Mbale Hospital

Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, commonly known as Mbale Hospital is a hospital in Mbale, Eastern Uganda. It is the referral hospital for the districts of Busia, Budaka, Kibuku, Kapchorwa, Bukwa, Butaleja, Manafwa, Mbale, Pallisa, Sironko and Tororo. The hospital also serves many more patients from outside the hospital's catchment area.^[1]

Mbale Regional Referral Hospital
Uganda Ministry of Health
Geography
Location	Mbale, Mbale District, Eastern Region, Uganda
Coordinates	01°04′36″N 34°10′35″E / 1.07667°N 34.17639°E / 1.07667; 34.17639
Organisation
Care system	Public
Type	General and Teaching
Services
Emergency department	I
Beds	400
History
Opened	1924
Links
Other links	Hospitals in Uganda Medical education in Uganda Busitema University Medical School

Location

Mbale Hospital is located on Pallisa Road, in the central business district of the city of Mbale, approximately 102 kilometres (63 mi), by road, southeast of Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, in the city of Soroti.^[2] This is about 144 kilometres (89 mi), by road, northeast of Jinja Regional Referral Hospital, in the city of Jinja.^[3]

Mbale Regional Referral Hospital is located approximately 227 kilometres (141 mi), by road, northeast of Mulago National Referral Hospital, in Kampala, Uganda's capital city.^[4] The coordinates of Mbale Regional Referral Hospital are: 01°04'36.0"N, 34°10'35.0"E (Latitude:1.076667; Longitude:34.176389).^[5]

Overview

Mbale Hospital is a public hospital, funded by the Uganda Ministry of Health and general care in the hospital is free. The hospital is one of the thirteen "Regional Referral Hospitals" in Uganda. It is also designated as one of the three public clinical paramedical teaching hospitals and as one of the fifteen "Internship Hospitals" in Uganda, where graduates of Ugandan medical schools can serve a one-year internship under the supervision of qualified specialists and consultants.^[6] The hospital is the teaching hospital of Busitema University School of Medicine.^[7]

See also

• UG Medical Schools
• Busitema University
• Uganda Hospitals

References

1. Mafabi, David (18 June 2013). "More Patients Sleep On Floor Than Beds At Mbale Hospital". Daily Monitor (Kampala). Retrieved 30 October 2014.
2. Google (29 October 2020). "Road Distance Between Mbale Regional Referral Hospital And Soroti Regional Referral Hospital" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
3. Google (29 October 2020). "Road Distance Between Mbale Regional Referral Hospital And Jinja Regional Referral Hospital" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
4. Google (29 October 2020). "Road Distance Between Mbale Regional Referral Hospital And Mulago National Referral Hospital" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
5. Google (29 October 2020). "Location of Mbale Regional Referral Hospital" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
6. Medical Education in Uganda
7. Olaka, Denis (6 November 2013). "Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences Opens In Mbale". Uganda Radio Network (URN). Retrieved 30 October 2014.

External links

• About Mbale Hospital
• Photo of Pediatric Ward in Mbale Hospital