Mulago hospital

Mulago hospital: Albert Ruskin Cook established Mulago National Referral Hospital in 1913, and in 1962, it was enlarged by building lower Mulago to provide patients with greater facilities and services. It has an official bed capacity of 1790 and functions as a general hospital, Health Center IV, and Health Center III for the Kampala metropolitan area, as well as a National Referral for the entire nation.

 

The hospital is situated directly west of Makerere University College of Health Sciences on Mulago Hill in Kampala’s northern region. It is only 5 kilometers northeast of Kampala’s downtown.

This hill is home to a traditional medicinal herb that is the source of the Mulago. Kabaka Sunna utilized the grass to keep the evil spirits away from him. Kabaka Sunnall established his administrative capital on this hill as well during his so-called reign of terror, which lasted from 1832 to 1856.

At Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Mulago serves as a teaching hospital. Along with Butabika National Referral Hospital, it is one of the nation’s referral hospitals. In addition to dentistry, emergency medicine, pediatrics, and critical care, it provides services in the majority of medical and surgical subspecialties.

Additionally, there were recent advances in 2014 that were funded by the African Development Bank and were expected to run for 24 months. The changes included increasing the number of operating rooms from six to sixteen, expanding the morgue from sixteen to 160 slots, and expanding the intensive care unit from five to twenty-five beds. Additionally, it was reported that the first phase of rehabilitation, which accounted for 40% of the entire work, was finished by December 2015.

The hospital will provide a variety of services after these reconstructions are finished, including pediatrics, gynecology, child health, diagnostics, private patient services, medical care, and surgical procedures such kidney and heart surgery. Numerous researchers are there conducting various studies to guarantee improved health and service delivery.

Numerous hospital-related buildings, including research labs, nursing schools, city mortuaries, doctor’s villages, Wandegeya pharmacies, and Makerere Medical School departments, dominate Mulago Hill.