Butabika Hospital

Butabika National Referral Hospital, commonly known as Butabika Hospital is a hospital in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. It is the mental health national referral hospital for the entire country's estimated population of 36 million in 2014.

Butabika National Referral Hospital
Uganda Ministry of Health
Geography
LocationButabika, Kampala, Uganda
Coordinates00°18′57″N 32°39′33″E
Organisation
Care systemPublic
TypeReferral
Services
Emergency departmentI
Beds900
History
Opened1955
Links
Other linksHospitals in Uganda
Medical education in Uganda

Location

Butabika National Referral Hospital is located in Butabika, a neighborhood within Kampala. Butabika lies in the southeastern part of the city, in Nakawa Division, adjacent to the northern shores of Lake Victoria, Africa's largest fresh-water lake. This location is approximately 10.5 kilometres (6.5 mi), by road, east of Kampala's central business district.[1] Butabika Hospital is about 12.5 kilometres (8 mi) southeast of Mulago National Referral Hospital.[2] The coordinates of Butabika Hospital are: 0°18'57.0"N, 32°39'33.0"E (latitude: 0.315845 and longitude: 32.659160).[3]

Overview

Butabika Hospital is a public psychiatric hospital, funded and administered by the Uganda Ministry of Health and general care in the hospital is free. The hospital is the only referral psychiatric hospital in Uganda. Opened in 1955, it has a bed capacity of 900, as of February 2010.[4] The hospital also serves as the psychiatric teaching hospital for Makerere University College of Health Sciences for both undergraduate and postgraduate training, especially for the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB), Master of Medicine in Psychiatry (MMed Psych) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in psychiatry.[5]

Butabika Hospital is also the location of the Institute of Psychiatric Clinical Officers (IPCO), a school administered by the Uganda Ministry of Health, which trains high school graduates to become psychiatric clinical officers. It is the only school of its kind in Eastern Africa.[6]

Whilst working at the hospital Etheldreda Nakimuli-Mpungu noticed a large number of HIV/AIDS patients were being admitted with serious mental health problems.[7] This inspired her to begin a research programme which has since proven that culturally appropriate, group psychotherapy, which is led by non-professional practitioners is an effective treatment of depression in HIV patients, which has positive impacts on their physical health.[8]

See also

References
  1. Google (25 November 2020). "Road Distance Between Amber House, Speke Road, Central Kampala And Butabika National Referral Mental Hospital, Butabika, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  2. Google (25 November 2020). "Road Distance Between Butabika National Referral Mental Hospital And Mulago National Referral Hospital" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  3. Google (25 November 2020). "Location of Butabika Hospital" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  4. BNRH, . "Profile of Butabika National Referral Hospital". Butabika National Referral Hospital (BNRH). Retrieved 2 July 2014.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. Mukisa, Farahani (16 September 2013). "Butabika Hospital Decries Shortage of Psychiatrists". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  6. Lydia Lakwonyero, and Simon Longoli (8 June 2009). "Uganda Lacks Psychiatrists". New Vision. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  7. "Mom Inspires Daughter To Be A Doctor Who Really Makes People Better". text.npr.org. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  8. "Group psychotherapy led by lay health workers can dramatically improve depression in people with HIV, says Ugandan study". aidsmap.com. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
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