International Medical Group, Uganda

International Medical Group is the leading private provider of health care services in Uganda. The group employs about 600 staff and comprises: 1. IAA Health Care provides Health Schemes to employers for their employees and families and personal schemes for individuals. These schemes meet the costs of treatments required; quality healthcare is not readily available free of charge in Uganda. Our members can get treatment from IMG facilities, or from a number of other affiliate health service providers. IAA has more than 100,000 clients. 2. International Hospital Kampala, the largest private hospital in Uganda, provides care for IAA members, for those with other health insurance and for cash and invoiced patients. IHK has 100 beds for in-patients, plus general outpatient and specialist clinics. It is the country’s first ISO certified hospital. There are more than 70,000 out-patient visits at IHK each year, 1,700 babies delivered and more than 2,500 theatre procedures. 3. International Medical Centres has 13 Health Clinics throughout the country. These provide primary health care and refer patients to IHK, or other referral centres, as required. The IMCs have more than 130,000 out-patient visits each year. 4. International Health Sciences University offers certificate, diploma, degree and post-graduate degree health-related programmes. In the 2009/2010 academic year IHSU will serve more than 400 students. 5. International Medical Foundation, a Uganda registered NGO, runs a number of charity and grant funded projects providing healthcare free of charge to those that cannot afford to pay. In 2008 more than UGX 800m ($400,000) was raised in funds to support 10 projects ranging from HIV-AIDS treatment and primary healthcare in the communities to more complex medical and surgical treatment at Hope Ward and a TB diagnostic research programme.