Sibu Hospital

Sibu Hospital

Main building of Sibu Hospital
Geography
Location Batu 5.5, Jalan Ulu Oya, Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia
Coordinates 2°17′49″N 111°53′33″E / 2.29694°N 111.89250°E / 2.29694; 111.89250Coordinates: 2°17′49″N 111°53′33″E / 2.29694°N 111.89250°E / 2.29694; 111.89250
Organisation
Funding Public hospital
Hospital type Regional Hospital
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds 534
History
Founded 1994
Links
Website hsibu.moh.gov.my
Lists Hospitals in Malaysia

Sibu Hospital is the second largest hospital in the state of Sarawak, Malaysia. It is the main tertiary and referral hospital for the Central Region of Sarawak, Malaysia. It serves as referral hospital for the District Hospitals along the Rejang basin and also Mukah, Saratok and Bintulu. In August 2014, the Ministry of Health announced that RM 15 million[1] will be allocated to upgrade the hospital's facilities and equipment to turn the hospital into tertiary referral hospital in central region of Sarawak.

History

Lau King Howe Hospital operated from 1936 to 1994. It was later turned into a museum.

Hospital Sibu started operations in 1994. Previously, the medical needs of Sibu town was served by the Lau King Howe Hospital in downtown area. However, the old hospital soon grew too small for the growing population of the town. In view of this as well as the need for a more equipped hospital that could serve as referral centre for the Central Region of Sarawak, the federal government started construction on the present hospital.

Sibu Hospital has the capacity for 750 beds but currently the official bed count is 534. It is a referral hospital for the District Hospitals along the Rejang basin and also Mukah, Saratok and Bintulu Hospital. It provides basic speciality and a few sub speciality inpatient services. There are a wide range of outpatient specialist services. A number of sub speciality services are provided by visiting specialists from Kuching such as Nephrology, Cardiology and Neurosurgery.

Accreditation

Hospital Sibu is accredited by the Malaysian Society for Quality in Health(MSQH).[2]

Services and Statistics

Hospital Sibu not only serves the medical needs of the population of Sibu Division, but also the tertiary care and specialist needs of Bintulu Division, Kapit Division, Mukah Division and Sarikei Division.

The population under direct coverage of Hospital Sibu is 200,000 with another 300,000 population via it referral system and tertiary care.

In 2007;

The current patient count is continuously increasing with the growing needs of the population along with the increasing specialisations and services offered by the hospital.

Specialisations

Sub-speciality

Hospital Sibu also offers sub-specialties through the assistance of visiting specialists. These include:

Administration

The current Hospital Director is Dr. Ngian Hie Ung.

And the Hospital Director's roll of honour are:

Teaching hospital

Hospital Sibu serves as a teaching hospital for a wide field of medical and allied health personnel. The medical faculty of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak uses the hospital as a teaching hospital for its medical students.The medical faculty of SEGi University also uses the hospital as a teaching hospital for its medical students.

It is also a teaching hospital for the Sibu Nursing College as well as Kolej Ita which also has a nursing programme. It is also a training centre for Community Nurses from Sabah and Sarawak who are undergoing training to become Staff Nurses under the Malaysian Ministry of Health.

References

  1. ↑ "Sibu hospital can be referral for central Sarawak region". The Rakyat Post. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "List of Accredited Hospital". Malaysian Society for Quality in Health. Retrieved 15 April 2011.

External links

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