Nakasero Hospital

Nakasero Hospital
Geography
Location Nakasero, Kampala, Central Division, Central Region,  Uganda
Organisation
Care system Private, For-profit
Hospital type General
Services
Emergency department III
Beds 80+
History
Founded 2009
Links
Website Homepage
Other links Hospitals in Uganda

Nakasero Hospital Limited (NHL), 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 Central Kampala Division, immediately north of the city's central business district. The coordinates of the hospital are:0°19'37.0"N, 32°34'46.0"E (Latitude:0.326944; Longitude:32.579444).[3]

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.[4] After disagreements with the Uganda Insurers Association, an industry group,[5] Nakasero Hospital established Nakasero HealthCare Limited, one of the only two hospital-owned health maintenance organizations in Uganda.[6]

History

NHL opened its outpatient's 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 specialist, from inside and outside Uganda, who pooled their resources and invested in the hospital.[7] In 2010, the hospital borrowed US$3 million in Uganda currency denomination, 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".[8] 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.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ TABJ, . (2011). "International Hospital Kampala". "The African Business Journal" © Copyright 2014 by George Media Limited. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Asiimwe, Peninah (7 April 2015). "Kanyerezi: The Brain Behind Kampala Hospital". Daily Monitor (Kampala). Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Google, . "Location of Nakasero Hospital At Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Asiimwe, Dicta (11 January 2014). "Uganda Insurers Get Tougher On Hospitals". The EastAfrican (Nairobi). Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  6. ↑ NHCL, . "About Nakasero Health Care Limited". Nakasero HealthCare Limited (NHCL). Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  7. ↑ ERC, . (13 November 2008). "Uganda: Physician Trades Comfort for Serving His Homeland". EthiopianReview.com (ERC) Quoting Daily Monitor (Kampala). Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  8. ↑ IFC, . (24 June 2010). "IFC, Nakasero Hospital to Expand Affordable Quality Health Care In Uganda". International Finance Corporation (IFC). Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  9. ↑ Katende, Norman (12 April 2015). "Nakasero To Construct Fistula Centre". New Vision (Kampala). Retrieved 22 April 2015.

External links

Coordinates: 00°19′37″N 32°34′46″E / 0.32694°N 32.57944°E