[1] It is served by Khlong San BTS station since 16 December 2020.

with the royal permission of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) in order to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, particularly cholera and smallpox.

Initially it was under the management of the Metropolitan Sanitation Department.

In 1972, as the Capital Municipality Administration (Tesaban Nakhon Luang) was created following the merger of the Bangkok and Thonburi Municipality Administration, the hospital began serving normal patients and was renamed to 'Bangkok Hospital'.

On 11 September 1973, the name was again changed to the current 'Taksin Hospital' by King Bhumibol Adulyadej in commemoration of King Taksin's founding of Thonburi Kingdom, the area of which is where the hospital is located in.