Davy came to Kandy with the British Troops and lived next to Diyawadana Nilame's resident in Malabar Street.

A Military Hospital was built in a renovated existing building and was located at the site of the present “Kandyan Art Association”.

Once the civil medical department was separated from the military service, Colonial Surgeons were appointed to Central Province.

Kandy Hospital is the second largest medical institution in the Island established and administered under the purview of the Ministry of Health Care and Nutrition, Sri Lanka, and is a tertiary care institution maintained by the Sri Lankan Government.

In addition Chemical, Microbiological, Histological and Pathological Investigations, X Rays, USS, CT, MRI, Exercise ECG, Physiotherapy and Pharmacies services are available.

Office facilities for the Kandy Society of Medicine which conducts many academic and research activities is also situated within the hospital complex.