KUALA TERENGGANU: The new RM184 million Kuala Terengganu Specialist (KTS) Hospital will help reduce congestion at the main government referral hospital and offer comprehensive healthcare when it opens its doors in October.
Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman said the KTS Hospital on a 34,000sq metre plot in Jalan Sultan Mahmud, Batu Burok is 97 per cent complete after construction began on Nov 26, 2012.
"There will be ample facilities for cardiac, paediatric, skin, ear-nose-and-throat, cancer, diabetic, dieting, endoscopic, pathology, multi-resonance imaging, vacular, surgical theatre and intensive care.
"This hospital will offer an alternative platform for pecialised and personalised first-class healthcare, thus, helping to reduce dependance on the state's main referral hospital - the Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital," he said after a working visit to the KTS Hospital.
When ready, he added, the new eight-storey hospital would replace the existing 33-bed one in Jalan Kamaruddin, which is being rented, which has been unable to cope with demand for patients.
The new KTS Hospital will have 130 beds, five operating theatres, five maternity rooms, one testing laboratory, one intensive care unit with 12 beds, one infant care unit with 19 beds and 25 ultra-modern clinics to complement a host of specialists and consultants.
"In short, the hospital will have all the modern, sophisticated and latest equipment to offer top notch, quality healthcare at affordable rates.
"In fact, the hospital is designed to meet European and American standards with single rooms for patients to offer privacy and prevent the spread of contagious diseases.
"It is now hiring a host of personnel of various medical fields, thus, offering more job opportunities, including for retirees" said Razif, adding that it planned to list the hospital on Bursa Malaysia next year.
KTS Hospital is managed by state-owned TDM Berhad which also operates the Kuantan Medical Centre in Pahang, the Kelana Jaya Medical Centre in Petaling Jaya and Taman Desa Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur.