This psychiatric hospital is part of the health institutions of the province of Sulawesi Selatan. The hospital is situated on the Jl Lanto Dg. Pasewang. no.34 at Makassar (Coordinates: Latitude: -5,14 and Longitude: 119,42)

The hospital is classified as a category A hospital (reg.code 7371096) and has got 481 beds.

The website is part of the provincial website: http://www.sulselprov.go.id

Before, in colonial times, there used to be a so-called psychiatric passage home (doorgangshuis) with a limited number of beds (ca. 30) to unburden the central psychiatric hospitals