Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu

A new building of Queen Elizabeth Hospital as seen from highway.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Malay: Hospital Queen Elizabeth) in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah is the main hospital for the city and the whole Sabah. It is named after the Queen Elizabeth II of United Kingdom.

History

The first hospital building was built in 1957, a second in 1981, this has since been demolished, 2009, and replaced with a new one.[1]

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, built 1981, used unwashed sea sand in the concrete mix. This caused early failure of the concrete, with 74% of 94 samples failing a chloride test.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Sejarah Hospital" (in Malay). Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Malaysia). Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  2. "News". news.asiaone.com. Retrieved 2016-05-01.


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