It is the referral hospital for the districts of Bulisa, Hoima, Kibaale, Kiryandongo, Kagadi, Kakumiro, Kikuube, and Masindi.

[2] This is approximately 198 kilometres (123 mi), by road, north-west of Mulago National Referral Hospital, in Kampala, Uganda's capital city.

[5] The hospital is one of the fifteen internship hospitals in Uganda where graduates of Ugandan medical schools can serve one year of internship under the supervision of qualified specialists and consultants.

It also serves patients from nearby Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

[7] In 2019, the Ugandan Ministry of Health estimated the hospital's catchment population to number approximately 3 million people.