The school is located 3km from Nyendo town and 5km from Masaka town and is found within Kitovu Healthcare Complex. The School takes Senior Four (S.4) leavers who passed Biology, Chemistry, physics, English and mathematics. The school is now training Laboratory and Theatre assistants for a period of two years. The school is registered with MOES and the licence number is ME/TVET/099 with examination centre number UAHEB/005.
The school was started in 1987 by Sr. Davnet O’kane an MMM sister, with four (4) students and the purpose then was to avail trained qualified staff to the hospital laboratory. Later on, the demand for the qualified laboratory staff increased and more were trained for health centres like Makondo H/C, Bikira H/C, Mushanga Dispensary, Kiteredde Health centres.
The school was initially fully donor funded and operated this way from 1987 to 1999 when the donors finally pulled out and the school could not continue since there were no more funders. A lot of thanks goes to CAFORD, MISEREOR and CEBEMO for the support given by then.
The school stopped operating in 1999 but in 2004 the Ministry of Health wrote to the hospital management requesting to revive the school basing on the resources that the school had and the Hospital Management Team together with Hospital Board of Governors welcomed the idea and made arrangements for revival of the school during the year.
In January 2005, the school officially restarted with 11 students, in August 2006, we had the first sitting, 10 students passed. Since the school’s revival 236 students have been trained. Students are performing well wherever they are basing on the employers of our graduates.
Type of Course
The school has three courses i.e. Advanced Diploma in Anaesthesia, Certificate in Medical Laboratory Techniques and Certificate in Medical Theatre Techniques. The school is planning to start a diploma programme in the near future after getting the recommended number and cadre of personnel (trained tutors). There is also a plan to build a dining or multipurpose hall, expand the practical room, classrooms and fencing the school.