Lwala Hospital Kaberamaido
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Lwala Hospital Kaberamaido | |
|---|---|
| Roman Catholic Diocese of Soroti | |
  | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Lwala Village, Kaberamaido District Eastern Region, Uganda |
| Coordinates | 01°51′33″N 33°16′42″E / 1.85917°N 33.27833°E[1] |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| Type | Community |
| Religious affiliation | Catholic church |
| Services | |
| Standards | Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau standards |
| Emergency department | Level I trauma center |
| Beds | 100 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1936 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Uganda |
Lwala Hospital Kaberamaido is a hospital in Lwala Village, in Kaberamaido District, in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is a private, community hospital, serving the district of Kaberamaido and surrounding communities.[2]
The hospital is located in Otuboi sub-county, in Kaberamaido District, off of the Soroti–Dokolo–Lira Road, approximately 56 kilometres (35 mi), northwest of Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, in the city of Soroti.[3] Lwala Hospital is located about 72 kilometres (45 mi), by road, southeast of Lira Regional Referral Hospital, in the city of Lira.[4]
Overview
Lwala Hospital is a private, non-profit, community hospital owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Soroti and is accredited by the Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau. The original planned capacity was 100 in-patient beds.[2]
Among the challenges that Lwala Hospital faces are the following: 1. Dilapidated infrastructure, insufficient and overworked personnel, insufficient medical supplies, demoralized staff and low remunerations, among other challenges.[5] 2. The hospital lies in the Teso sub-region, which together with the neighboring Lango sub-region are endemic areas for Human African Trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness, a vector-borne parasitic infection that is transmitted between humans, domestic and some wild animals.[6]
Hospital operations
The hospital started as a sub-hospital health unit in 1936. In 1992, it received regulatory approval to operate as a hospital. As of December 2019, the hospital attended to 6,000 outpatients annually, on average. At that time, it admitted 3,553 inpatients, annually on average, with a bed occupancy ratio of 56.3 percent. There were 573 maternal deliveries every year on average, with a caesarian section ratio of 16.7 percent. At that time, patient user fees accounted for approximately 38.3 percent of total annual hospital income.[2]
