Aga Khan University Hospital, Kampala
Aga Khan University Hospital, Kampala, is a hospital under construction in Uganda, the third-largest economy in the East African Community. It is an urban, tertiary, referral and teaching hospital whose planned construction will last five years, starting in 2020. It will be built in two phases. The first phase will consist of 150 beds at an estimated cost of US$100 million. The bed capacity will be increased to 600 during the second phase. Location. The hospital is located in the neighbourhood of Nakawa, near the junction of Kampala-Jinja Highway and New Port  Bell Road, in Nakawa Division, one of the five administrative units of the Kampala Capital City Authority. This is approximately , by road, east of the city's central business district. The approximate coordinates of Aga Khan University Hospital, Kampala are: 0°19'30.0"N, 32°36'50.0"E (Laitude:0.325000; Longitude:32.613889). Overview. When completed, this hospital will be the third tertiary referral and teaching hospital affiliated with the Aga Khan Network for Economic Development. The other two similar hospitals are located in Karachi, Pakistan and in Nairobi, Kenya. It will function as the teaching hospital of Aga Khan University, Kampala, one of four  campuses in East Africa, with others in Nairobi, Arusha and Dar es Salaam. Aga Khan University, Kampala. Aga Khan University, Kampala which currently trains nurses and midwives is expected to start training undergraduate and postgraduate doctors and surgeons at this hospital, when completed. Construction. The foundation stone for the hospital was laid by the President of Uganda and His Highness the Aga Khan on Thursday, 17 December 2015. The construction of the teaching hospital complex is expected to start in 2020. Completion is expected in 2022.