Duchess of Kent Hospital, Sandakan is a specialist government hospital located in the second largest city in Sabah - Sandakan, East Coast of Sabah; which is also called the "City of Nature". The distance of the hospital is 3.2 kilometers from the main city center of Sandakan. The size of the hospital area covers an area of ​​42.93 acres, while the area of ​​the hospital building is 2,245.3 square meters.

The Duchess of Kent Hospital has 4oo beds and is a referral hospital for out-of-district hospitals and health facilities. With the existing infrastructure, the operating area of ​​the Duchess of Kent Hospital, Sandakan covers all parts of Sandakan, Kinabatangan, Beluran and Telupid.

Expertise services at this hospital include General Surgery, General Medicine, Orthopedics, Emergency & Trauma, Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Anesthesiology, Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Psychiatry and Radiology. In addition, the hospital also provides Visit Specialist Services such as Plastic Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, Nephrology, Neuromedical and Neurosurgery.

With its expertise, the hospital plays a role as a training institute for scholarship trainees, nursing trainees, assistant medical officer trainees, trainee medical laboratory technicians, physiotherapists and health management.

Clinical support services available at this hospital include Pharmacy & Supplies, Pathology, Imaging and Diagnostics, Medical Social Work, Catering & Dietitics, Sterilization, Medical Records & Documentation, Occupational Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy, Hemodialysis, Public Health & Inspectorate, Health Promotion, Forensics, Day Care and Palliative Care.

Duchess of Kent Hospital is the first hospital in Sabah to provide Traditional & Complementary Medicine (Traditional & Complementary Medicine) which started operating on 14 December 2009 and was inaugurated by YB. Dato 'Sri Liow Tiong Lai, Minister of Health Malaysia on 31 January 2010.