Mulago Hospital

Mulago National Referral Hospital
Uganda Ministry of Health
Geography
Location	Mulago, Kampala, Uganda
Organisation
Care system	Public
Hospital type	General and Teaching
Affiliated university	Makerere University College of Health Sciences
Services
Emergency department	I
Beds	1,500+
History
Founded	1917[1]
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Uganda
Other links	Hospitals in Uganda Medical education in Uganda

Mulago National Referral Hospital, commonly known as Mulago Hospital, is the largest hospital in Uganda. The hospital is located on Mulago Hill in the northern part of the city of Kampala. It is the teaching hospital for Makerere University College of Health Sciences, the oldest medical College in Uganda, established in 1924. It is also one of the three National Referral Hospitals in the country, the other two being Butabika National Referral Hospital and Mbarara National Referral Hospital. Mulago was founded in 1917 by Albert Ruskin Cook. The current facility was completed in 1962. The hospital has an estimated 1,500 beds and an annual budget (2007) of 5 billion shillings (approximately US$2.7 million)

External links

• Mulago Hospital Web Site
• Makerere University College of Health Sciences Homepage

See also

• Hospitals in Uganda
• Makerere University
• Makerere University College of Health Sciences
• Kampala
• Mulago

References

1. ^ Old Mulago Was Built in 1917

Coordinates: 00°20′17″N 32°34′34″E / 0.33806°N 32.57611°E / 0.33806; 32.57611