Care system Private Emergency department I Other links Hospitals in Uganda Affiliated university Makerere University | Hospital type Community Website Homepage Date founded 1978 Number of beds 32 | |
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Location Makerere Hill,
Kampala District,
Central Region, Uganda | ||
Makerere University Hospital, is a private community hospital, in Kampala, in the Central Region of Uganda.
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Location
The hospital is located on Makerere Hill, off of Gaddafi Road, in Kampala Central Division, about 2 kilometres (1 mi), southwest of Mulago National Referral Hospital. The coordinates of Makerere University Hospital are 0°19'40.0"N, 32°34'15.0"E (Latitude:0.327771; Longitude:32.570843).
Overview
The 32-bed hospital serves both outpatients and inpatients. It caters to both university staff and students, but inpatients are restricted to students only.
Services offered include the following:
History
Prior to 1972, the university maintained a health post known as Makerere University Students Health Service or Sick Bay at the current location of Makerere University Police Post. In 1972, when Idi Amin expelled the Ugandan Asians, the university acquired the premises formerly known as Nile Nursing Home. The university Sick Bay relocated to the new premises. On 16 February 1978, President Idi Amin visited the Sick Bay and he crowned it the Hospital status; thus the name Makerere University Hospital.