General Hospital Kota Bharu was established in 1930. It is one of two tertiary referral centers in Kelantan. Since its establishment it has gone through many physical changes. The latest being the Phase 1 Development Project which was completed in 1997. Phase 11 is to be launched soon. At present HKB is a 835 bed hospital. It has all the major subspecialities
1.Medical
2.Surgery
3.Obstetrics&Gynaecology
4.Psychiatry
5.Paediatric
6.Opthalmmology
7.Otorhinolaryngology
8.Anaesthesia
9.Dermatology
10.Pathology
11.Orthopaedic
12.Radiology
13.Dental
The hospital can be divided to two areas
1) Old Block
2) New Block

The Old block contains Departments of Medicine, Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Dermatology and their wards. Ear Nose & Throat(ENT), Eye and Dental Clinic are also situated in this Block The New block contains Departments of Surgery, Orthopaedic, Anaesthesia, Pathology and Radiology. Department of Psychiatry is housed in a separate block across Jalan Dusun Muda.