Mulago

Location of Mulago

Mulago is located in Kawempe Division, one of Kampala's five administrative districts. By car, it is about 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) north of the city's main commercial sector.

Overview

The name "omulago," which was employed by King Suna II to protect himself against spirits and was stored atop this hill, was the source of the name "mulago."

The Mulago Hospital is the prominent feature on this 4,134-foot elevation. Old Mulago Hospital, built in 1917, and New Mulago Hospital amalgamated in 1960 to establish a massive complex that is the country's primary referral hospital. The Makerere University Medical School is also housed in the complex.

The National Museum and the Uganda Wildlife Authority's main office are located at Kamwokya at the bottom of the hill, about one kilometer from the hospital. This is also where the new British High Commission is located.

However, hospital-related enterprises such as a Doctor's Village, research labs, and pharmacies dominate the hill. However, there is a bustling market at Kamwokya and a small residential neighborhood that looks out over the museum.

Points of interest

The hill is, however, dominated by hospital related activities that include:

• A doctors' village
• A nurses' Hostel
• Infectious Diseases Institute
• Mulago National Referral Hospital
• Makerere University College of Health Sciences
• Makerere University School of Medicine
• Makerere University School of Public Health
• Makerere University School of Biomedical Sciences
• Makerere University School of Health Sciences
• Mulago Women's Referral Hospital
• Upper Mulago Regional Referral Hospital
• Uganda Cancer Institute
• Uganda Heart Institute
• MU-JHU Care Ltd | MU-JHU (Makerere University-Johns Hopkins University) Research Collaboration
• Kampala City Mortuary
• Research Laboratories
• Pharmacies