Mengo Hospital

Mengo Hospital
Church of Uganda
Geography
Location	Namirembe Hill, Kampala District,  Uganda
Organisation
Care system	Private, Non-profit
Hospital type	Community
Affiliated university	Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Services
Emergency department	I
Beds	300
History
Founded	1897
Links
Lists
Other links	Hospitals in Uganda

Mengo Hospital, also known as Namirembe Hospital, is a hospital in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda.

Location

The hospital is located on Namirembe Hill, in Lubaga Division, in the northwestern Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest metropolitan area. The travel distance, by road, from the city's central business district to Mengo Hospital is approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi). The coordinates of the hospital are:00 18 47N, 32 33 31E (Latitude:0.3130; Longitude:32.5585).

Overview

Mengo Hospital is the oldest hospital in Uganda. It was established by Sir Albert Cook in 1897. At the beginning, the hospital belonged to the Church Missionary Society. In 1958 the hospital was handed over by the Church Missionary Society to an independent and autonomous Board of Governors and Registered Trustees.^[1]

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. The institute is affiliated with Thomas Jefferson University, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It is also collaborates with Fontys University in the Netherlands, in its training programs.^[2]

External links

• Mengo Hospital Homepage

Photos

• The Entrance to Mengo Hospital in 2008
• Sir Albert Cook Founded Mengo Hospital in 1897

See also

• Mengo
• Namirembe
• Kampala District
• Hospitals in Uganda

References

1. ^ Mengo Hospital Established 1897
2. ^ ECUREI Located at Mengo Hospital

Coordinates: 00°18′47″N 32°33′31″E / 0.31306°N 32.55861°E / 0.31306; 32.55861