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.^[1]

Ian Clarke, a physician and missionary from Northern Ireland, owns the 200-bed International Hospital Kampala, which was the first International Organization for Standardization-certified hospital in the country.^[2]

According to a published report in 2009, the distribution of healthcare facilities and funding heavily favored urban centers, with 70 percent of physicians and 40 percent of nurses and midwives based in urban areas, where they served only 12 percent of Uganda's population.^[3]

National referral hospitals

• Butabika National Referral Hospital^[4]
• Mbarara National Referral Hospital^[5]
• Mulago National Referral Hospital^[6]

Regional referral hospitals

• Arua Regional Referral Hospital^[7]
• Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital
• Gulu Regional Referral Hospital
• Hoima Regional Referral Hospital
• Jinja Regional Referral Hospital
• Kabale Regional Referral Hospital
• Lira Regional Referral Hospital
• Masaka Regional Referral Hospital
• Mbale Regional Referral Hospital
• Moroto Regional Referral Hospital
• Mubende Regional Referral Hospital
• Soroti Regional Referral Hospital

District hospitals

• Abim General Hospital^[8]
• Adjumani General Hospital^[9]
• Anaka General Hospital^[10]
• Bugiri Hospital^[11]
• Iganga Hospital^[12]
• Itojo Hospital
• Kamuli General Hospital
• Kayunga Hospital^[13]
• Kiryandongo General Hospital^[14]
• Kitgum Hospital
• Masafu General Hospital^[15]
• Masindi General Hospital^[16]
• Mityana Hospital^[17]
• Mpigi Hospital
• Moyo Hospital^[18]
• Nakaseke Hospital
• Nebbi Hosptal^[19]
• Tororo General Hospital^[20]

Other government hospitals

• Buwenge General Hospital - Buwenge, Jinja District^[21]
• Entebbe General Hospital^[22]
• Kakuuto General Hospital - Kakuuto, Rakai District^[23]
• Kawempe General Hospital - Kawempe, Kampala^[24]
• Kiruddu General Hospital - Makindye Division, Kampala
• Naguru General Hospital - Naguru, Kampala^[25][26]
• Iran–Uganda Friendship Mini Hospital^[27]

Non-government non-profit hospitals

• Aga Khan University Hospital, Kampala - (In development)^[28]
• Angal Hospital
• Buluba Hospital
• Bwindi Community Hospital
• CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda^[29]
• Czech - Slovak - Ugandan Hospital^[30]
• Galilee Community General Jewish Hospital of Uganda^[31]
• Holy Innocents Children's Hospital^[32]
• Ishaka Adventist Hospital
• Kagando Hospital
• Kalongo Hospital
• Kamuli Mission Hospital
• Kisiizi Hospital
• Kisubi Hospital
• Kitojo Hospital
• Kitovu Hospital
• Kiwoko Hospital
• Kuluva Hospital
• Lacor Hospital
• Matany Hospital
• Mengo Hospital
• Mutolere Hospital
• Naggalama Hospital
• Ngora Hospital
• Nkokonjeru Hospital
• Nkozi Hospital^[33][34]
• Nsambya Hospital
• Nyakibale Hospital
• Rubaga Hospital
• St. Francis Hospital Nyenga^[35]
• St. Joseph's Hospital Kitgum
• Villa Maria Hospital
• Virika Hospital

Private for-profit hospitals

• Case Medical Centre^[36]
• International Hospital Kampala - Namuwongo, Kampala
• Kadic Hospital - Bukoto, Kampala^[37]
• Kampala Hospital, Kololo, Kampala^[38]
• Kampala International University Teaching Hospital, Bushenyi
• Kampala Medical Chambers Hospital^[39]
• Kibuli Hospital
• Mbarara Community Hospital - Mbarara^[40]
• Nakasero Hospital - Nakasero, Kampala
• Old Kampala Hospital, Kampala Hill, Kampala^[41]
• Paragon Hospital - Bugoloobi, Kampala
• Women's Hospital International & Fertility Center - Bukoto, Kampala^[42]

Specialized government hospitals

• Mulago Women's Referral Hospital
• Uganda Cancer Institute
• Uganda Heart Institute^[43][44]
• Uganda International Specialized Hospital, Lubowa - Lubowa (Proposed)^[45]

Military hospitals

• Bombo Military Hospital - Bombo
• Mbuya Military Hospital - Mbuya

References

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External links

• Profile of Ugandan Hospitals at Medicstravel.co.uk
• Profile of Ugandan Hospitals at Studentbmj.com
• Profile of Paragon Hospital
• Hospital Profile of Case Medical Center at casemedcare.org
• Hospital Profile of Kampala Medical Chambers Hospital At kampalamedicalchambers.org
• Uganda's Private Hospitals In Financial Mess, In 2008