Directly from Gulu

In Uganda, neonatal mortality remains an urgent challenge. At Lacor, nurses work tirelessly to turn these uncertain beginnings into real chances of survival.

As climate issues take on increasing importance, Lacor Hospital is taking a significant step forward with the installation of solar power systems at its three outlying health centres. 

This vision stems from an intuition of Piero Corti: to establish peripheral health centres that bring care closer to people.

This article addresses issues that are barely touched in Canadian news coverage. It will give perspective to the important work we are supporting with your help at St. Mary's Lacor Hospital.

Whilst clearing out the small storeroom at the Corti House on the Lacor Hospital campus to make room for equipment belonging to certain surgical teams, we came across Mum’s old trunk. It was one of those dark green trunks with gold-plated brass locks, the sort people used to take with them in the 1950s when they were going away for a long time.

St. Mary's Lacor Hospital is stepping up its prevention and surveillance.

If all is working well, no one notices its existence. But if something fails, its importance comes to the fore. The Technical Department, led by Engineer Jacopo Barbieri, is the Hospital's nervous system.

Lacor Hospital inserts equipment maintenance in its training programs.

Mzee Tabliq, a.k.a. Yusuf Abbas, gives his life to ferrying people who want to go to St. Mary's Lacor Hospital.