| 词条 | Mengo Hospital |
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| Name = Mengo Hospital | Org/Group = Church of Uganda | Image = Group photo at the opening of the new Mengo Hospital, Uganda, Wellcome L0038275.jpg | Caption = Group photo at the opening of the new Mengo Hospital, Uganda, Wellcome Trust | Logo = | Location = Namirembe Hill | Coordinates= | Region = Kampala District | State = | Country = {{flag|Uganda}} | HealthCare = Private, non-profit | Type = Community hospital | Specialty = | Standards = | Emergency = I | Affiliation= Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Beds = 300 | Founded = 1897 | Closed = | Website = | Wiki-Links = Hospitals in Uganda |}} Mengo Hospital, also known as Namirembe Hospital, is a hospital in Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. LocationThe hospital is located on Namirembe Hill in Lubaga Division in northwestern Kampala. The travel distance, by road, from the city's central business district to Mengo Hospital is approximately {{convert|2|km|mi}}. The coordinates of Mengo Hospital are 0°18'46.0"N, 32°33'30.0"E (Latitude:0.312778; Longitude:32.558333).[1] OverviewMengo Hospital is the oldest hospital in Uganda. It was established by Albert Ruskin Cook in 1897. At the beginning, the hospital belonged to the Church Missionary Society. In 1958, the hospital was handed over by the Church Missionary Society to an independent and autonomous Board of Governors and Registered Trustees.[2] 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 ultrasonography and degrees in medical imaging. The institute is affiliated with Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is also collaborates with Fontys University in the Netherlands in its training programs.[3] Medical schoolIn March 2016, the Daily Monitor 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.[4] See also
References1. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B018'46.0%22N+32%C2%B033'30.0%22E/@0.3124772,32.5587249,18z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0 |title=Location of Mengo Hospital At Google Maps | last=Google | publisher=Google Maps | accessdate=5 July 2014}} 2. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1301243/achievements-mengo-hospital-mengo-hospital-supplement | title=Achievements of Mengo Hospital-Mengo Hospital Supplement | publisher=New Vision | date=27 April 2012 | accessdate=16 March 2016 | first=Juliet | last=Waiswa}} 3. ^{{cite web | title=Radiology Institute Opened | publisher=New Vision | date=7 November 2005 | first=Herbert | last=Ssempogo | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1113636/radiology-institute | accessdate=16 March 2016}} 4. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Mengo-UCU-plan-joint-medical-school/-/688334/3122984/-/11rluouz/-/index.html | title=Mengo Hospital & UCU plan joint medical school | accessdate=23 March 2016 | date=19 March 2016 | first=Leilah | last=Nalubega | newspaper=Daily Monitor | location=Kampala}} External links
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