Health Ministry in talks to procure land for new hospital, Johor state assembly hears
ISKANDAR PUTERI: Discussion is ongoing between the Health Ministry and the Defence Ministry with regard to a piece of land in
where the proposed Hospital Sultanah Aminah 2 (HSA 2) is expected to be built.
State health and unity committee chairman Ling Tian Soon said that this was because the
land that had been identified as a suitable location for the hospital was owned by the Defence Ministry."Recently, we (the state government) met with the Prime Minister (Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim) and this was among issues that we highlighted to him.
"We faced some difficulties with regard to the land matter previously and have asked the Health Ministry to carry out discussions with the land owner (Defence Ministry). Talks are currently ongoing between the two ministries.
"Once the land matter has been resolved, we can proceed to apply to get an allocation for the construction of the hospital," he said in a press conference after the state assembly sitting here.
Ling said this when asked about the progress of the plan for the construction of HSA 2, which was
previously proposed to be built in Kempas.In August last year, former health minister Khairy Jamaluddin said that the new hospital was expected to reduce the load at the two main hospitals in Johor Baru, Hospital Sultanah Aminah (HSA) and Hospital Sultan Ismail (HSI).
Jalan Persiaran Mutiara Emas Utama
Taman Mount Austin
81000 Johor Bharu
Johor
Hospital Sultan Ismail with an area of 50 acres has a 6 storey clinical block, 10-storey ward block and residential quarters.
Hospital Sultan Ismail is equipped with 22 wards, 18 operating theater, including five theater for ‘day care’ services, 2 theater in the Emergency Department. The hospital is equipped with
704 beds. There are 4 Class A Wards and 18 Class Two and Three Wards.
In addition, a total of 88 beds are provided in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Coronary Care Unit (CCU), Neonatal ICU (NICU), Burns Unit and High Dependency Ward specifically for intensive treatment.
On a separate matter, Ling said that the two wards in HSI that had been closed since the Covid-19 pandemic had reopened since Wednesday (June 14).
He said that the two wards, which could accommodate a maximum of 54 beds each once, were now operating with 20 beds each for the time being.
"The two wards were forced to close temporarily because of a lack of manpower. The Health Ministry has recently deployed a total of 35 nurses to Johor, who are all being posted to HSI.
"This allowed the hospital to reopen the two wards. As a start, each ward will have 20 beds as the new nurses will need time to get used to the system in the hospital. The wards will operate fully in stages," he said.
Health Ministry in talks to procure land for new hospital, Johor state assembly hears
High chance location is near to TAMAN MUTIARA RINI OR TAMAN MUTIARA UTAMA?
SKUDAI NO MUCH OF LAND
TAMAN UNIVERSITI THERE STILL HAVE JUNGLE LAND?
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