St. Joseph's Hospital Kitgum

St. Joseph's Hospital Kitgum (SJHK), is a hospital in Northern Uganda. It is a private, community hospital, serving the town of Kitgum and surrounding areas of Kitgum District, Lamwo District and parts of the Republic of South Sudan. In addition, the hospital receives many patients from Kotido District, Abim District, Moroto District, Agago District and Pader District.LocationSJHK is located in the Northern Ugandan town of Kitgum, approximately 440km, by road, north of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The coordinates of St. Joseph's Hospital Kitgum are:3°17'23.0"N, 32°52'21.0"E (Latitude:3.289722; Longitude:32.872500).OverviewSt. Joseph's Hospital Kitgum is a private, non-profit, community hospital owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gulu, and is accredited by the Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau. It is administered by the Sisters of Mary Immaculate. On 16 November 1925, Sister Amalia Lonardi, started a dispensary on the veranda of the Comboni Sisters' Convent. At that time, the area had a high prevalence of leprosy patients and the dispensary was able to offer pain medication and palliative care. On 23 December 1938, Sister Secondina Chito relocated the dispensary to under a mango tree on the lawn of the Sisters' Convent. That tree still stands as of November 2014.