Mengo Hospital, also known as Namirembe Hospital, is a private, faith-based, community, teaching hospital in

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, the capital and largest city of

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Location

The hospital is located on Namirembe Hill in

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in northwestern Kampala, along Albert Cook Road, approximately , by road, southwest of

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. The travel distance, by road, from the city's

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to Mengo Hospital is approximately . The coordinates of Mengo Hospital are 0°18'46.0"N, 32°33'30.0"E (Latitude:0.312778; Longitude:32.558333). Mengo hospital 2

Overview

Mengo Hospital is the oldest hospital in Uganda. It was established by Albert Ruskin Cook in 1897. In the beginning, the hospital belonged to the

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. During this time, the hospital saw many medical missionaries, including Algernon Smith and Leonard Sharp, who aided in medical care and its expansion. During World War I, the African Medical Corps helped staff the hospital. In 1958, the hospital was handed over by the Church Missionary Society to an independent and autonomous Board of Governors and Registered Trustees. Today, the hospital is an urban community hospital with all the amenities of a modern hospital in sub-Saharan Africa. It houses the Ernest Cook Radiology Department, named after Ernest Cook, the nephew of Albert Cook, who brought the first X-Ray machine to East Africa in 1907 and installed it at Mengo Hospital. The X-Ray department is located within the Sr. Albert Cook Building. The Department houses the Ernest Cook Ultrasound Research and Education Institute (ECUREI). ECUREI offers ordinary and advanced diploma courses in

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and degrees in medical imaging. The institute is affiliated with

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, United States. It also collaborates with Fontys University in the Netherlands in its training programs.

Medical school

In March 2016, the ''

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'' newspaper reported that Mengo Hospital was negotiating with Uganda Christian University, in Mukono to establish a medical school at the hospital. No time-frame was disclosed.

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Mengo Hospital Homepage
{{Kampala District Hospitals in Kampala Lubaga Division Hospitals established in 1897 1897 establishments in Uganda Teaching hospitals in Uganda

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Overview

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