It was Started in 1934 and has a bed capacity of 120. The hospital located in Baitambogwe sub-county, Bunya West, Mayuge District, in Jinja Diocese, offers General Medical and Surgical Services. It initially started as a Leprosy Isolation Centre and was gazetted as a hospital by Government in 2003.
User fees account for an average of 26.95% of total Hospital Income. It has annual OPD attendance of 45,840 contacts, 6,626 Admissions with a BoR of 74.3%, and 1,050 average annual maternal deliveries with a C/S rate of 55.9%.
The hospital still offers specialized Leprosy – a Neglected Tropical Disease – services with an average of 27 new adult leprosy persons annually, as well as special Skin & Orthopaedic Clinics