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Four More Hospitals To Be Completed, Says Samy

SERDANG, May 26 (Bernama) -- Four more hospitals are expected to be completed and handed over to the Health Ministry before the end of the year, Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said Thursday.
They are Ampang Hospital, Sungai Buloh Hospital, Sungai Petani Hospital and Alor Star Hospital.
The hospitals are expected to be handed over on July 15, July 31, Oct 31 and Dec 31 respectively, he said.
Samy Vellu added that the Ampang Hospital would be equipped with 562 beds, Sungai Buloh Hospital (620), Sungai Petani Hospital (498) and Alor Setar Hospital (660).
The Ampang and Sungai Buloh hospitals have been completed while the Sungai Petani and Alor Setar hospitals were in the final stages of completion, he said.
The contractors for the projects are Ahmad Zaki Sdn Bhd, Tunas Selatan Konsortium Sdn Bhd, THUB-BDB JV (joint-venture consortium between TH Universal Builders and Bina Darulaman Bhd) and MH Projects Sdn Bhd respectively, he said.
Samy Vellu said all the hospitals except Ampang were built complete with staff quarters, training colleges and nurses quarters.
On Serdang Hospital, he said that work on the RM687 project in October 2000 and was completed last year.
It was constructed on a 129,000 square-metre site and has 670 beds in 19 wards, Samy Vellu said.
He said it provides services up to "tertiary care" level including for cardiology, cardiotorasic and neurology.
It is equipped, among others with the MRI machine (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), TV scanner, mammography, hydrotherapy unit and 29 haemodialysis machines.
It has eight "gardens" on the "roof" for patients to stroll in.
He said the hospital uses the "Thermal Ice Storing system" for air-conditioning. The system is considered one of the cheapest and most effective available.