[1] The World Health Organization (WHO) donated two million dalasis-worth of equipment for maternal and childcare in 2014.

[2] In 2019, the Nurses' Association at the hospital made a public statement lamenting poor working conditions and low salary.

It primarily admits patients with severe malaria, acute respiratory infection, malnutrition, septicaemia, and gastroenteritis.

Evidence suggests that more than half of caesarean sections in The Gambia are carried out at EFSTH.

[6] EFSTH became a teaching hospital during the 1990s, in order to tackle the reliance on foreign doctors.