Paragon Hospital

Paragon Hospital
Paragon Hospital
Paragon Hospital Limited
Geography
Location	Bugoloobi, Nakawa Division, Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
Coordinates	00°18′30″N 32°37′37″E / 0.30833°N 32.62694°E
Organisation
Care system	Private, For Profit Hospital
Type	General
Services
Emergency department	III
Beds	400
History
Opened	2007; 17 years ago
Links
Website	Homepage
Other links	Hospitals in Uganda

Paragon Hospital is a private, upscale, for-profit hospital in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.^[1] It is one of the five upscale private tertiary care hospitals in the city.^[2]

Location

The hospital sits on a 6 acres (2.4 ha) site,^[1] in the neighborhood of Bugoloobi, approximately 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi), by road, southeast of Mulago National Referral Hospital.^[3] The geographical coordinates of Paragon Hospital are: 0°18'31.0"N, 32°37'37.0"E (Latitude:0.308611; Longitude:32.626944).^[4]

Overview

Paragon Hospital, is an urban, private, for-profit, upscale hospital that serves the population of Kampala and surrounding districts. It is one of the five private upscale hospitals in Uganda's capital city, Kampala. It aims to address the gap in specialized tertiary healthcare delivery in the country and to serve that segment of Uganda's population that has been seeking the missing services from outside Uganda.^[5] Paragon Hospital focuses on the provision of prenatal, intrapartum, post partum and fertility services.^[6]^[7]

History

Construction of the 400 bed facility began in 2004, with the first patients admitted in 2007. The construction budget was estimated at USh9 billion (approx. US$4 million in 2007 money). The hospital plans included a private 150,000 litres (150 m³) reservoir, a private underground water source, and an oxygen manufacturing facility.^[1]