In 1969, the Comboni Sisters opened a full service hospital at the site of the dispensary.

In 1993 the hospital was handed over to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lira, who entrusted its administration to the Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Church.

The two major challenges include (a) a high number of HIV/AIDS patients, accounting for 6 percent of prenatal patients and 9 percent of the adult Oyam District adults and (b) a Radiology Department that is poorly equipped and poorly resourced.

Patient user fees accounted for about 20.2 percent of total hospital income at that time.

[1] In May 2021, the hospital maneuvered their own way and installed a new CT scanner, valued at USh1.3 billion (approx.