It is the referral hospital for the districts of Abim, Kaabong, Kotido, Moroto and Nakapiripirit and Napak.

[1][2] The hospital is located in the central business district of Moroto City, in Moroto District, approximately 272 kilometres (169 mi), by road, north of Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, in the city of Mbale.

[4] Moroto Regional Referral Hospital is located approximately 462 kilometres (287 mi), by road, north-east of Mulago National Referral Hospital, in Kampala, Uganda's capital city.

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

Moroto Regional Referral Hospital received (a) power houses, (b) a new out-patient department, (c) ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrines and (d) 15 new staff houses.