Sultan Idris Shah Serdang Hospital, previously known as the Serdang Hospital, is a government-funded multi-specialty hospital located in

Sepang District The Sepang District is a district located in the southern part of the state of Selangor in Malaysia. Sepang District covers an area of around 600 square kilometres, and had a population of 190,889 in the 2010 Census (excluding foreigners). The ...

Selangor Selangor (; ), also known by its Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 Malaysian states. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east ...

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. The location of the hospital borders the

South Klang Valley Expressway The South Klang Valley Expressway, or SKVE ( Malay: ''Lebuhraya Lembah Klang Selatan''), is an expressway in the southern part of Klang Valley, Malaysia's most densely populated region. This dual-carriageway provides links to the booming towns in ...

(SKVE) to the east and the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and the UPM own teaching hospital to the west. It is clearly seen from the North–South Expressway at the Kajang Interchange.

Construction

Sultan Idris Shah Serdang Hospital, which commenced operation on 15 December 2005, was built with the purpose of serving the roughly 570,000 population of Serdang, Putrajaya,

Kajang Kajang is a town in Hulu Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia. Kajang, along with much of Hulu Langat District, is governed by the Kajang Municipal Council. Kajang town is located on the eastern banks of the Langat River. It is surrounded ...

and

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. It has a total area of 129,000 square metres and has 620 beds. The construction costs RM690 million and is one of the electronic hospital networks planned by the

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. It was also listed as the IBS Project in Malaysia in 2005.

Design

From planning to construction, the hospital was built on the concept of 'hospital of the future'. Sultan Idris Shah Serdang Hospital is the first hospital in

to use aluminium coating to give it a shiny exterior. It is also the first hospital in

to use a futuristic cooling system to maintain the hospital temperature and reduce electricity usage. Other unique features of this hospital are: * Steel structure (total 6100 tonnage) * Modular OT * Rooftop garden (5 acres of the total landscape area) * Application of autoclave light concrete block (ALC) The hospital is surrounded by a park measuring . The landscape of the hospital is also known to be therapeutic to the patients.

Services

The management of Sultan Idris Shah Serdang Hospital heavily relies on information technology and uses the 'Total Hospital Information System'. It is designated as the reference center for

cardiology Cardiology () is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the heart and the cardiovascular system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular h ...

, cardiothoracic,

urology Urology (from Greek οὖρον ''ouron'' "urine" and '' -logia'' "study of"), also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of the urinary-tract system and the reproductive org ...

and nephrology surgery. The hospital will provide affordable, quality treatment for heart patients from the lower income group. The center will co-operate with the Hospital Selayang, which specialises in renal care and liver transplants. In total, the hospital has 20 operating theatres, 19 wards and 620 beds.

Teaching Hospital

The hospital also serves as a teaching hospital for medical students from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and also University of Cyberjaya (UoC). Some students from other universities such as

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Royal College of Medicine Perak (UniKL RCMP), Pusrawi International College Of Medical Science and

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School of Nursing also do their elective posting attachments here.

Renaming

On 8 May 2023, Serdang Hospital was renamed to Sultan Idris Shah Serdang Hospital after the Sultan of Selangor

Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Al-Haj Ibni Almarhum Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj ( Jawi: ; born 24 December 1945) is the ninth and current Sultan of the Malaysian state of Selangor. He ascended the throne on 22 November 2001, succeedi ...

References

External links

Official Website
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