Fondazione Piero e Lucille Corti ETS
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Mission Statement
Founded in 1993, our purpose is to support and assist St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor, located in Gulu, northern Uganda.
About This Cause
In 1993, the Fondazione Corti was founded in Milan. The Foundation is not-for-profit and its purpose is to support the St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor in Gulu, Uganda, both financially and with technical-logistical assistance. The Foundation was created through the will of physicians Piero Corti e Lucille Teasdale, who through 40 years of work managed and developed Lacor hospital, transforming it from a small missionary hospital into the largest not-for-profit hospital in equatorial Africa. Lacor hospital represents the only hope for recovery and salvation for millions: a structure able to take in and treat over 250,000 patients every year. Many of these patients are children and women, those hit hardest by poverty, malnutrition and the extremely harsh conditions they are forced to live in. In a country where over half of the population lives in extreme poverty, getting care is often difficult, if not impossible. Lacor Hospital’s mission is to guarantee care and medical assistance to the neediest without discrimination based on sex, race, social status, religion or political affiliation. Anyone not able to pay is treated for free. Every day, specialized care in medicine, general surgery, oral surgery, pediatrics and obstetrics/gynecology is offered to hundreds of patients. The hospital has 482 beds as well as 72 in its 3 peripheral health centres, located within a 40 km radius of the hospital. On average, the hospital treats 600 in-patients and 600 out-patients every day.