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. Location Mbale Hospital is located on Pallisa Road, in the central business district of the city of Mbale, approximately , by road, southeast of Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, in the city of Soroti. This is about , by road, northeast of Jinja Regional Referral Hospital, in the city of Jinja. Mbale Regional Referral Hospital is located approximately , by road, northeast of Mulago National Referral Hospital, in Kampala, Uganda's capital city. 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 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. The hospital is the teaching hospital of Busitema University School of Medicine. See also References External links About Mbale Hospital Photo of Pediatric Ward in Mbale Hospital Hospitals in Uganda Mbale District Bugisu sub-region Eastern Region, Uganda Teaching hospitals in Uganda 1920s establishments in Uganda