Mengo Hospital

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Mengo Hospital
Church of Uganda
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Group photo at the opening of the new Mengo Hospital, Uganda, Wellcome Trust
Mengo Hospital
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Geography
Location Namirembe Hill, Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
Coordinates 00°18′46″N32°33′30″E / 0.31278°N 32.55833°E / 0.31278; 32.55833
Organisation
Care system Private, non-profit
Type Community hospital
Affiliated university Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Services
Emergency department I
Beds300
History
Opened1897
Links
Other links Hospitals in Uganda

Mengo Hospital, also known as Namirembe Hospital, is a private, faith-based, community, teaching hospital in Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. [1]

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Location

The hospital is located on Namirembe Hill in Rubaga Division in northwestern Kampala, along Albert Cook road, approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi), by road, southwest of Mulago National Referral Hospital. [2]

The travel distance, by road, from the city's central business district to Mengo Hospital is approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi). [3] The coordinates of Mengo Hospital are 0°18'46.0"N, 32°33'30.0"E (Latitude:0.312778; Longitude:32.558333). [4]

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Overview

Mengo Hospital is the oldest hospital in Uganda. It was established by Albert Ruskin Cook in 1897. At the beginning, the hospital belonged to the Church Missionary Society. During this time, the hospital saw many medical missionaries, including Algernon Smith and Leonard Sharp, who aided in medical care and its expansion. During World War I, the African Medical Corps helped staff the hospital. In 1958, the hospital was handed over by the Church Missionary Society to an independent and autonomous Board of Governors and Registered Trustees. [5]

Today, the hospital is an urban community hospital with all the amenities of a modern hospital in sub-Saharan Africa. It houses the Ernest Cook Radiology Department, named after Ernest Cook, the nephew of Albert Cook, who brought the first X-Ray machine to East Africa in 1907 and installed it at Mengo Hospital. The X-Ray department is located within the Sr. Albert Cook Building. The Department houses the Ernest Cook Ultrasound Research and Education Institute (ECUREI). ECUREI offers ordinary and advanced diploma courses in ultrasonography and degrees in medical imaging. The institute is affiliated with Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is also collaborates with Fontys University in the Netherlands in its training programs. [6]

Medical school

In March 2016, the Daily Monitor newspaper reported that Mengo Hospital was negotiating with Uganda Christian University, in Mukono to establish a medical school at the hospital. No time-frame was disclosed. [7]

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References

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