Kampala Medical Chambers Hospital (KMCH), is a private hospital in
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...
.
Location
The hospital is located at 73 Buganda Road, on
Nakasero Hill, in the
Central Division of
Kampala
Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Ruba ...
, Uganda's capital city. This is approximately south of
Mulago National Referral Hospital
Mulago National Specialised Hospital, also known as Mulago National Referral Hospital, is a component of Mulago Hospital Complex, the teaching facility of Makerere University College of Health Sciences. It is the largest public hospital in Ug ...
.
The coordinates of Kampala Medical Chambers Hospital are: 0°19'30.0"N 32°34'31.0"E (Latitude:0.325000; Longitude:32.575278).
Overview
Prior to 2014, three specialized doctors; Romano Byaruhanga, Joseph Turyabahika and Wilson Were, established a consultation clinic at 14A Buganda Road, in the center of Kampala, which they named ''Kampala Medical Chambers Clinic''. In 2014, following the completion of a new multi-storey building (Jowiro House) at 73 Buganda Road, the clinic relocated to the new premises and began to admit inpatients, although it continued to attend to outpatients. The new hospital complex was named Kampala Medical Chambers Hospital.
Kampala Medical Chambers Hospital is a member of the ''International Health Network'', a
health maintenance organisation
In the United States, a health maintenance organization (HMO) is a medical insurance group that provides health services for a fixed annual fee. It is an organization that provides or arranges managed care for health insurance, self-funded healt ...
The hospital and clinic played a role in the introduction of the
menstrual cup
A menstrual cup is a menstrual hygiene device which is inserted into the vagina during menstruation. Its purpose is to collect menstrual fluid (blood from the uterine lining mixed with other fluids). Menstrual cups are usually made of flexible ...
to Ugandan patients.
Hospital services
The following services are on offer at Kampala Medical Chambers Hospital, as of November 2020: 1. Causality Department with Ambulance Services 2. Internal Medicine 3. Pediatrics 4. Endoscopy 5. Maternity and Family Planning (including
Prenatal Care
Prenatal care, also known as antenatal care, is a type of preventive healthcare. It is provided in the form of medical checkups, consisting of recommendations on managing a healthy lifestyle and the provision of medical information such as materna ...
) 6. General Medical Care including
wellness examinations 7. Obstetrics and Gynecology 8. General Surgery and 9. Dental Services.
See also
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List of hospitals in Uganda
The largest state-owned hospital in Uganda is Mulago Hospital in Kampala with around 1,500 beds. It was built in 1962.
Ian Clarke, a physician and missionary from Northern Ireland, built the 200-bed International Hospital Kampala, which was the f ...
References
External links
Uganda: Private Healthcare Now Rivals Treatment in India in Cost
{{Kampala District
Hospitals in Kampala
Kampala Central Division
Hospital buildings completed in 2014
2014 establishments in Uganda