About Lacor School of Nursing

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The hospital – In 1959, Mgr. G.B. Cesana, a Comboni Catholic Missionary and Bishop of Gulu, founded St. Mary’s Hospital near Lacor, a village a few kilometres west of Gulu, the main town in Northern Uganda. In 1961 Piero Corti, a young Italian paediatrician, was assigned the direction of the hospital. This consisted of one outpatient department and few wards with about 30 beds and few Comboni Missionary sisters who were midwives and nurses, and some local staff trained on the job. The chaplain and the “builder brother” were also Comboni. Other wards were under construction. Piero was soon joined by a young Canadian surgeon, Lucille Teasdale.

They had met in Montreal a couple of years earlier during their postgraduate studies and had shared their dream of being missionary doctors. Lucille accepted Piero’s offer to get the surgical ward at St. Mary’s up and running “for a couple of months”. Their marriage in December 1961 in the hospital’s chapel was the start of a lifelong commitment in developing Lacor Hospital “to offer the best possible care to the greatest number of people at the least cost”.

Uganda – In October 1962, Uganda (until then a British Protectorate) declared its independence. In 1966, Prime Minister Milton Obote suspended the constitution, declared himself President with far-reaching powers and remained in power until 1971, when he was deposed during a military coup.

Our Mission

To provide Affordable, Quality and Sustainable Healthcare to the Needy and to train Professionals of High Integrity, in Witness of the Church’s Concern for all.

Vision

To be a Hospital of Choice Providing Quality, Sustainable Care in a Humane and Supportive Environment.

Values

Our guiding principle is respect for human dignity which puts people at the centre of all that we do. As a manifestation of our Motto “Patient First”, compassion, professionalism and team spirit take a special place. We value honesty, transparency, accountability and optimal utilization of all hospital resources. These Values include;

Respect
Compassion
Professionalism
Team spirit
Honesty
Transparency
Accountability

About Lacor School of Nursing