“I’ve known Mary Hale for over 25 years. She mentored me after returning from 10 years of service in Uganda, East Africa. I am now a nurse on a busy oncology floor in Philadelphia, Pa. Her experience in East Africa fueled her dedication and service at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. Her book about those years is both wonderful and exciting, a riveting read.”
Sylvia Jolly RN, Oncology Nurse Specialist,
Jeanes Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

“I have known Mary Hale for 24 years as a pediatric nurse. She was the primary health care professional who cared for my son over 20 hospitalizations due to his being born with a rare genetic disease. Ms. Hale is the ultimate professional in nursing care. I was honored to submit her nomination which led to her selection of our citywide annual award for excellence in nursing. Her love for helping humanity at all levels is apparent in the care she has given to every child who was under her care. Her compelling story about her work in Uganda during the most horrific of times shows her total commitment towards making this world a better place.”
Bonnie Kaye, M. Ed., Counselor/Author

Mary M. Hale, RNC, MSN, SRN, SCM, has been a Nurse-Midwife for 35 years. Ten of those years she served under the Ministry of Health in Uganda, East Africa where she set up the first post-graduate pediatric nursing program. Hale has written about these experiences in her first book On Uganda’s Terms telling the obstacles to saving lives under the worst of circumstances while working tirelessly against the odds of Idi Amin.
She retired after 27 years in Pediatrics and Obstetrics at Albert Einstein Medical Center, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2006. Her first year of retirement was spent writing her autobiography On Uganda’s Terms. In her second year she finished Beyond Nurses Notes – A Journey to Choose Life.