Its location is approximately 101 kilometres (63 mi), by road, northwest of Lira Regional Referral Hospital.

[2] This is approximately 332 kilometres (206 mi), by road, north of Mulago National Referral Hospital, in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.

Gulu Medical School also utilizes St. Mary's Hospital Lacor, to train her doctors.

The USh20 billion (US$5.5 million) project, is co-funded by the government of Uganda and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

This is part of a USh60 billion (US$16.5 million) joint project aimed at improving and modernizing the National Regional Hospitals in Arua, Gulu and Lira.