Villa Maria Hospital - Masaka, Uganda

NAME AND IDENTITY OF THE HOSPITAL
The Hospital belongs to the network of Catholic Health Institutions in Uganda and is called Villa Maria Hospital and St. Lawrence Villa Maria Nurses Training School.

OWNERSHIP
The Legal and Registered Owner of the Hospital is the Roman Catholic Diocese of Masaka in the person of the Board of Trustees of the diocese.
If not otherwise specified in this text, its annexes and in the Hospital bylaws, powers of signatory for the hospital are held by its Board of Trustees

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE HOSPITAL
Villa Maria Hospital is 11 kms away from Nyendo / Masaka Town. It was started in 1902 by the White Sisters known as (Sisters of Our Lady of Africa). It developed from strength to strength, providing curative and preventive and promotive medical  

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services. It is the major Hospital serving Kalungu District.

MISSION STATEMENT
This Mission Statement follows from the Mission Statement of the Uganda Episcopal Conference, which has been integrally adopted by the diocese of Masaka.
The Mission of Villa Maria Hospital is, based on the imitation of Christ and His deeds, to promote life to the full and to heal. The hospital is therefore committed to a holistic, integrated and sustainable action in health. This includes treatment, prevention, health promotion, social welfare and economic empowerment through community programmes and training of health workers
The hospital will aim to promote access to health care for the less privileged and vulnerable social groups like women, children, the financially destitute and the chronically ill. To this purpose the hospital is a non-profit making institution of the Church.


Since the person is at the centre of all activities of the hospital, a basic attitude or respect for the human dignity will be the guidance for all and no distinctions of ethnic origin, social status; religious or political affiliation will be made. The principle of subsidiarity will therefore be applied with equity in all relationships within the hospital network.
Justice, universality and equality will mark the work of all the officers and staff members of Villa Maria Hospital. Their work will be done in a professional way and in a spirit of total dedication and transparency in accordance with the catholic ethical code. Human life being sacred, the basic attitude of all personnel will be the healing of the person with total respect for life.