Services

UHI as you know it today, started as a simple cardiac clinic at Mulago Hospital in 1958. This journey began when we transitioned from a clinic to a fully-fledged facility i.e Uganda Heart Institute (UHI).

We Care About Our Patients

IN-PATIENT

General Information

Our In-patient services run for 24 hours. These include Children and Adults’ admissions for both medical and surgical conditions. The average length of stay on the ward is 5 days.

OUT-PATIENT

General Information

We offer services in medical procedures/tests done in a professional and standard manner hence eliminating the patients need for overnight stay. This includes Rheumatic Heart Disease, Paediatric, Heart failure,  Arrhythmia and Pacing, Hypertension/Ischemia, Cardiomyopathies, Surgery (Adult and Paediatric)

Diagnostic Services

Cardiac Ambulance

It is a type of emergency service which provides at least three separate administrations of one or more medications by intravenous push/bolus or by continuous Infusion (excluding crystalloid fluids).

Other Diagnostic Services

Stress Test

Heart problems are easier to diagnose when your heart is working hard and beating fast. It is for this sole reason that stress testing is made inevitable for all our patients at UHI. While heart tests such as ECG or Echo are being done, you will have to exercise to make the heart work hard and beat fast. If you can't exercise, you may be given medicine to raise your heart rate.

Cardiac Catheterization

Cardiac catheterization is an invasive imaging procedure that allows for evaluation of your heart structure and function. Cardiac catheterization is used to; Evaluate or confirm the presence of coronary artery disease, Evaluate valve disease, Evaluate and treat heart septal defects (holes in the heart),Diseases of the aorta and its branches in the neck, brain, kidneys, legs and arms.

Clinical Laboratory

We are in a partnership with top notch specialised reference laboratories sharing the same beliefs as we do. The laboratories help in providing our patients with high quality laboratory results.Through Providing diagnostic testing in the following disciplines; Medical Microbiology, Serology, Clinical Chemistry (Routine and specialized), Haematology, Transfusion Medicine, and Drug Monitoring.

ECG (Electrocardiography)

General Information

Through small electrode patches attached to the skin of one’s chest, arms, and legs. These signs are thereby detected by recording the electrical activity of one’s ticker.

With the ECG test, our Cardiologists are able to:
• Check on things that are abnormal, such as thickened heart muscle
• See if you have poor blood flow to your heart muscle (Ischemia)
• Diagnose a heart attack
• Check your heart rhythm

ECHO (Echocardiography)

General Information

The test utilises the use of sound waves to take “moving pictures” of the heart.

An ECHO test will be done if you have;
• A congenital heart defect.
• Unexplained chest pains.
• A heart murmur.

Or if you’ve had;
• A heart attack.
• Rheumatic fever.