Emergency department Yes Number of beds 534 | Hospital type Regional Hospital Website hsibu.moh.gov.my Phone +60 84-343 333 Founded 1994 | |
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Address KM 5 1/2, Jalan Ulu Oya, 96000 Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia Hours Open today ยท Open 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursSuggest an edit Similar Malacca General Hospital, Sarawak General Hospital, Taiping Hospital, Kajang Hospital, Sultanah Nora Ismail Hospital | ||
Sibu Hospital is the second largest hospital in the state of Sarawak, Malaysia. It is the main tertiary and referral hospital for the Central Region of Sarawak, Malaysia. It serves as referral hospital for the District Hospitals along the Rejang basin and also Mukah, Saratok and Bintulu. In August 2014, the Ministry of Health announced that RM 15 million will be allocated to upgrade the hospital's facilities and equipment to turn the hospital into tertiary referral hospital in central region of Sarawak.
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History
Hospital Sibu started operations in 1994. Previously, the medical needs of Sibu town was served by the Lau King Howe Hospital in downtown area. However, the old hospital soon grew too small for the growing population of the town. In view of this as well as the need for a more equipped hospital that could serve as referral centre for the Central Region of Sarawak, the federal government started construction on the present hospital.
Sibu Hospital has the capacity for 750 beds but currently the official bed count is 534. It is a referral hospital for the District Hospitals along the Rejang basin and also Mukah, Saratok and Bintulu Hospital. It provides basic speciality and a few sub speciality inpatient services. There are a wide range of outpatient specialist services. A number of sub speciality services are provided by visiting specialists from Kuching such as Nephrology, Cardiology and Neurosurgery.
Accreditation
Hospital Sibu is accredited by the Malaysian Society for Quality in Health(MSQH).
Services and Statistics
Hospital Sibu not only serves the medical needs of the population of Sibu Division, but also the tertiary care and specialist needs of Bintulu Division, Kapit Division, Mukah Division and Sarikei Division.
The population under direct coverage of Hospital Sibu is 200,000 with another 300,000 population via it referral system and tertiary care.
In 2007;
The current patient count is continuously increasing with the growing needs of the population along with the increasing specialisations and services offered by the hospital.
Specialisations
Sub-speciality
Hospital Sibu also offers sub-specialties through the assistance of visiting specialists. These include:
Administration
The current Hospital Director is Dr. Ngian Hie Ung.
And the Hospital Director's roll of honour are:
Teaching hospital
Hospital Sibu serves as a teaching hospital for a wide field of medical and allied health personnel. The medical faculty of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak uses the hospital as a teaching hospital for its medical students.The medical faculty of SEGi University also uses the hospital as a teaching hospital for its medical students.
It is also a teaching hospital for the Sibu Nursing College as well as Kolej Ita which also has a nursing programme. It is also a training centre for Community Nurses from Sabah and Sarawak who are undergoing training to become Staff Nurses under the Malaysian Ministry of Health.