Nyenga Mission Hospital, whose formal name is St. Francis Hospital Nyenga, but is commonly referred to as Nyenga Hospital, is a

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. It is owned and operated by the

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Location

The hospital is in the town of Nyenga in

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in Uganda's Central Region. This is approximately , by road, west of the

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, in the city of Jinja. Nyenga Hospital is located approximately east of the

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, in the city of

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, the capital of Uganda. The geographical coordinates of Nyenga Hospital are 0°23'02.0"N 33°09'08.0"E 0.383889, 33.152222 (Latitude:0.383894; Longitude:33.152220).

Overview

St. Francis Hospital Nyenga is a rural community hospital that serves Buikwe District and people from parts of the neighboring districts of

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, Jinja,

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, and Mukono. The hospital was founded in 1932 as a leprosy treatment hospital by Mother Kevin, a nurse who was also a nun of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa. The hospital was later turned over to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugazi, whereupon it began to treat other diseases. The hospital is the teaching hospital for the St. Francis Nyenga School of Nursing. According to a September 2010 published report, the hospital had challenges of under-staffing and vandalism.

Hospital operations

As of December 2019, Nyenga Mission Hospital attended to an average of 20,102 outpatients annually. Inpatient admissions averaged 4,089 annually, with a bed occupancy rate of 28 percent. At the time, maternity deliveries averaged 404 annually, with a caesarian section rate of 37.7 percent.

References

External links

The Factors Influencing Antenatal Care Attendance Among Pregnant Women at St. Francis Hospital, Nyenga Subcounty, Buikwe District
As of November 2014. {{Buikwe District Hospitals established in 1932 Hospitals in Uganda Buikwe District Franciscan hospitals Leper hospitals 1932 establishments in Uganda Teaching hospitals in Uganda Catholic hospitals in Africa

Location

Overview

Hospital operations

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