Buluba Hospital
| St. Francis Hospital Buluba | |
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| Roman Catholic Diocese of Jinja | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Buluba,Mayuge District,Eastern Region,Uganda |
| Coordinates | 00°29′32″N33°23′06″E/ 0.49222°N 33.38500°E |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public |
| Type | General |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | I |
| Beds | 100 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1934 |
| Links | |
| Other links | Hospitals in Uganda Medical education in Uganda |
Buluba Hospital,whose formal name isSt. Francis Hospital Buluba,is acommunity hospitalinUganda.It is owned and operated by theRoman Catholic Diocese of Jinja.[1]
Location
[edit]The hospital is located in the village of Buluba, in Baitambogwe sub county, Bunya west constituency inMayuge District,Busoga sub-region,Eastern Regionof Uganda. This location is approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi), by road, north-west ofMayuge,where the district headquarters are located.[2]Buluba Hospital is approximately 21 kilometres (13 mi), by road, southwest ofIganga General Hospital,inIganga,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
[edit]St. Francis Hospital Buluba, is a ruralcommunity hospital,that serves the population ofMayuge 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
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The hospital was founded in 1934 by theFranciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa.Eventually, the Franciscan Sisters handed over the hospital to theRoman Catholic Diocese of Jinja.The diocese entrusted the management and administration of the hospital to a nativereligious congregationof Franciscan Sisters, theLittle Sisters of St. Francis.In the beginning, the hospital specialized in the treatment ofleprosy,which was endemic in the area.[5]Wanda Błeńska,a Polish expert intropical 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 addedtuberculosisto 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 fromHIV/AIDS.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"African Jewelry for Charity: Buluba Hospital".HopeInstituteUganda.Org. Archived fromthe originalon 31 October 2014.Retrieved30 October2014.
- ^"Road Distance From Mayuge Town To Buluba Hospital"(Map).Google Maps.Retrieved21 October2020.
- ^"Road Distance Between Iganga General Hospital And Buluba Hospital"(Map).Google Maps.Retrieved21 October2020.
- ^"Location of St. Francis Hospital Buluba"(Map).Google Maps.Retrieved21 October2020.
- ^Philippa Croome, and Sarah Tumwebaze (23 April 2011)."Leprosy: A Disease of Poverty?".Daily Monitor Mobile(Kampala).Retrieved31 October2014.
- ^Stafford, Ned (2015)."Wanda Blenska".BMJ.350:h640.doi:10.1136/bmj.h640.S2CID220104724.
- ^Olle-Goig, J. E. (September 2010)."Tuberculosis In Rural Uganda".African Health Sciences.10(3): 226–229.PMC3035960.PMID21327132.
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