Mbale Hospital

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Mbale Regional Referral Hospital
Uganda Ministry of Health
Mbale Hospital
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Geography
Location Mbale, Mbale District, Eastern Region, Uganda
Coordinates 01°04′36″N34°10′35″E / 1.07667°N 34.17639°E / 1.07667; 34.17639 Coordinates: 01°04′36″N34°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
Beds400
History
Opened1924
Links
Other links Hospitals in Uganda
Medical education in Uganda
Busitema University Medical School

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]

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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]

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