[1] The hospital is located in the town of Nkokonjeru, in Buikwe District, in the Central Region of Uganda.

[2] This is about 58 kilometres (36 mi), by road, southeast of Mulago National Referral Hospital, in Kampala, the capital of Uganda and its largest city.

It averages 657 maternal deliveries every year, with a caesarian rate of 23.3 percent.

[1] In 1926, Mother Kevin-Kearney started a dispensary which developed into the current hospital.

In the beginning, emphasis was placed on educating the local population in maternal and child health.