Uganda's first cardiology clinic The medical sector in Uganda is developing. Next to public healthcare providers, there are several privately owned hospitals and clinics that provide the urgently needed healthcare. Most healthcares however, do not go beyond primary and secondary levels. General diagnoses can be executed, but specialized interventions and treatments often cannot be provided in Uganda.Applicant Dr Moopen's Holdings FZC from Dubai is the largest private healthcare provider in the United Arab Emirates operating more than 60 healthcare establishments (polyclinics, hospitals and pharmacies) in both UAE and India. They are all characterized by their cost effectiveness at project level, allowing the hospitals to provide low cost healthcare to the public. Dr Moopen's Holding among others owns the MIMS centre in India, which is renowned for its institute for cardiac sciences.Local partner International Hospital Kampala (IHK) is the most successful private hospital in Uganda. Established by Dr Ian Clarke, it has grown to become a modern 100 bed hospital offering services ranging from gynaecology and ear, nose & throat to surgery and cardiology. At the moment, IHK can only offer basic cardiac diagnosis through echoes and stress ECG's. For interventions and treatments however, patients need to travel abroad to Kenya, South Africa or India, which comes at considerable costs. The partners therefore propose to establish Uganda's first cardiology clinic for advanced diagnostics and intervention by investing in a catheterization lab and specialized training of all medical personnel involved. The partners will establish a separate venture in a building adjacent to IHK. This project will not only be of help to many cardiac patients, it will also boost the image of the medical sector in Uganda by showing these kind of interventions can be done in Uganda.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)For a healthcare provider, international professional standards are of the utmost importance. During the project a pre-audit for the Quality Assurance System (ISO 9001 and ISO 14001) for provision of medical services will be done. With regard to staff, IHK is well aware they need to offer their employees competitive salaries, challenging career opportunities and professional training and education programmes, in order to keep them.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsThe project will generate 44 new employment positions. A few of them are low qualified (3 cleaners), most of them are medium/ high qualified, or even at a specialist level (3 people).Two years after the project, this number is expected to grow to 100 employees, of which only 4 are low qualified.The wages will be compliant with other private hospitals. Good working conditions are part of the Quality Control routine as these highly responsible tasks require well educated, well-motivated and fit personnel.•	Innovation / Transfer of knowledgeAll knowledge regarding this advanced diagnosis and intervention clinic is new to Uganda. Not only will this project lift the level of cardiac knowledge present in Uganda, it will also make it more attractive for Ugandan specialists to choose a certain specialization and stay in Uganda, as this will be the first time cardiac specialists can actually work in a fully-fledged cardiac clinic in Uganda. The brain drain in developing countries is mostly caused by a lack of possibilities in the local country. By introducing this tertiary level clinic, the partners will do their part in counteracting this brain drain.•	Chain effectsThe main beneficiaries of this project are the patients that would otherwise have lost their lives, and the companies they work for. The tertiary medical service will also bring more patients to Kampala, leading to medical tourism and increasing services demand in Kampala. This will benefit all service providers that cater for the medical industry in the country.•	EnvironmentThe impact on the environment will be neutral. As part of the Quality Assurance system, the hospital will maintain appropriate measures with regard to public health, hygiene, medical waste, solid waste, liquid waste, sewage, water usage and energy saving.•	Position of womenAt least 60% of all employees will be female. This applies to the whole organisation, from nurse to specialist. To establish a commercial cardiology clinic based on catheterisation lab technology for advanced diagnostics and treatment of heart diseases, having a maximum capacity of around 3,000 patients annually.