Pattani Hospital, 2 Nong Chik Road, Sabarang
The province's only general hospital sits in tambon Sabarang in the capital district, about two hundred metres from the provincial hall, on a site of 25 rai 3 ngan 41.7 wa. Its own website sets out the establishment in detail: nine general wards holding 269 beds and three special wards holding 66, for 335 beds; seven operating theatres; an eight-bed intensive care unit; a fifteen-bed neonatal unit; an emergency department with four treatment and two observation beds; nineteen outpatient examination rooms; and a five-bed dialysis unit.
Here is the honest problem with that number. The page carrying it was last edited in 2013, and it describes a new six-storey inpatient building then under construction to replace wards dating from 1967 and 1972 — so 335 may simply be the figure from before an expansion. Third-party health directories describe Pattani Hospital today as a Standard-level (S) facility with 504 beds, and one search summary said 540. We could not open the underlying data behind those directory figures. So both numbers are on this page: 335 is the hospital's own and probably stale, 504 is the current consensus figure and is not primary-sourced. Neither is presented as settled, and if a bed count matters to your decision, ring the hospital.
Siroros Hospital Pattani, tambon Rusamilae
At 30/10 tambon Rusamilae, a few minutes from the university campus, Siroros Hospital Pattani describes itself on its own site as the first private hospital in the province. It stands on nine rai two ngan and runs a thirty-bed inpatient ward alongside an emergency department, operating rooms, a dialysis centre and a central laboratory. It is part of a three-hospital network that also covers Yala and, through Rajnara Hospital, Narathiwat — so it is built to serve all three southern border provinces rather than Pattani alone. Set expectations accordingly: thirty beds is a district-hospital scale of facility with private-sector service, useful for consultations, minor procedures, dialysis and getting seen quickly, and not a substitute for a tertiary centre.
What we could not verify, stated plainly. We did not find a published table giving each Pattani district's community hospital and its bed count, and we did not find a count of subdistrict health-promoting hospitals (รพ.สต.) for the province. Several other BAANLYY province pages carry both; this one does not, and we would rather leave the gap visible than fill it with a plausible number from a search summary. Check specific district facilities directly with the provincial public health office.
For anything specialist, the answer is Hat Yai
There is no university hospital, no cancer centre and no specialist tertiary facility inside Pattani province. The regional referral centre for the far south is in Hat Yai, about 108 kilometres and an hour and a half away by road via Highway 43, where Prince of Songkla University's medical faculty and its teaching hospital sit — a point worth dwelling on, because the same university's Pattani campus is right here in Rusamilae with eight faculties including Nursing, but the medicine is in Songkhla. Hat Yai also carries the nearest substantial private hospitals and the nearest international airport. If you are choosing a district to live in and you have a condition where minutes matter, weigh that drive honestly before committing to the coast or the interior. And check with your insurer, in writing, whether your cover holds in a province under your own government's standing travel advice.
Pattani healthcare FAQ
How many beds does Pattani Hospital have?
Our sources disagree by about 170 beds and we are not going to average them. The hospital's own website documents 335: nine general wards totalling 269 beds and three special wards totalling 66, plus seven operating theatres, an eight-bed intensive care unit, a fifteen-bed neonatal unit, an emergency department with four treatment and two observation beds, nineteen outpatient examination rooms and a five-bed dialysis unit, on a site of 25 rai 3 ngan 41.7 wa. But that page was last edited in 2013, and it describes a new six-storey inpatient building then under construction to replace wards dating from 1967 and 1972 — so the 335 may simply predate a capacity expansion that has since happened. Third-party health directories describe the hospital today as a Standard-level (S) facility with 504 beds; a separate snippet said 540. We could not open the underlying data behind the directory figures. So: 335 is the hospital's own published figure and is probably stale; 504 is the widely-repeated current figure and is not primary-sourced. Both are on this page and neither is presented as settled.
Is there a private hospital in Pattani?
Yes, one. Siroros Hospital Pattani (โรงพยาบาลสิโรรสปัตตานี) at 30/10 tambon Rusamilae, Mueang Pattani 94000, describes itself on its own website as the first private hospital in the province, on a site of nine rai two ngan, with a thirty-bed inpatient ward plus an emergency department, operating rooms, a dialysis centre and a central laboratory. It belongs to a three-hospital network that also covers Yala (Siroros Hospital Yala) and Narathiwat (Rajnara Hospital), so it serves all three southern border provinces rather than Pattani alone. Thirty beds is small — it is a district-hospital scale of facility with private-sector service levels, not a Bangkok or Hat Yai private hospital — and anyone with a chronic condition needing specialist follow-up should plan around Hat Yai rather than around this.
What about community hospitals in the other districts?
They exist, and we could not verify a per-district table, so we publish no numbers. This is a genuine gap in our research rather than an absence in the world: Thailand's Ministry of Public Health operates community hospitals in essentially every district nationally and Pattani will be no exception, but we could not open a published table giving each Pattani district's hospital and its bed count within this launch. The same applies to the count of subdistrict health-promoting hospitals (รพ.สต.), which several other BAANLYY province pages carry and this one does not. We would rather say so than reproduce a plausible-looking figure from a search summary. If you are relying on a specific district facility, check it directly with the provincial public health office.
Where do you go for anything serious?
Hat Yai, about 108 kilometres and an hour and a half west in Songkhla province. There is no university hospital, no cancer centre and no specialist tertiary facility inside Pattani. Songklanagarind Hospital, the teaching hospital of Prince of Songkla University's main Hat Yai campus, is the regional referral centre for the whole of the far south — which is worth knowing precisely because the university's Pattani campus is right here in Rusamilae, but the medical faculty and its hospital are not. Hat Yai also has substantial private hospitals. Plan for that drive when you choose where to live, and if you have a condition where minutes matter, weigh that seriously before committing to a district out on the coast or in the interior.
What about health insurance and evacuation cover?
Read the small print about the security situation before you assume you are covered. Pattani is one of three provinces under standing travel advice from the US (exercise increased caution), the UK (advise against all but essential travel) and Australia (reconsider your need to travel), and many travel and international health policies exclude, restrict or void cover for regions where the policyholder's home government advises against travel. That is a contractual question rather than a medical one, and it catches people out. Ask your insurer specifically, in writing, whether Pattani province is covered under your policy given your own government's current advisory, and whether medical evacuation from a province under an Emergency Decree is included. This is general information and not insurance advice.
Sources & References
- Pattani Hospital — official site
- Siroros Hospital Pattani — official site
- Prince of Songkla University, Pattani Campus
- Pattani province — Wikipedia
- Thailand travel advice (updated 30 June 2026) — UK FCDO
- Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
- National Statistical Office, Thailand
Hospital capacity, service levels and departments change. Confirm directly with the hospital and with your insurer. General information, not medical or insurance advice.
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