Kampala Hospital

Not to be confused with International Hospital Kampala.
Kampala Hospital
Kampala Hospital
Geography
Location 6C Makindu Close, Kololo, Kampala Central Division,
Central Region, Uganda
Organisation
Care system Private
Hospital type General
Services
Beds 100
History
Founded 2007
Links
Website Homepage
Other links List of hospitals in Uganda

Kampala Hospital is a private healthcare facility in Uganda. It is a specialists' hospital and diagnostic centre. Kampala Hospital was the first hospital in Uganda to install a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine and a CT Scanner. For almost five years it was the only hospital in the country, providing these services.[1]

Location

The hospital is located in Kololo in Kampala Central Division, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) north of the central business district of the city.[2] The coordinates of Kampala Hospital are 0°19'57.0"N, 32°35'05.0"E (Latitude:0.332500; Longitude:32.584722).[3]

History

Beginning in 2000, a number of physicians, surgeons, businessmen and community leaders came up with the idea of starting a private hospital in Kampala to address the need for quality healthcare and to offer medical services that were only available in foreign countries like Kenya, South Africa, India, United Kingdom and United States. The founders and investor-owners of the hospital include Richard Kanyerezi, Jack Luyombya, Edward Kigonya, Nelson Senkatuka, John Nsibambi, James Batwala, Leo Kibirango and Ntwatwa Kyagulanyi. They pooled resources, including taking out personal loans and mortgages to fund the opening of the hospital in 2007. The hospital provides full laboratory services. It still is undergoing expansion to provide more specialty services and increase its bed capacity.[1] Kampala Hospital is one of five upscale, tertiary hospitals in the city of Kampala that provide quality healthcare at a price; the others being Case Medical Centre on Buganda Road, International Hospital Kampala in Namuwongo, Nakasero Hospital on Akii Bua Road and Paragon Hospital in Bugoloobi.[4]

Services offered

The services offered at KHL include the following: [1]

  • Emergency Ambulance
  • Emergency services
  • Outpatient Care
  • Laboratory
  • Trauma surgery
  • Paediatrics
  • Physiotherapy
  • Antenatal care
  • Pharmacy

Specialties

As of April 2015, the following specialty services are available at KHL. The list is not exhaustive:[1]

  • General Surgery
  • Physician Anaesthesia
  • Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Paediatics
  • Neonatalogy
  • Orthopaedics
  • Neurosurgery
  • Medical Oncology
  • Surgical Oncology
  • Urology
  • Cardiology
  • Otolaryngology
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Reconstructive Surgery
  • Internal Medicine
  • Family Medicine
  • Radiology
  • Psychiatry
  • Endoscopy
  • Colposcopy

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Asiimwe, Peninah (7 April 2015). "Kanyerezi: The Brain Behind Kampala Hospital". Daily Monitor (Kampala). Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Map Showing Central Kampala And Kampala Hospital With Route Marker". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Google. "Location of Kampala Hospital At Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  4. ↑ Mwesigye, Shifa (3 December 2008). "Five Star Hospitals Changing Healthcare". The Observer (Uganda). Retrieved 23 April 2015.

Coordinates: 00°19′57″N 32°35′05″E / 0.33250°N 32.58472°E / 0.33250; 32.58472

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