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Careers at GCGH

Join our nursing team

Jobs, internships and training for nurses, working alongside doctors and volunteers from around the world.

Join our nursing team: nursing careers at GCGH. Email jobs@galilee-medicare.org
Mrs Peace Kyambadde, Nutrition & Dietetics Lead at GCGH
Mother and baby care

Safe care from the very first day

Our nurses watch closely over every newborn, with incubators for babies who need extra warmth and care in their first days.

A GCGH nurse caring for a newborn baby in an incubator
Mrs Peace Kyambadde, Nutrition & Dietetics Lead at GCGH
Monitoring child development

Nurturing the future

We work closely with families to check that every child is growing and developing well, and give early help when they need it.

A volunteer examining a baby with its mother
Dr Flor Kent, a long-standing supporter of GCGH in London
Without boundaries we make a difference

Be part of our caring community

Join our doctors, nurses, volunteers and supporters from Uganda and around the world, and help change the lives of our patients.

GCGH doctors in theatre scrubs: Without boundaries, we make the difference
Our charity

Continuous healthcare for our communities

Our charity takes care beyond the hospital walls: screening, prevention and free outreach days for people who would otherwise go without.

GCGH surgical team: our charity delivers continuous healthcare services to the communities
Accident & Emergency Open 24 hours, every day. Call +256 701 964 582. We treat emergencies first. Payment is discussed after the patient is stable. Book an appointment Call +256 701 964 582 or message us on WhatsApp. Living abroad? Pay for care for your family in Uganda through our Diaspora programme. Find us Masanafu, off Sentema Road, Lubaga Division, Kampala

News & stories

Dr Lieberman's visiting team with GCGH staff

Spine surgery mission with Dr Isador Lieberman

Dr Isador Lieberman's visiting team from Texas has operated on people in Uganda who could not otherwise afford spine surgery since about 2005, and works with us at GCGH.

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Rabbi Aaron Malinsky, Fred Keays, Dr Enock Cohen Kabuye and Adam Hirschfield with the Ambassador of Belgium to Uganda

Volunteers from Belgium

Rabbi Aaron Malinsky, Fred Keays, Dr Enock Cohen Kabuye and Adam Hirschfield met the Ambassador of Belgium to Uganda at the Embassy, to talk about Belgian volunteers at GCGH.

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Ingeborg Horjus, laboratory volunteer

The "Wow Laboratory": Ingeborg Horjus

After 28 years in hospital labs in the Netherlands, Ingeborg volunteered with us, set up our new CBC machine and trained the team so that giving blood turns from "Ow!" into "Wow!".

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A volunteer in the maternity ward

Free vaccines for every child

Routine and catch-up immunisation at the hospital and on outreach days, under the national UNEPI programme.

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24/7A&E and operating theatre
42staff, from doctors and nurses to drivers
14services and clinics

Why choose Galilee?

Care people can affordFree immunisation and community outreach days. Emergencies are treated first, and early cancer treatment is offered at affordable cost.
Everything under one roofOur own laboratory, X-ray, ultrasound, endoscopy, eye clinic and an operating theatre open 24 hours a day.
Local and international expertiseUgandan doctors and nurses working alongside visiting specialists and volunteers from Europe and the USA.
Learning to do betterOur research on diabetic foot ulcers with Cell Research Corp turns what we learn into better treatment.

Our services

About A&EWhich clinics run on which day

Choose a service to see what we offer and how to book.

Open 24 hours, every day

Accident & Emergency

Urgent care, intensive care and emergency operations. Walk in at any time; patients are seen in order of need. We treat emergencies first. Payment is discussed after the patient is stable.

Call +256 701 964 582

Accident & Emergency

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Paediatrics & Immunisation

Diabetic Services

Nutrition & Dietetics

HIV Care: Galilee ART Centre

Mental Health

Cancer Care

Haematology & Laboratory

Radiology, Ultrasound & Endoscopy

Eye Clinic

Dental

Spine Surgery Mission

Diaspora Health Care Programme

Inside the hospital

Surgeons operating in the GCGH theatre
Operating theatre
Doctor using the ultrasound machine
Ultrasound
X-ray room with radiographer and patient
X-ray
Eye examination equipment in the eye clinic
Eye clinic
Nurse caring for a newborn in an incubator
Newborn care
Hospital ward with beds
Children's ward
Research

Better care for diabetic foot ulcers

With Cell Research Corp we are working on new ways to treat diabetic foot ulcers. Read how the work is run, who approved it and what we have found so far.

About our research
Two GCGH clinicians in surgical scrubs

Meet some of our team

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Dr Godfrey Kisembo
Dr Godfrey KisemboMedical Doctor and Surgeon

Diagnoses, operates and sees each patient through to recovery.

GCGH · Kampala
Dr Peter Kato
Dr Peter KatoMedical Doctor (GP)

The first doctor many families meet in our outpatient clinics.

GCGH · Kampala
Lillian Kiconco
Lillian KiconcoNurse Assistant

Keeps patients comfortable, safe and cared for on the wards.

GCGH · Kampala
Dr Enock Cohen Kabuye
Dr Enock Cohen Kabuye, MDClinical Lead

Leads our medical team and sets the standard of care.

GCGH · Kampala
Betty Nanfuka
Ms Betty NanfukaHead of the ART Centre and Counsellor

Leads HIV testing, counselling and treatment, always in confidence.

GCGH · Kampala
Shalifa
Shalifa Sonographer

Ultrasound scans for expectant mothers and clear diagnosis.

GCGH · Kampala
GCGH leadership and board members inside the hospital
GCGH leadership and board

About GCGH

GCGH is a general hospital in Lubaga (Rubaga) Division, Kampala. We run internal medicine, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology and surgery, along with specialist clinics and a fully equipped laboratory. We also train staff and students from Uganda and abroad.

Our mission: safe, caring treatment for every patient who comes through our doors, whatever they can pay, and learning from our work so that care in Uganda keeps getting better.

Leadership: Mrs Grace Kukunda, Operations Director, and Mr Adam Hirschfield, Director

The hospital is supported by Galilee Medicare, a separate charity registered as a non-governmental organisation in Uganda (registration no. 1596).

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A GCGH intern nurse holding the Ministry of Health quality improvement guide, and a laboratory colleague at the microscope

Work with us

Jobs, internships and training in internal medicine, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, surgery and laboratory sciences.

jobs@galilee-medicare.org
A volunteer working with GCGH staff in clinic

Volunteer

Volunteers from Germany, Finland, the Netherlands, Mexico, Japan, the UK, the USA and Belgium have worked alongside our team.

Volunteering at GCGH

Contact & visiting

Address: Masanafu, off Sentema Road, Lubaga Division, Kampala, Uganda

Post: P.O. Box 26409, Kampala, Uganda

Primary contact: Mrs Grace Kukunda, Operations Director, grace.kukunda@galilee-medicare.org

A&E and operating theatre: open 24 hours, every day

Outpatient clinics: Monday to Friday 08:00 to 12:30 (walk-in) and 14:00 to 16:30 (follow-up) · Saturday morning · Sunday: A&E only.

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Visiting times: 10:00 to 20:00, every day

Phone: +256 701 964 582

WhatsApp: +256 701 964 582

Email: info@galilee-medicare.org

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