Almeca Community Hospital

ALMECA hospital is a community hospital serving a wide catchment area of Eastern Uganda,

Almeca Community Hospital cares for more than 800,000 people. It is located in the eastern Uganda 2 hours’ drive from the capital, Kampala.. The local population is predominantly farmers, many spend hours each day collecting water and firewood, and most families survive on less than $1 per day

Aware that the Healthcare services are in very short supply with people having to walk long distances to find medical assistance. HIV/AIDS, malaria, malnutrition and tuberculosis are prevalent

Almeca Hospital are self-sustaining without funders. The hospital meets all costs right from wages of over 50 staff, drugs, logistics, consumables and all other bills.

To achieve this, we have two categories of services that is to say; the free services for the Vulnerable Community Member and the chargeable services for the Middle-Income Class.

The fees we collect from the Middle-Income class have ably helped us to render the free services but also achieve sustainability.

Here is a list bearing a few of the free services:

Maternity Care (Giving Birth)

Antenatal

Immunization

Cervical Cancer Screening

Breast Cancer Screening

Blood Transfusion

Family Planning

HIV Testing, Treatment and Counseling

Community Health Education

Distribution of free Mosquito Nets to Pregnant Women.

Tuberculosis Testing and Treatment

Free Emergency Ambulance Services

Simple Tooth Extraction

First Aid Services

Treatment of a few Communicable Diseases, et al.

Below is a list bearing some of the charged services:

Elective surgeries

Root Canal Therapies and Dentures

Orthopedic Surgeries

Laboratory Services

Ultrasound Scan and Xray

Complicated Malaria Treatment

Bacterial Infections

Treatment of Non-Communicable Diseases, et al

That notwithstanding though, we have noted carefully over a long period of time through our day to day experiences that the number of patients with cancer in our community is growing exponentially, it is a statistical fact that Cervical Cancer ranks as the fourth most common malignancy in women, affecting over 500,000 women each year with an estimated 266,000 deaths. Uganda has one of the highest cervical cancer incidence rates globally with an age-standardized incidence rate per 100,000 of 47.5. Therefore, the high incidence and prevalence of cancer in our communities is something we should stand out against and do something about.

It is upon this background given that the management of Almeca Hospital resolved to put up a fully-fledged cancer department at Almeca Hospital as soon as possible. Since we already have an already established fully functional hospital, in a community that is so vulnerable, a community that cannot meet their basic needs that we hope and indeed intend that the services of the Cancer Department may be rendered free of charge to the public.

Therefore, in order for us to attain this noble goal to help the vulnerable people of Uganda within and far beyond our community of operation, we are reaching out to your organisation given the fact that you know the burden of cancer to prayerfully consider to be part of this life changing project to raise funds that will be used to construct, equip and put up a fully-fledged Cancer Department at Almeca Hospital hence impacting the lives of vulnerable people that are suffering and die of cancer with no single hope for help every day.

We believe that if you accept and take action to help, this will be a life changing project for which your time and commitment are important in order for you to impart and impact a meaningful life changing mark on our community and country at large.