Butabika

About Butabika National Referral Mental Hospital

Background

Butabika Hospital is a public psychiatric hospital, and is thus funded by the Government of Uganda and administered by the Ministry of Health. Founded in 1955, the hospital has recently undergone major rehabilitation and remodeling. General care in the hospital is free, however, there is a private wing where service is paid for and non-tax revenue collected to cater for the medical supplies and requirements to sustain its operations. As the second largest hospital in Uganda, the hospital has an official bed capacity of 550 though it handles between 1100 and 1300 in-patients at any one time. The hospital also has out-patient services, with an outpatient department handling about 350 patients daily with a focus on primary health care for the people from the surrounding communities.

Mandate

Our Mandate includes to:

  • Offer general and specialized mental health treatment to the general population. The facility offers limited Primary Health Care to the communities around the institution of Butabika National Referral Hospital;
  • Monitor, supervise, issue guidelines and offer support to regional referral hospitals and health centres within the Mental Health system of ministry of health and the referral process;
  • Carry out research in Mental Health and related fields;
  • Be a teaching and training institution for mental health cadres and other health professionals across various qualifications and sub-disciplines;
  • Advise the Ministry of Health on matters pertaining to Mental Health including policy, strategy, interventions and human resource requirements.
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Vision

To be a Centre of excellence in the delivery of super specialized and general mental health services to the people of Uganda and Africa.

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Mission

To offer super specialized and general mental health treatment and care services, conduct mental health training and research, and contribute to the mental health policy and programming in Uganda   in Uganda

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Core Objectives

  • To improve population mental health, safety and management
  • To improve mental health care systems and infrastructure of Butabika hospital
  • To strengthen institutional governance and coordination systems
  • To produce appropriate knowledgeable, skilled and ethical mental health labour force
  • To improve the capacity for mental health related research and innovations

Learn more about the hospital . . .

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Our History

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Our Value Proposition

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The Hospital Board

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Senior Management Team

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Departments

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Employee Recognition

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