KUCHING: Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud plans to turn the new Sarawak International Medical Centre (SIMC) into a medical city.
Located in Kota Semarahan, a 20-minute drive from the city centre, SIMC, which is under construction, will be the first new public hospital in Kuching in over a century.
"When I planned the SIMC, I reserved quite a large plot of land surrounding the building, which is now 80 per cent completed.
"The idea was to make sure that there was enough room for us to have the medical city in the future," Taib said at the 100th anniversary celebration of Sarawak General Hospital.
"We can have hotels, recuperation centres and many more, all in one place. This will enable the government to do things in a much more effective and cost-effective manner."
He added that the government has to think of ways to make healthcare more accessible and beneficial to the people.
SIMC promises to offer a world-class cardiac unit, is designed to meet the demands of modern healthcare, and is equipped with the latest in medical equipment and information technology applications.
With a built-up area of 40,000sq m, SIMC features a three-storey medical block, an eight-storey ward tower with 200 beds, a 200-seat auditorium, three centres for the treatment of cancer, heart, and kidney diseases, three outpatient clinics, seven operating theatres, an imaging department, laboratory and other supporting services.
It will cost RM400 million.
2010/12/13
By Nancy Nais
http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/popolandscaping/Article/
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