Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital (HSAH), formerly known as Hospital Sungai Petani, is a government-funded public hospital situated in

Sungai Petani Sungai Petani ( abbr. Sg. Petani or SP; Jawi: سوڠاي ڤتاني) is a city in Kuala Muda District, Kedah, Malaysia. Sungai Petani is Kedah's largest city and is located about 55 km south of Alor Setar, the capital of Kedah, and 33&nb ...

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. It is a 498-bed hospital which provides secondary and tertiary specialist services. The hospital, costing US$150 million, is one of the most high-tech hospitals in northern

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with Total Hospital Information System. The Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital was handed over by the Public Works Department to the Health Ministry on 23 July 2006. The hospital provides

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operations. It is a recognised training center for gynaecologists in this field. It is also a center for thoracic surgery for the northern part of

. This hospital is a training hospital for

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. The hospital is named after Kedah's former Sultan, Sultan Abdul Halim.

History

The hospital's history dates back to 1920 when the ''Medical Officer Central Kedah'' was set up. It was headed by Dr. Richard Brunel Hawes from

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. At that time, the hospital was surrounded by rubber estates and jungles with wild animals. During the Japanese Occupation in 1942, the psychiatric wing was moved to the Bedong Group Estate because the building was used as a Japanese army camp. After the British returned at the end of

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, the psychiatric wing was shifted back to its original home. The hospital was then renamed the Sungai Petani District Hospital. It was situated in a land with the size of and had 396 beds. At first the hospital did not have any specialists. Specialist services were only started in 1974 with obstetrics and gynaecology as well as internal medicine. Due to the rapid growth of

district, the need for a new hospital that would keep up with the growing needs of the community became evident. Construction was started on a new 550-bed hospital which would be one of the most up-to-date in Northern

in Amanjaya. The cost of construction was US$150 million. The hospital was handed over by the Public Works Department to the Health Ministry on 23 July 2006.

Specialisations

SAHH currently offers specialist services in 11 fields, as follows: * Internal medicine * Thoracic surgery * Obstetrics and gynaecology * Orthopaedics * Anaesthesiology * Ophthalmology * Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) * Radiology * Pathology * Paediatrics * Psychiatry and mental health The hospital provides

operations. It is a recognised training center for gynaecologists in this field. It is also a center for thoracic surgery for the northern part of

Teaching Hospital

SAHH serves as a teaching hospital for medical students from

. It is a recognised training center for gynaecologists in the field of

operations.

References

Official Webpage

Hospital probes claim of negligence
The Star, 9 March 2007.
Malaysian Medical Resource report
{{Authority control Hospitals in Kedah 2006 establishments in Malaysia Teaching hospitals in Malaysia