Lubaga Hospital

Lubaga Hospital – A Historical Landmark in Uganda’s Healthcare Industry” Lubaga Hospital has a rich history of serving the Ugandan community for over a century. Founded in 1899, it is the second oldest hospital in the country and has remained committed to providing quality healthcare services to the less privileged. The hospital has earned a reputation as a provider of affordable healthcare services, and as such, it continues to attract and treat people of mainly mid and low-level status. Despite its age and history, Lubaga Hospital has remained faithful to its founding mission of providing quality healthcare to the less privileged. The hospital has not expanded its product line but rather remained a modest general hospital. This makes the Hospital committed to a holistic integration and sustainable action in health, including treatment, prevention, health promotion, and training of health workers. In 2012, the Board decided to change the name of the hospital from Rubaga Hospital to Lubaga Hospital. The full name of the hospital is now Uganda Martyrs Hospital Lubaga. The hospital has a special connection with the Uganda Martyrs. In 1942, two White Sisters admitted to Lubaga Hospital were healed from pneumonic plague, which was a deadly disease at that time. The healing occurred after the intercession to the Ugandan Martyrs who had been beatified in 1920 by Pope Benedict XV. The miracle in Lubaga Hospital was instrumental for the canonization of the Uganda Martyrs as saints for the whole world. This was done by Pope Paul VI in 1964 during the Second Vatican Council. The Pope later visited Uganda in 1969 and visited Lubaga Hospital. The staff and management of Lubaga Hospital feel that it is a great honor and responsibility to work and serve at a place where the Martyrs showed in front of the whole world that sacrifice, ‘to make sacred’, is the consequence of loving the truth of a reality, the value of a person, not the denial of its goodness. The hospital’s vision is to be a state-of-the-art health facility in Africa, and its mission is to provide sustainable quality and compassionate health services to the community for God’s glory. The hospital’s core values include respect for life and human dignity, justice, equity, innovation, efficiency, patient-centered quality care, integrity, transparency, accountability, good stewardship and commitment, teamwork, respect for each other, and professionalism. Lubaga Hospital remains an iconic landmark in Uganda’s healthcare industry, and its commitment to providing quality healthcare services to the less privileged is an inspiration to many.