It is classified under the Ministry of Public Health as a general hospital.

It has a CPIRD Medical Education Center which trains doctors for the Faculty of Medicine of Naresuan University.

The construction of Tak Hospital was started in November 1939 by Mang Saichum-in, governor of Tak, but it was delayed due to the start of World War II.

Nevertheless, the hospital opened on 24 June 1944 with one building capable of 25 beds.

In 2005, the hospital made an agreement to train medical students and act as a clinical teaching hospital for the Faculty of Medicine, Naresuan University under the Collaborative Project to Increase Production of Rural Doctors (CPIRD) program.