Star: THE Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital in Alor Star that was handed over to the Health Ministry by the Works Ministry will be opened in September, Mingguan Malaysia reported.
The hospital project, which took off in August 2000, was supposed to be completed in 2003, it said.
It ran into controversy when Sultan of Kedah Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah showed his displeasure over the delay in his speech during his 79th birthday celebration recently.
Health Ministry director-general Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican was reported as saying that the ministry needed six months to carry out checks on the hospital before it was fully operational.
He said it was a normal procedure as the ministry wanted to make sure everything ranging from the equipment to the facilities were in order.
“We have received a letter from the Works Ministry on the handing over," he said, adding that the hospital would have 730 beds with 23 normal wards and 11 intensive care units.
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