Ear, Nose and Throat & Head And Neck Department
The Bugando Medical Centre ENT and Head and Neck Department started as a unit under Surgery Department in the mid 1990s. It became a full department officially in 2015 with 2 ENT surgeons and 1 General Surgeon with special interest in Head and Neck. At the end of this year 2 more ENT surgeons will join us. At the moment we have 3 Registered Medical Officers and 14 Nurses.Our Department offers Treatment (both medical and surgical), Care and Health Education for patients with Ear, Nose, throat and Head and Neck diseases. In collaboration with the Physiotherapy Department we also provide speech, language and rehabilitation services for patients with speech and language problems, but also rehabilitation to patients with swallowing problems. All these services not only are provided in our Department but also in selected hospitals around the lake zone through BMC and AMREF outreach services. At least once every month we visit one hospital.
ARCHIEVEMENTS
One of the greatest achievements we have had is starting from the scratch in the mid 1990s to a full department that cares and treats Ear Nose and Throat for around 16 million people in Lake Zone. Being able to attend more than 800 patients perform around 70 elective operations every month. We are also doing Audiometry, Tympanometry, speech and language therapy (The only centre that does so in Lake zone) for all patients in need of that care. once every month we visit one hospital.We are experts in providing the following services;.
- General ENT
- Audiology and hearing
- Head and Neck Surgery
- Otology and Neurotology
- Sinus and Nasal disorders
- Salivary gland disorders
- Thyroid and parathyroid disease
- Voice and swallowing disorders
TRAINING
As part of the teaching hospital for catholic university of health and Allied sciences (CUHAS), we also teach both Undergraduates and Postgraduates.one of the teaching session (undergraduate 4th year MD students).
Audiology teaching as part of staff training
One of the challenges we face is that most patient show up very late for treatment. They come when diseases have quite advanced to
the extent that some needs only palliation. We also face a big number of patients who come to our centre (Tertiary Hospital) with
diseases or conditions that could be easily managed in health centres. Another big challenge is lack of some equipments and training
to some of our staffs.
Our future plan is to continue to improve our services by widening the scope of services we provide, put more effort in prevention of some common health problems like ear infection and head and neck diseases and improve in the technology and equipments we use. In general we want our department to be a place of excellence in provision of Ear Nose and Throat treatment and care with commitment and compassion.
Our future plan is to continue to improve our services by widening the scope of services we provide, put more effort in prevention of some common health problems like ear infection and head and neck diseases and improve in the technology and equipments we use. In general we want our department to be a place of excellence in provision of Ear Nose and Throat treatment and care with commitment and compassion.
Contact us
Internal Ext. 248E-mail: info@bugandomedicalcentre.go.tz / bugandohospital@gmail.com