The Regional Hospital Bamenda, was opened in 1956 by Sir Roberts the then British High Commissioner based in Lagos Nigeria.

The Hospital was given the status of a 3rd level reference health institution for the North West in 2009, to serve a population now estimated at 2,180,309 inhabitants (2017 health census estimate. It has a capacity of 400 beds with staff strength of about 440 workers.

For the year 2016, it had 55,657 new consultations and 15,575 old consultations making a total of 71,172 consultations, out of which 15,495 were admitted. In 2017 then it had 59750 new consultations and 11,543 old consultations making a total of 71,293 consultations of which 14,214 were admissions.