The district is named after its headquarters town, Azamgarh, which was founded in 1665 by Azam, son of Vikramajit. Vikramajit a descendant of Gautam Rajputs of Mehnagar in pargana Nizamabad, like some of his predecessors, had embraced the faith of Islam.

As of my last update in January 2022, I don't have specific details about its facilities, capacity, or services. However, like many district hospitals in India, it likely provides a range of medical services including outpatient care, inpatient care, emergency services, diagnostic services, and sometimes specialized care in certain departments such as obstetrics, pediatrics, surgery, etc.

District hospital Azamgarh is 312 bedded hospital catering population of more than 5000000 of Azamgarh and adjoining city situated in the heart of city .this hospital operates 24*7 Emergency services in orthopaedics,surgery ,medicine ,paediatrics, Eye ,ENT.
Having state of Art Operation Theatre ,ICU ,wards.
We are one of the largest performers in surgeries in the specialty of General Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery.