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
Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Ruba ...
, the capital city of
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou ...
.
Location
The hospital is located on
Lubaga Hill, in
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, in the western part of Kampala. It is located approximately , southwest of
Mulago National Referral Hospital
Mulago National Specialised Hospital, also known as Mulago National Referral Hospital, is a component of Mulago Hospital Complex, the teaching facility of Makerere University College of Health Sciences. It is the largest public hospital in Ug ...
.
This is approximately , west of Kampala's
central business district.
The coordinates of Lubaga Hospital are: 0°18'15.0"N, 32°33'10.0"E (Latitude:0.304167; Longitude:32.552778).
Overview
Rubaga 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.
It is owned by the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala
The Archdiocese of Kampala is the Metropolitan See for the Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical province of Kampala in Uganda.
History
The present Kampala Archdiocese is the result of territorial changes:
* Victoria Nyanza Vicariate (1883). It was ...
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 Hospital Administrative Team. The hospital is affiliated to UCMB. It also functions as the teaching hospital for the ''Lubaga Health Training Institution''.
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.
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.
See also
References
External links
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