Makerere University Teaching Hospital, (MUTH), is a planned hospital, to be constructed in
Katalemwa,
Wakiso District
Wakiso District is a district in the Central Region of Uganda that partly encircles Kampala, Uganda's capital city. The town of Wakiso is the site of the district headquarters.
Kira, the country's second largest city and suburb of Kampala, is i ...
, in the northern suburbs 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
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou ...
's capital and largest city.
Location
The hospital would be located along the
Kampala–Gayaza Road
The Kampala–Gayaza Road is a road in the Central Region of Uganda, connecting the capital city of Kampala to the town of Gayaza in the Wakiso District
Wakiso District is a district in the Central Region of Uganda that partly encircles ...
in the neighborhood called
Katalemwa, in
Wakiso District
Wakiso District is a district in the Central Region of Uganda that partly encircles Kampala, Uganda's capital city. The town of Wakiso is the site of the district headquarters.
Kira, the country's second largest city and suburb of Kampala, is i ...
, in the northern suburbs of the capital city of Kampala, approximately , by road, north 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 ...
.
This is approximately , by road, north of Kampala's city center.
Overview
As of December 2019, Makerere University, Uganda′s oldest and largest
public university
A public university or public college is a university or college that is in state ownership, owned by the state or receives significant government spending, public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private unive ...
, was in advanced stages of plannings to build a private teaching hospital in the northern suburbs of Kampala, the capital city of that
East African country. The 200-bed hospital is to be hosted on of land that the university owns in the Katalemwa neighborhood, in Wakiso District, off of the Kampala–Gayaza Road.
The development will include the hospital, student housing, staff housing, a day-care centre and green recreational spaces. The budgeted cost for the construction of the hospital is US$400 million. Construction is expected to start in 2020.
Medical school affiliation
Makerere University Teaching Hospital is affiliated with
Makerere University School of Medicine. It is expected to host interns, while they practice medicine under supervision for one year, before they attain an unrestricted licence to practice medicine.
See also
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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
University Teaching Hospital at Katalemwa
{{Wakiso District
Hospitals in Uganda
Wakiso District
Makerere University
Teaching hospitals in Uganda