Nakasero Hospital
Nakasero Hospital Limited, commonly referred to as Nakasero Hospital, is a private, for-profit hospital in Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the largest city in that country. The hospital is one of five private upscale hospitals in the city; the others being International Hospital Kampala in Namuwongo,[1] Paragon Hospital in Bugoloobi, Case Medical Centre in Kampala Central Division and Kampala Hospital in Kololo.[2]
Location
The address of the hospital is 14A Akii Bua Road, Nakasero Hill, Kampala. It is located on Nakasero Hill, in Kampala Central Division, about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) north of the city's central business district.[3]
This is approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi), south of Mulago National Referral Hospital.[4] The coordinates of the hospital are 0°19'37.0"N, 32°34'46.0"E (Latitude:0.326944; Longitude:32.579444).[5]
Overview
The hospital is a private upscale hospital; one of the five most exclusive private healthcare facilities in Kampala, Uganda's capital. Those hospitals have been established over the last 20 years, beginning with International Hospital Kampala in 1996, to address the gap in specialized tertiary healthcare delivery in the country and to serve that segment of Uganda's population that has been seeking the missing services from outside Uganda.[6] After disagreements with the Uganda Insurers Association, an industry group,[7] Nakasero Hospital established Nakasero HealthCare Limited, one of the only two hospital-owned health maintenance organizations in Uganda.[8]
History
Nakasero Hospital opened its outpatient department in March 2009 and the inpatient wards were opened in July 2009. The privately owned hospital is the brainchild of about 20 medical doctors, the majority of whom are specialists, from inside and outside Uganda, who pooled their resources and invested in the hospital.[9] In 2010, the hospital borrowed US$3 millions worth of Ugandan shillings from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), an arm of the World Bank, to "increase access to quality health care, create jobs for medical professionals, and introduce new standards of clinical and patient care in the country".[10] In April 2015, the hospital began a public fundraising drive to construct "Nakasero Fistula Centre", where women who have undergone repair of obstetric fistula, can recuperate while they heal, before they can return to their homes and families.[11]
Expansion
In June 2019, at the occasion of marking the 10th anniversary of the founding of the hospital, Dr. Edward Rukwaro, the hospital's chief executive officer, announced that the hospital was about to undergo major renovations and expansion, to the tune of US$10 million. The expansion will create new departments of (a) Cardiology (b) Gynecology (focusing on In vitro fertilisation) (c) Orthopedic surgery (including spine and joint surgery) and (d) Pediatrics.[12]
See also
References
- ^ "International Hospital Kampala". The African Business Journal. 2011. Archived from the original on 2 October 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ Peninah Asiimwe (7 April 2015). "Kanyerezi: The Brain Behind Kampala Hospital". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ Google (20 November 2020). "Road Distance Between Nakasero Hospital And Amber House, Kampala Road, Central Kampala, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ Google (20 November 2020). "Road Distance Between Nakasero Hospital And Mulago National Referral Hospital" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ Google (20 November 2020). "Location of Nakasero Hospital" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ Mulondo, Emmanuel (10 July 2012). "Government To Revamp Busoga Hospitals As MP Wafula's Wife Is Laid To Rest". Daily Monitor (Kampala). Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ Asiimwe, Dicta (11 January 2014). "Uganda Insurers Get Tougher On Hospitals". The EastAfrican (Nairobi). Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "About Nakasero Health Care Limited". Nakasero HealthCare Limited. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ Daily Monitor (13 November 2008). "Uganda: Physician Trades Comfort for Serving His Homeland". EthiopianReview.com Quoting Daily Monitor. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ International Finance Corporation (24 June 2010). "IFC, Nakasero Hospital to Expand Affordable Quality Health Care In Uganda". Washington, DC: International Finance Corporation. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ Katende, Norman (12 April 2015). "Nakasero To Construct Fistula Centre". New Vision (Kampala). Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ Francis Emorut (12 June 2019). "Nakasero Hospital To Upgrade To First-Class Facility". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
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