It serves as a referral centre for nearby community hospitals mainly within Songkhla, but also in parts of Pattani and Satun Provinces.

It nominally has a capacity of 640 beds, but as is often the case with most regional hospitals, it faces problems of overcrowding and is overcapacity most of the time.

The hospital was founded in 1957 and has gradually expanded since then.

Currently, it also serves as a teaching hospital for the Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkhla University under the Collaborative Project to Increase Production of Rural Doctors (CPIRD), and is certified for residency training in internal medicine, obstetrics & gynaecology, orthopaedics, paediatrics and surgery.

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