Kesihatan - MelakaCool

Medical tourism is an industry that is getting bigger with great prospect. As a tourism state, Melaka has its own plan to be part of the medical tourism industry. There’s the Melaka General Hospital which is a government funded public hospital. It is well known not only to Melaka people, but also to those from the northern part of Johor and southern part of Negeri Sembilan. However, it can’t accommodate many. As more and more people need health services, there are many hospitals being built in Melaka, regardless by the government or by the private sector. One of the well known hospital in Melaka is the Putra Specialist Hospital.

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Putra Specialist Hospital Melaka was previously known as Southern Hospital. It started its operation in 1995. Melaka State Government owned the hospital while Mediquest Sdn Bhd and Apex Pharmacy Bhd are the minority shareholders.

Last week, my sister has given birth at the Melaka General Hospital. Melaka General Hospital is the main government hospital in Melaka. It is being used not only for Melaka citizen but also serving patient from nearby state such as Johor and Negeri Sembilan. The hospital has more than 900 beds and one of the largest hospitals in the country.

Melaka General Hospital was built in 1930s and officiated by Sir Cecil Clementi, Governor of the Straits Settlements on February 12, 1934. The new building was built in the 1990s and was officiated by former Prime Minister, Y.A.Bhg Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad on August 9,1999. There’s a new multilevel parking which will be completed in 2013 to solve the parking problem at the hospital.

Melaka General Hospital is situated at Jalan Peringgit/Jalan Bukit Palah which is about 5 km from Melaka city and around 1-2 km from Melaka main bus station, Melaka Sentral. The land area of the hospital is approximately 17.4 acres and provide with latest facilities and infrastructure which includes non-medical facilities such as public telephone, ATMs and vending machine. The hospital also provides ‘surau’ at all level. There’s also a cafeteria if visitor feeling hungry and don’t want to go out from hospital, and a shop where you can buy food or tidbits .

If you don’t like to eat in, you can always go out, but patients are not encourage to go out in their hospital clothing 🙂 There are many restaurant nearby and there are hypermarkets such as TESCO, AEON and Mydin. Al-Azim mosque is located next to the hospital.

The Melaka General Hospital offer services such as