Buluba Hospital

Buluba Hospital, whose formal name is St. Francis Hospital Buluba, is a community hospital in Uganda. It is owned and operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jinja.[1]

St. Francis Hospital Buluba
Roman Catholic Diocese of Jinja
Geography
LocationBuluba, Mayuge District,  Uganda
Organisation
Care systemCommunity Hospital
TypeGeneral
Services
Emergency departmentI
Beds100
History
Opened1934
Links
Other linksHospitals in Uganda
Wanda Błeńska, Polish physician and leprosy expert and missionary who succeeded to develop the Buluba Hospital

Location

The hospital is located in the village of Buluba, in Mayuge District, Busoga sub-region, Eastern Region of Uganda. This location is approximately 12 kilometres (7.5 mi), by road, north-west of Mayuge, where the district headquarters are located. Buluba is approximately 22 kilometres (14 mi), by road, south of Iganga, the nearest large town.[2] The coordinates of Buluba Hospital are 0° 29' 24.0"N, 33° 23' 6.0"E (Latitude:0.4900; Longitude:33.3850).[3]

Overview

St. Francis Hospital Buluba, is a rural community hospital, that serves the population of Mayuge 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

The hospital was founded in 1934 by the Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa. Eventually, the Franciscan Sisters handed over the hospital to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jinja. The diocese entrusted the management and administration of the hospital to a native religious congregation of Franciscan Sisters, the Little Sisters of St. Francis. In the beginning, the hospital specialized in the treatment of leprosy, which was endemic in the area.[4] Wanda Błeńska, a Polish expert in tropical diseases, worked there from 1951 to 1994 and developed the hospital into an internationally recognized centre for leprosy treatment.[5] Later, the hospital added tuberculosis to 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 from HIV/AIDS.[6]

See also

References
  1. "African Jewelry for Charity: Buluba Hospital". HopeInstituteUganda.Org. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  2. "Road Distance Between Iganga And Buluba With Map". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  3. Google. "Location of St. Francis Hospital Buluba At Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  4. Philippa Croome, and Sarah Tumwebaze (23 April 2011). "Leprosy: A Disease of Poverty?". Daily Monitor Mobile (Kampala). Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  5. Stafford, Ned (2015). "Wanda Blenska". BMJ. 350: h640. doi:10.1136/bmj.h640.
  6. Olle-Goig, J. E. (September 2010). "Tuberculosis In Rural Uganda". African Health Sciences. 10 (3): 226–229. PMC 3035960. PMID 21327132.

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