Mulago Women's Referral Hospital

Mulago Women's Referral Hospital, whose official name is Mulago Specialised Women and Neonatal Hospital, is a component of Mulago National Referral Hospital, the largest hospital in Uganda, which serves as the teaching hospital of Makerere University College of Health Sciences.[3] The women's hospital was constructed from April 2013, with commissioning originally expected in the second half of 2016.[4] After delays, construction was completed in July 2018.[5]

Mulago Women's Referral Hospital
Uganda Ministry of Health
Geography
LocationMulago, Kampala, Uganda
Coordinates00°20′15″N 32°34′34″E
Organisation
Care systemPublic
TypeGeneral and Teaching
Affiliated universityMakerere University College of Health Sciences
Services
Emergency departmentI
Beds450[1]
History
Opened2018[2]
Links
Other linksHospitals in Uganda
Medical education in Uganda

Location

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] The coordinates of Mulago Women's Referral Hospital are 0°20'15.0"N, 32°34'34.0"E (Latitude:0.337500; Longitude:32.576111).[7]

Overview

Mulago Women's Referral Hospital is the women's unit within Mulago National Referral Hospital. It consists of the prenatal clinics, the delivery wards, surgical theaters, recovery rooms and postnatal wards. The hospital caters to obstetric and gynecologic patients. It has an oncology wing reserved for patients with gynecologic cancers, including ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancers, uterine cancer, endometrial cancer, cervical cancer, vaginal cancer and vulvar malignancies.[8] The hospital will have state-of-the-art newborn wards, pre-term neonatal wards, a newborn intensive care unit and a 60-bed private wing for expectant mothers, those who have just delivered and private gynecology patients. The hospital will handle high risk prenatal and high risk gynecology cases.[9][10] The hospital has a unit specializing on obstetric fistula prevention, repair and rehabilitation. It also houses the first public fertility clinic in the country.[5]

Bed allocation

As of December 2018, the hospital's beds were subdivided into the following classes:[11]

Mulago Women's Referral Hospital Bed Allocation
RankType of BedNumber of BedsPercentage of Total
1Recovery Ward255.5
2Intensive Care Unit408.9
3New Born Nursery5011.1
4Oncology8017.8
5Other Beds8518.9
6High Risk Obstetrics17037.8
Total450100.0

Note: Totals may be slightly off due to rounding

Costs, funding and timeline

The women's hospital was constructed at a budgeted cost of US$34.14 million, consisting of a loan of US$33 million from the Islamic Development Bank and US$1.14 million in direct funding by the Government of Uganda. Construction began in April 2013 and was expected to last until December 2016.[4][12] Construction of the women's hospital coincides with the ongoing general renovation and upgrade of the entire Mulago Hospital complex at a budgeted cost of US$49 million, using a loan from the African Development Bank. Those improvements started in October 2014 and were originally expected to last two years.[13] As of August 2017, construction was still in progress.[14] Construction was finally concluded in July 2018.[5]

The hospital is expected to admit the first patient on 17 September 2018.[3] It is expected to employ 788 people.[15]

Management

In August 2018, the Uganda Ministry of Health appointed Dr. Evelyn Nabunya, a Senior Consultant Gynecologist as the executive director of the hospital and Dr. Jolly Nankunda, as the deputy executive director.[16]

See also

References
  1. Staff Reporter (13 September 2018). "Uganda: The New Specialized Women Hospital At Mulago". The Independent (Uganda) via AllAfrica.com. Kampala. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  2. Nabatanzi, Violet (15 April 2018). "Mulago Women Hospital to be Commissioned in July". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  3. Kwesiga, Pascal (12 September 2018). "Mulago Specialised Women Hospital Complete". New Vision. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  4. Administrator (10 November 2014). "Makerere University College of Health Sciences And Mulago National Referral Hospital Hold Landmark Meeting To Strengthen Relations". Makerere University College of Health Sciences. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  5. Nabatanzi, Violet (4 July 2018). "Inside Mulago Hospital's USh91.5 billion maternal health centre". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  6. Google (25 November 2020). "Road Distance Between Central Kampala And Mulago With Map" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  7. Google (14 August 2018). "Location of Mulago Women's Referral Hospital" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  8. Oketch, Angela (27 December 2014). "Cancer Costs Send Women To Uganda". Daily Nation. Nairobi. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  9. Ninsiima, Racheal (2 March 2016). "Specialised women hospital to open next year in Mulago". The Observer (Uganda). Kampala. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  10. Kagolo, Francis (10 January 2013). "Mulago Launches Multi-Billion Women's Hospital Project". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  11. Nakibuuka, Beatrice (17 December 2018). "Medical breakthroughs of 2018". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  12. Ninsiima, Racheal (30 September 2014). "Mulago for Shs:128 Billion (Approximately US$49 million) Upgrade". The Observer (Uganda). Kampala. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  13. Ayebazibwe, Agatha (11 October 2014). "Mulago Hospital Renovation Starts". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  14. Tetui, Moses (30 August 2017). "New maternal centre at Mulago hospital is a beauty, pride; please let it remain so". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  15. Ainebyoona, Emmanuel (8 May 2018). "Mulago to be split into 5 hospitals". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  16. Nabatanzi, Violet (9 August 2018). "Health Ministry Appoints New City Hospital Bosses". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
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