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The Kuala
Lumpur Hospital or commonly known as HKL (Malay: Hospital Besar Kuala
Lumpur) has 49 different departments and units. These include the
administration & finance department, the pharmaceutical department,
training and research, 27 clinical departments and 12 clinical support
services.
Hospital Kuala Lumpur is now the largest hospital under the Ministry of
Health of Malaysia and is considered to be one of the biggest hospital in
Asia. It is a government tertiary referral hospital, located on 150 acres
of prime land with 83 wards and 2302 beds.
View of the 5-storey hospital's main block as you approach from the
Maternity Hospital. The building on the right foreground is part of the
Radiotherapy Outpatient Clinic. HKL has a huge staff of 7 000 staffs with
almost 100 professions in various fields and disciplines.
Out of the
total number of staff, there are about 200 consultants and specialists,
500 medical officers and registrars, 10 matrons, 100 sisters (ward
managers), 1,600 registered nurses, 750 trained assistant nurses, and 40
trained mid-wives. The remaining staff are pharmacists, tutors, assistant
pharmacists, medical assistants, administrative personnel and hospital
attendants.
Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak requested that under Budget 2012 RM300
million be allocated to this hospital. In 2013 the Specialist Clinic
Ambulatory Care Centre (SCACC) opened, with Razak visiting. That year
Razak requested that by January 2015 a car park be built at the hospital.
Sources: www.hospital.com.my
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