The Katherine Hospital is a non-specialist public hospital that services Katherine and the surrounding region and remote areas.
It has 60 beds. Around 85% per cent of its patients are Aboriginal people, many from some of the most remote communities in Australia. It is operated by the Northern Territory Government Department of Health. The hospital provides a 24-hour emergency department as well as general medical and surgical wards, an operating theatre, a maternity ward, 18 bed children’s ward, pathology laboratory, a radiography department equipped to perform basic x-ray, ultrasound, CT scans and a renal unit. Pharmacy and specialised outpatient services are also accessible.