Care system Community hospital Other links Hospitals in Uganda Number of beds 200 | Hospital type General Date founded 1932 | |
Location Nyenga,
Buikwe District,
Central Region,
Uganda | ||
Nyenga Mission Hospital, whose formal name is St. Francis Hospital Nyenga but is commonly referred to as Nyenga Hospital, is a community hospital in Uganda. It is owned and operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugazi.
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Location
The hospital is in the town of Nyenga in Buikwe District in Uganda's Central Region. It is approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi), by road, west of the Jinja Regional Referral Hospital. This is about 78 kilometres (48 mi) east of the Mulago National Referral Hospital. The coordinates of Nyenga Hospital are 0°23'02.0"N, 33°09'08.0"E (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 Kayunga, Jinja, Buvuma, and Mukono. The hospital was founded in 1932 as a leprosy 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.