The proverb ‘Health is wealth’ means that one’s health is their greatest wealth. According to health experts, to maintain a healthy mind and body, one must eat clean and healthy, balance their diets, exercise regularly, eat lots of fruits and vegetables, drink lots of water, have enough sleep adequately for about 8 hours, among other known health recommendations. All these facilitate a healthy functional body.
However, whenever one’s health runs short of normal, it is time to check in at the hospital. In Uganda, we have a number of hospitals that are up to the task and have proved to offer exceptional service overtime for anyone seeking satisfactory health solutions.
In this article, we shall discuss the Top 10 Best Private Hospitals in Uganda. Speaking of private, we have two main categories of private hospitals in Uganda. Private for Profit (PFP) and Private Not for Profit (PNFP) such as Missionary hospitals. All these have been checked and profiled in critic of their service delivery and customer satisfaction rating.
Let’s dive in;
Private for Profit (PFP)
1. Nakasero Hospital
Top of the list is Nakasero Hospital. Nakasero Hospital, is a private-for-profit hospital and one of the five most exclusive private healthcare facilities in Kampala. With over ten years in the health service business, the hospital has set the standards high in the health industry and remains one of a kind in the trade.
The hospital has grown its brand across the border with international referrals. The hospital has made a name around the city as one of the upscale hospitals fancied by the upper-class citizens and strives to provide world class treatment to the people of Uganda and East Africa.
2. Case Hospital
Case Hospital is a private health care service provider with over 26 years of experience. Starting up as a small up town clinic along Bombo Road in Kampala, the hospital has grown to be a private mini-referral hospital that provides primary, secondary and tertiary health care services. With 100 bed occupancy, the Facility offers a full range of general and specialized medical services.
The hospital boosts of over 50 specialized and 30 general practitioners. Case hospital has grown to be a top industry player with its high customer reviews and recommendations.
3. International Hospital Kampala – IHK
International Hospital Kampala (IHK) is part of the International Medical Group, the largest private healthcare group in Uganda. The hospital is the only COHSASA (Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa) accredited Hospital in Uganda and one few in East Africa.
With 100 bed occupancy and 10 Intensive care beds, the facility is built as a high-capacity model. The hospital has been in existence for over 20 years and boosts of over 80 specialists and more than 350 employees. The hospital hit major news headlines in 2020 after discharging twins delivered at 25 weeks, a nearly impossible occurrence in the health history. IHK continues to be a top industry player in Uganda’s health sector.
4. Ruby Hospital
Ruby Hospital, formerly known as Ruby Medical Center, is a state-of-the-art private medical facility in the heart of Kampala. The hospital offers a welcoming and comfortable environment, friendly service, best-in-class equipment and exceptional care to patients through experienced Doctors, specialists and other personnel.
Keeping in line with the Hospital’s goal to offer best-in-class equipment such as the first and only 3T MRI in Uganda and a modern surgery center, the Hospital now offers a wide range of new treatment options and patient facilities conforming to international standards, services such as inpatient & outpatient units, maternity & women’s health, pediatrics & child health, state-of-the-art surgery center, orthopaedics, comprehensive cancer diagnostics, ENT clinic, physiotherapy clinic, cardio clinic, neuro & spine clinic, radiology (MRI, CT Scan, x-ray, ultrasound, image-guided biopsy), laboratory, pharmacy, in-house COVID testing lab and treatment abroad options for specialized procedures.
Ruby Hospital has ascend from providing better healthcare to catering to medical needs beyond the basic healthcare in Uganda. Ruby Hospital creates a comfortable environment for its patients, supported by reliable, friendly, and experienced doctors, physicians, specialists, technicians, nurses, and biomedical engineers. The hospital has also expanded its service delivery by partnering with world-class organizations locally and regionally in Burundi, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The hospital is located at 40 Lugogo Bypass Road in Kampala and delivers top notch health services. Contact them on 0800-388-111/0393-236-444 or via web www.rubyhospitalkampala.com
5. Kampala Hospital
Founded in 2007, Kampala Hospital has proved to be ‘an elephant in the game’. Well known for its personalized care, the hospital consists of a plethora of consultants, specialists and multidisciplinary medical teams working to deliver top notch life changing care. Kampala Hospital is widely known for its extensive and leading-edge diagnostic imaging. Kampala Hospital was the first hospital in Uganda to install a Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine and a CT Scanner. For almost five years it was the only hospital in the country, providing these services.
6. UMC Victoria Hospitals, Uganda
Known as one of Africa’s leading hospitals and medical Centre, the hospital provides world class healthcare services to its patients. Headquartered in India, the group has established an advanced state-of-the-art hospital in Uganda. UMC Victoria University is a tertiary hospital with outpatient & inpatient care, radiology & laboratory services, ICU & Operating theatres and Preventative health check packages.
