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About Us Mayanja Memorial Hospital

Mayanja Memorial is a private hospital that has been established in Mbarara District to compliment government effort in the delivery of health services to the people. It was founded by Dr. Mugerwa Benon, and named in memory of his late father, Mayanja Martin Luther, who had left a will which had compelled the founder to set up a hospital.

In November 2003, the Hospital started functioning with an in patient capacity of 100 beds and Theatre. It serves Southern Uganda, Northern Tanzania, Rwanda and Eastern Congo, and is situated 2km from Mbarara town along Mbarara – Masaka highway on Nyamityobora Hill.

The hospital has an Out-patient Department, In-patient Department and Community Outreach Department called Mayanja Memorial Hospital Foundation. The community outreach Department carries out community outreach activities to over 18 subcounties in three districts of Isingiro, Kirihura and Mbarara with a population of over a million people.

The hospital has since then excelled in delivering quality health care services, and has even won a gold award of the best investor of the year 2004 in the medium scale category by the Uganda Investment authority.



The unit is fully computerized to swiftly capture information pertaining to both accounts and patients attending at the unit. We have a database for all our clients especially those accessing HIV/AIDS services for proper management. We have Internet services that provide us with current information.

Within the three (3) years of operation, there have been over 25,000 outpatients, 4,500 investigations carried out, 5,400 clients admitted, over 1,000 patients operated upon and 1,500 mothers delivered. This means that the hospital has complimented government efforts towards health services delivery by being able to decongest the government health units in the area

Vision

To be a one stop center for quality health care services in East and Central Africa by 2025.
Mission

To make Mayanja Memorial Hospital a Centre of Excellence in delivering Quality Health Care Services

Objectives

  1. Provide Quality health care services to clients
  2. Delivery comprehensive diagnosis for better treatment of clients
  3. To serve as a centre for medical and herbal research
  4. Provide community outreach services
  5. Facilitate continued staff proffessional development
  6. Offer quality training for health workers
CORE VALUES
  1. Team Work
  2. Integrity
  3. Empathy
  4. Quality
  5. Confidentiality
  6. Communication

Management

A Management framework for the hospital comprises of a 10- member Board of Directors who are responsible for setting up policies and procedures. The Hospital Administrator heads the hospital staff and management team. The in and outpatients units have a total staff strength of 52. These include both skilled and support staff.
The management of the Hospital can be illustrated by the Organisation Structure below;


Achievements
  • Establishment of a training unit for training of Health workers
  • Completion of Hospital expansion of Diagnostic unit and wards
  • Buying and installing modern equipment for the established departments
  • Started training of Health workers-Enrolled Comprehensive & Registered Nurses and Midwives

Future Plans
  • Completion of 200 beds capacity
  • Establish a Herbal Research centre
  • Establishing a Medical Research Unit
  • Expand on various cadres of health workers to be trained-Clinical Officers, Laboratory technologists and eventually Medical Doctors
  • Establishment of more specialized units & equipment e.g. Renal, Heart, IVF,MRI.
  • Establish a training unit for in service training of Health workers
Challenges
  • The cost of setting up the hospital and equipping it is capital intensive –Obtain Development loan at low interest
  • Equipments are very expensive-Short life span
  • After sales services not easy
  • No established medical technicians to help on repair of medical equipment
  • Staff turnover very high for “Greener pastures” yet capacity building of these staffs in expensive
  • Capacity of people to pay for services is low-Debt Management a problem
  • Private practice is individual dependant
  • Medical Doctor/Health Worker Syndrome (Try to own small units-little resources)


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