[2] The travel distance, by road, from the city's central business district to Mengo Hospital is approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi).

In 1958, the hospital was handed over by the Church Missionary Society to an independent and autonomous Board of Governors and Registered Trustees.

The Department houses the Ernest Cook Ultrasound Research and Education Institute (ECUREI).

ECUREI offers ordinary and advanced diploma courses in ultrasonography and degrees in medical imaging.

The institute is affiliated with Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.