[5] The sculpture, which was created by Liliane Lijn and commissioned by the Isle of Wight Health Authority, was installed in 1997.

[7] In August 2022 the hospital was selected to participate in a pilot scheme to receive chemotherapy medications via delivery drone.

The medicines are flown in from the pharmacy at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth direct to St Mary's, where staff unload the drones before distributing it to medical teams and patients in the building.

[9][10][11] Separate from the main hospital but located on the same site is Sevenacres, a psychiatric unit, with 3 wards and 32 beds.

[16][17] Services provided at the hospital include cardiology, dermatology, ear, nose and throat (ENT), endocrinology, gastroenterology, general surgery, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, paediatrics, respiratory medicine, rheumatology, stroke medicine and urology.