Kibuli Hospital, sometimes referred to as Kibuli Muslim Hospital (KMH), is a hospital in

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's capital and largest city.

Location

KMH is located on Kibuli Hill in

Makindye Division Makindye Division is one of the five administrative divisions of Kampala, the capital of Uganda, and the largest city in that country. The city's five divisions are: (a) Kampala Central Division (b) Kawempe Division (c) Lubaga Division (d) Makindye ...

, in the southeastern part of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The hospital is approximately southeast of Kampala's central business district, adjacent to Kibuli Mosque and

Kibuli Secondary School Kibuli Secondary School (KSS) is a mixed boarding junior (S1-S4) and senior (S5-S6) school in Uganda. Location KSS is located on Kibuli Hill, in Makindye Division, in the south-central part of the city of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest ...

. This is about , southeast of

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. The geographical coordinates of the hospital are 0°18'33.0"N, 32°35'43.0"E (Latitude:0.309167; Longitude:32.595278).

Overview

KMH was founded as an outpatient facility on land that had been donated in the 1930s by ''Prince Badru Kakungulu''. The hospital added an inpatient unit with 59 beds in 1995. In 2005, the hospital opened an

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department, along with an outpatient wing. KMH is assigned a health sub-district within

East, where it carries out

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activities with the collaboration of

, the

Kampala Capital City Authority Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) is the legal entity, established by the Ugandan Parliament, that is responsible for the operations of the capital city of Kampala in Uganda. It replaced the Kampala City Council (KCC). Location The headqu ...

, and the

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Medical school affiliation

On 25 October 2014, the

Islamic University in Uganda The Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) is a multi-campus university offering courses at certificate, diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The main campus of the university is in Mbale, Uganda, about north-east of Kampala, Uganda's ca ...

opened the

Habib Medical School Habib Medical School (HMS) is the school of medicine of the Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU), one of Uganda's private universities. The school is the newest medical school in the country, having been part of IUIU since 2014. The school provide ...

and hospital, based at its Kibuli campus, with Kibuli Muslim Hospital as the teaching hospital for the school. The school opened with 100 students enrolled in the five-year

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United King ...

program. The official opening ceremony took place on 10 February 2015, presided over by

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, Uganda's President. It is expected that in 2017/2018 academic calendar, the school will start

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and a Bachelor of Dental Surgery.

References

External links

Official Website

Kibuli Hospital Performs High Number of Male Circumcisions
{{Kampala District Hospitals in Kampala Makindye Division Hospitals established in 1995 1995 establishments in Uganda Teaching hospitals in Uganda Hospital buildings completed in 1995

Location

Overview

Medical school affiliation

See also

References

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