Mbarara Hospital is a public hospital, founded by the Uganda Ministry of Health, and general care in the hospital is free. It is affiliated with the medical school of Mbarara University of Science and Technology, one of the four medical schools in Uganda. The hospital is staffed by medical students and residents. The medical students are good, and the residents are really excellent.[2] The hospital also acts as a teaching hospital for Nursing students from Bishop Stuart university.
The hospital is one of 3 National Referral Hospitals in Uganda, the others being Mulago National Referral Hospital and Butabika National Referral Hospital.[3] Mbarara Hospital is designated as one of 15 Internship Hospitals in Uganda where graduates of Ugandan medical schools can serve one year of internship under the supervision of qualified specialists and consultants.[4] Its bed capacity is 600, although, as is the case with many Ugandan public hospitals, many more patients are admitted, with the excess sleeping on the floors.
