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]
^ abcUganda Catholic Medical Bureau (9 December 2019). "About Lwala Hospital Kaberamaido". Nsambya, Kampala, Uganda: Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau. Retrieved 30 November 2020.