BACKGROUND
St. Paul’s Hospital-Kasese was founded by the Anglican Church of Uganda, South Rwenzori Diocese in 1989 under Norwegian Integrated Rural Development Program (IRDP). The facility is owned by the Diocese. The facility exists to improve the health status of the communities in Kasese Municipality and Kasese district at large by providing affordable, accessible, quality, and equitable health services.
Geographical location:
St. Paul’s hospital-kasese is located in Kamaiba upper cell, Kamaiba ward, Central division, Kasese municipality in Kasese District in the western part of Uganda. It is located below the St Paul’s cathedral of South Rwenzori Diocese.
Vision
To be a leading model hospital in Kasese Municipal Council that provides holistic health services to the community.
Mission Statement
To provide affordable, accessible, quality, and equitable health services to the community as an expression of God’s love through the provision of compressive health service.
Goal:
To have a healthy productive community in Kasese Municipality
Our motto:
” We treat, God heals”.
Objectives:
- To strengthen preventive measure in the Kasese municipality
- To improve the patients’ care and treatment
- To provide effective and efficient rehabilitative health serves
Values
- To believe that human beings are made in the image of God and deserve respect.
- To treat people without discrimination
- To live as a health family
- To deliver quality services
- To cherish team work, faithfulness, devotion, commitment, compassion, transparency and promote medical ethics.
SERVICES OFFERED AND CATCHMENT AREA
Services:
- Antenatal
- Immunization
- In patient services
- Outpatient services
- Dental services
- Laboratory services
- Family planning
- RCT/PITC/VCT of HIV/AIDS
- Comprehensive HIV/AIDS care
- CEM on ( Comprehensive emergency obstetric and neonatal care)
- Nutrition support
- Radiology
- Theatre services.
- Home visiting/follow-up to clients
- Intrapertum care
- Community outreaches
- Deliveries
- School health education
Total House Hold
Nyakabingo II Parish 977 Latrine coverage 74%
Kamaiba Parish 792 Latrine coverage 90%
Railway Parish 2931 Latrine coverage 70%
Outreach programs conducted by the health facility
- MCH/HIV mobile clinic
- Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) outreach
- Immunization outreach
- Family planning outreach
- Antennal (ANC)
Location of outreaches
- Besenia
- Kahokya
- Kirembe
- Kamaiba
Disease Trends In The Catchment Areas (Ten Top Most Diseases)
Malaria is the leading cause of illness in the municipality taking about 42% of the cases attended to in the unit. Other diseases include:
- Respiratory tract infections,
- Intestinal warms,
- Diarrhea,
- Skin diseases,
- Trauma ( road, home and industrial accidents),
- Genitals infections,
- Eye diseases,
- Anemia,
- High blood Pressure
- Sexual Transmitted Infections (STI)
- UTI
- PUD
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE HEALTH UNIT
Human Resource:
The facility has 2 full-time medical Officers and one Medical officer doing Maters in Obstetrics and Gynecology and 4 clinical officers among others. Detailed staffing is shown here below. It is this workforce based on teamwork that builds St Paul’s Health Centre. 13 percent of the staff are seconded by the government while the 87% are recruited and paid by St Paul’s Hospital kasese.
| 2 | Stores | 2 | Purchasing And Supply | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | Ovc | 1 | Social Worker | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Laboratory | 1 | Lab Assist | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 61 | 17 | 78 |
We have 22 Voluntary Health Team members (VHTs) who play a big role in community health and mobilization. Below is their numbers according to areas served.
| | Railway Cell | 9 |
| | Kilembe quarters | 2 |
| | Kamaiba Upper | 2 |
| | Kamaiba Lower | 2 |
| | Nyakabingo | 4 |
| | Kihalimu Cell | 3 |
- Health Unit buildings:
- Medical ward building
- Records building
- OPD building
- Maternity Ward Building
- ART Clinic Building
- Immunization building
- Private ward building
- Administration block
- Surgical Ward
- Theater
- O. V. C. Round house
- Laboratory Building
Management Team:
| NAME | POSITION | QUALIFICATION | EXPERIENCE |
| Rev. Noah Masereka Kijuguta | Administrator | Master’s Degree in Human Resource | 10 Years |
| Dr.karabyo Samson | Medical Director | Medical doctor | 4 Years |
| Mr. Kule Daniel | Head of Nursing Section | Dep. Nursing | 5 Years |
| Magezi Milton | Staff representative | Lab.Technician | 7 Years |
| Baluku David | Accountant | Ba. Business Administration & Finance | 5 Years |
| Rev. Keziah Ithungu | Chaplain | Dip in Theology | 10 years |
| Biira Janet | ADMIN ASST/SECRETARY | Dip in Public Admin/Secreterial | 5 years. |
Strength
- We have committed and well trained staff,
- the unit is within the centre of the municipality with all the amenities and utilities accessible
- There is always government support (PAF and human resource), Health policies and guidelines in place.
- 4.The unit is expanding maintaining minimum services according to norms.We are developing partnership with; The local government/MOH Implementing partners inside and outside the country
Opportunities: The political support from government (MOUs with political members on the Board), development partners support ( both international, national and local NGOs), Availability of well-trained human resources, Availability of well-stocked pharmacies and trading shops, the road network system is good with an informed community.
Threats: unpredictable financial releases, mobility of human resources, failure for clients to meet cost-sharing charges, high charges of utilities (Water and Electricity), and rapid increase in the population mostly in the slum areas.Effect of the health unit being near the roadside and the fact that it is a murram road in a hot season we experience a lot of dust and soil erosion is highest in the rainy seasons.
Weaknesses: lack of staff accommodation, transport means ( staff van and a delivery vehicle for the unit supplies), equipment (theatre and laboratory), physical plan.
FUTURE PLANS FOR THE HEALTH UNIT
- We plan to be a hospital very soon.
- Renovate surgical ward.
- Need for a standard Theatre.
- Grading of the passages to different wards of the health unit
- Having a water reserve for the facility
- Procurement of more beds for the unit and future to facilitate patients