Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, commonly known as Mbale Hospital is a hospital in

Mbale Mbale is a city in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Mbale District and the surrounding sub-region. Location Mbale is approximately , by road, northeast of Kampala, Uganda's capita ...

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. It is the referral hospital for the districts of Busia, Budaka, Kibuku,

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, Bukwa,

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, Manafwa,

, Pallisa, Sironko and Tororo. The hospital also serves many more patients from outside the hospital's catchment area.

Location

Mbale Hospital is located on Pallisa Road, in the central business district of the city of

, approximately , by road, southeast of Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, in the city of

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. This is about , by road, northeast of

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, in the city of Jinja. Mbale Regional Referral Hospital is located approximately , by road, northeast of

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, in

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, Uganda's

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. The coordinates of Mbale Regional Referral Hospital are: 01°04'36.0"N, 34°10'35.0"E (Latitude:1.076667; Longitude:34.176389).

Overview

Mbale Hospital is a public hospital, funded by the

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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. The hospital is the teaching hospital of

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About Mbale Hospital Photo of Pediatric Ward in Mbale Hospital
{{Mbale District Hospitals in Uganda Mbale District Bugisu sub-region Eastern Region, Uganda Teaching hospitals in Uganda

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