Naggalama Hospital, whose full name is St. Francis Hospital, Naggalama, is a hospital in

Naggalama Nagalama, whose correct phonetic spelling is Naggalama is a town in Uganda's Central Region. Location Nagalama is located in Mukono District, on the Kalagi-Kayunga Road, approximately , by road, southwest of the larger, neighboring town of Na ...

Mukono District Mukono is one of the districts in the Central Region of Uganda. The town of Mukono is home to the district's main commercial center and district headquarters. Location Mukono District is bordered by Kayunga District to the north, Jinja Distri ...

, in the Central Region of

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. It is a private, non-profit, faith-based community hospital, owned by the

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Location

The hospital is located along the Mukono–Kayunga–Njeru Road, approximately , north of the city of

Mukono Mukono Town is a municipality in Mukono District in the Central Region of Uganda. The town is administered by the Mukono Town Council. The district headquarters are located in this town. Location Mukono Municipality is 21 km east of ...

, where the district headquarters are located. This location is about , southwest of Kayunga General Hospital, in the town of

Kayunga Kayunga is a town in the Central Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Kayunga District. Location Kayunga is approximately northeast of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city, on an all-weath ...

. Naggalama Hospital is located approximately , by road, northeast of

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, in

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, Uganda's capital and largest city. The geographical coordinates of Naggalama Hospital are: 0°31'30.0"N, 32°46'57.0"E (Latitude:0.525000; Longitude:32.782500).

Overview

Nagalama hospital is a

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, owned by the

. The hospital is accredited by the Uganda Catholic Medial Bureau and is administered by the Little Sisters of St. Francis. The planned bed capacity of the hospital is 100. Like most community hospitals in Uganda, Nagalama Hospital operates under severe constraints of staffing and funding. The hospital charges fees for treatment, but no one is turned away because of inability to pay. Funding for the hospital is dependent on service fees, donations from within Uganda and overseas, support from the

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and subsidies from the

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Administration

The hospital is managed by Sr Jane Frances Nakafeero, of the Little Sisters of St. Francis, since May 2013. Sr Jane has been improving the hospital buildings, the staff and their living accommodation, the presence of a comfortable guesthouse for doctors and professors donating their expertise and a student house for exchange students from abroad. A new private maternity ward has been added, as well as a well equipped ambulance with oxygen, intravenous fluids, heart monitor and a

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. The children's ward has a special recreation room for children who are able to move around. The hospital raised funds to build a new surgical ward. In 2013, the hospital established a ''Palliative Care Service'', for the chronically terminally ill, who voluntarily enroll in the program.

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