The hospital is bench-marked to international quality standards for having state-of-art laboratory and radiology diagnostic services, modular operating theatres and in-house pharmacy. The hospital is well equipped to provide convenient, patient focused, quality centric efficient services. The hospital is also equipped with CT Scanner, MRI Scanner, Modular Operating Theatres, Intensive Care Unit, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Dialysis Care and various other key clinical specialty units.
7. International Medical Centre
With over 23 years of existence, International Medical Centre is a growing network of 25 clinics (18 standalone and 7 site facilities) with a commitment to offer quality, affordable and exceptional primary healthcare across all regions in the country. Each clinic offers different services tailored to the needs and demands of the community in which they operate which include; – Doctor Consultation, Laboratory Services, Pharmacy, Dental Care, Specialized treatment, In-Patient Admission and a Treatment room for minor procedures provided by a dedicated team of professional and friendly medical experts.
8. Lifelink Hospital
Founded in 2008, LifeLink offers both general and specialist health services in a sparkly, friendly and well supervised environment with an accident emergency department accessible 24/7. The Hospital has a highly responsive and mobile ambulance system that makes attendance to the emergencies timely. The hospital is currently in Namugongo, and an urban clinic in Ntinda, a Kampala city suburb.
9. Medipal International Hospital
Regardless of being a newbie in the Ugandan health business, this hospital ranks high in our list because of its modern and latest treat and craft in the health service sector. Medipal International Healthcare is one of Uganda’s largest private tertiary care hospital established in 2019 with the entire gamut of services from diagnostic, noninvasive services and imaging available all under one roof. Medipal has put modern technology in the hands of renowned consultants from across the country and abroad to set new standards in healthcare. The medical practices and procedures followed in the hospital are research oriented and benchmarked against the best in the world. This New Generation Hospital is built on the foundation of ‘Passion for healing’ and rests on five strong pillars: Integrity, Compassion, Excellence, People and Responsiveness.
10. Lifeline International Hospital
Lifeline International Hospital Zana is another recommendable high profile Ugandan hospital. The hospital is a privately owned modern hospital located on the outskirts of Kampala. The facility provides a wide range of specialist, diagnostic and imaging services. With a 120-bed occupancy capacity, the hospital is equipped to carry out various medical and surgical procedures by a highly trained and specialized team of Medical practitioners and is at a level of a general referral hospital.
Lifeline International hospital boosts of offering affordable quality healthcare in a serene environment with well-equipped facilities like a neonatal ICU, 6 major operation theatres including a standalone maternity theatre, 2 minor theatres, an ambulance and a standby generator.
Private Not for Profit (PNFP)
- Mengo Hospital
Mengo Hospital is a missionary and the pioneer hospital (established in 1897-125 years) in Uganda and East Africa and large. The hospital is a private, faith-based, community, teaching hospital in Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. With a bed capacity of over 250 beds, Mengo hospital has proved to be a leading and reliable service provider in Uganda’s health system. Today, the hospital is an urban community hospital with all the amenities required of a contemporary hospital.
2. Uganda Martyrs Rubaga Hospital
Lubaga Hospital is a 240 bed-capacity referral unit offering a full range of specialized and super-specialized services. The hospital ranks highly among Ugandan hospitals given its position as a contemporary run facility with great service to the public. Having been established in 1899, the hospital has grown to be model hospital in the region.
3. St. Francis Nsambya Hospital
Founded in 1903, St Francis Hospital Nsambya commonly known as Nsambya Hospital is the largest non-government hospital in Kampala and a leading health care provider in the city and across the country. The Hospital is owned by the Kampala Archdiocese and founded on the Catholic value system. Nsambya hospital is a tertiary referral hospital with a bed capacity of 361 beds. The Hospital provides medical care to about 30,000 (thirty thousand) patients annually across a wide spectrum of health care needs -both basic and specialized services.
4. St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor
St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor, commonly referred to as Lacor Hospital, is a private, non-profit Ugandan hospital located in Gulu District, Northern Uganda whose mission is to guarantee affordable medical services, especially to the neediest. It was founded by Comboni Missionaries and is administered and managed by Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gulu. The hospital serves as a general hospital for a significant percentage of the population of the city of Gulu and of Gulu District. It also serves as a referral hospital for many smaller hospitals in the region, as well as less well equipped and staffed hospitals in the country. With over 50 years of existence, the hospital boosts of over 500 beds and offers holistic and quality healthcare services.
There you have it. Don’t let your health deteriorate or even turn a huge burden when the best guys in the trade are around the corner.
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