Dr. Ambrosoli Memorial Hospital in Kalongo, northern Uganda, was founded in 1957 by Father Giuseppe Ambrosoli, a Comboni missionary and surgeon.
DAMHK is a district referral hospital with a capacity of 286 beds divided into 5 wards (Surgery, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Paediatrics, Internal Medicine, Tuberculosis), an antenatal and postnatal clinic, an A&E department, and dedicated outpatient clinics for the treatment of HIV, Hepatitis B and other diseases.

It is equipped with a testing laboratory, which is the district’s referral HUB, and a recently renovated radiology unit. The hospital also serves as the directorate of the Health Sub District (which is part of the national health network) with supervisory and steering responsibilities over the activities carried out by the district’s 43 rural health centres, the “lower-level units.” These health centres are an integral part of Uganda’s national health system.

DAMHK serves a very poor, vast, and isolated rural area with no transport links and no developed population centres: it is a health outpost where there are no real alternatives for care and provides a lifeline for the population of Agago district and four neighbouring districts with no district hospital, for a total catchment area of about 500,000 people. In Northern Uganda, an entity capable of delivering skilled health care in a context of absolute poverty represents a real chance of survival for hundreds of thousands of people.

In addition to the clinical wards and various attached health services, the hospital includes the midwifery school that was founded by Father Giuseppe in 1959 to offer women the opportunity to receive qualified training and access to a recognised profession that is essential for the survival of thousands of women and children.

The grant from IMPact Foundation was earmarked to cover part of the operating expenses of the Dr. Ambrosoli Memorial Hospital in Kalongo, through the Ambrosoli Foundation.