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Old Mulago Hospital was founded in 1913 by Albert Ruskin Cook. New Mulago Hospital was completed in 1962. The new Mulago Hospital was built by the British colonial government as a parting legacy project.The hospital has an official capacity of 1,790 beds, although it often houses over 3,000 patients.
This new hospital will be capable of performing 5,000 heart surgeries annually, up from the current 1,000 performed in the limited space at Mulago. [12] In March 2024, the New Vision newspaper reported that total amount borrowed from the three Middle Eastern lenders totaled USh223 billion (US$61 million in 2024 money). [13]
The largest state-owned hospital in Uganda is Mulago Hospital in Kampala with around 1,500 beds. It was built in 1962. [1]Ian Clarke, a physician and missionary from Northern Ireland, [2] built the 200-bed International Hospital Kampala, [3] which was the first International Organization for Standardization-certified hospital in the country.
Health workers prepare to administer vaccines against the Sudan strain of Ebola, during a trial at Mulago Referral Hospital, in Kampala, Uganda Monday, Feb. 3, 2025.
"Mulago was derived from the Ganda word 'omulago', a type of medicine, kept on this hill that was used by King Suna II for protection against spirits. The landmark on this hill is Mulago Hospital . Built in 1917, Old Mulago Hospital merged with the New Mulago Hospital in 1960 to form a giant complex that is the national referral hospital .
Upper Mulago Regional Referral Hospital, also known as Old Mulago Regional Referral Hospital, is a planned hospital in Uganda. [1] When established, it is expected to serve as the regional referral hospital for the Kampala Metropolitan Area, which includes the capital city of Kampala (2014 population: 1,507,080) [2] and the surrounding Wakiso District (2014 pop: 1,997,418).
The hospital is located on Mulago Hill in the northern part of the city of Kampala. It sits within the Mulago Hospital Complex, the teaching hospital of Makerere University College of Health Sciences. This location is approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi), by road, north of Kampala's central business district. [6]
Nabunya is a senior consultant obstetrician and gynecologist at Mulago National Referral Hospital, reported to have the busiest labor ward in the world, with over 30,000 live births annually, averaging 32,654 annually in the three years from 1 January 2011 until 31 December 2013.