[1] Its mentor was the Pontevedrian Gonzalo Cabanillas Gallas, who was the General Subdelegate of the National Social Security Institute.

[3] The hospital was officially inaugurated by the then Minister of Labour and Social Security, Licinio de la Fuente, on 8 May 1974.

[3] It was renovated and extended by the architects Julián Arranz Ayuso, Aurelio Botella Clarella, Joaquín Vaamonde Pradas and Antonio Alonso Taboada between 1987 and 1990.

Montecelo Hospital is served by line 2 (blue) of the city's urban bus service.

[6] The Xunta de Galicia has launched the construction of a new hospital for the city of Pontevedra and its health care area of 300,000 inhabitants in 2020,[7][8] with more specialties than the current Montecelo Hospital, including radiotherapy, nuclear medicine and neonatal and paediatric intensive care, and a capacity of 724 beds.