The Garrison hospital 2nd class at Ambon (Moluccas) was controlled by the Militaire Geneeskundige Dienst (Military Medical Service). The hospital was established somewhere before 1867, for it was mentioned in a list of that year reproduced by Schoute (De Geneeskunde in de 19e eeuw, 828). The average number of inpatients that year amounted to  95 patients.