Angal Hospital

{{short description|Ugandan private community hospital}}

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| Name = Angal Hospital

| Org/Group = Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau

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| Location = Angal Village, Nyaravur sub-county

| Region = Nebbi District

| State = Northern Region

| Country = Uganda

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| HealthCare = Private

| Type = Community

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| Emergency = I

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| Beds = 260

| Founded = 1940

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Saint Luke's Hospital, Angal, commonly known as Angal Hospital , is a private, community hospital in Angal Village, Nebbi District, West Nile sub-region, Northern Uganda.{{cite web|url=https://www.ucmb.co.ug/hospital/angal-st-lukes-hospital/ |title=Angal, St. Luke’s Hospital |publisher=Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau |date=21 October 2020 |author=Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau |access-date=21 October 2020 |place=Kampala}}

Location

The hospital is located in Angal Village, Pamora Parish, Nyaravur sub-county, Padyere County, Nebbi District, West Nile sub-region, Northern Uganda. This location lies approximately {{convert|5|km|0}}, by road, south of Nyaravur, on the road to Parombo.{{google maps|

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Overview

Angal Hospital is a private, non-profit, community hospital owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nebbi. It is accredited to the Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau, and it is administered by the Comboni Missionaries, a religious congregation. The hospital serves patients from within Nebbi District and from the neighboring districts of Arua and Zombo. Some of the patients come from the neighboring countries of South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The hospital has a bed capacity of 260. It employs 153 full-time medical and support staff, as of January 2009.{{cite web| date=January 2009 |url=https://angaltest.wordpress.com/angal-hospital/ |title=About Angal Hospital |publisher=Angal Hospital | access-date=21 October 2020 |author=Angal Hospital}}

History

St. Luke's Hospital, Angal was founded in the early 1940s by the Comboni Missionaries, as a maternity center. In the early 1950s, the center was upgraded to a dispensary. In 1959, the facility was granted full hospital privileges. It attained the status of a rural hospital on 13 May 1959.

Hospital operations

The hospital depends on donations and subsidies from the Ugandan government in order to meet its financial obligations. A small fee is charged for patient services, but no one is turned away because of inability to pay. During the financial year 2007/2008, the hospital's total expenses were USh {{shilingi|1,305,503,208}} (Approx. US$524,914). Only 8.1% of the total was recovered from patient user fees. The hospital expenses that same year broke down as follows:

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|+ Angal Hospital Expenses:Financial Year 2007/2008

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1Staff Employment Expenses52.0
2Medical Goods & Supplies31.5
3Transportation8.0
4Administrative Costs5.0
5Capital Development3.0
6Other Expenses0.5
Total100.00

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