2020.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)
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