JOHOR BARU: The additional parking area at Sultan Ismail Hospital (HSI) on Jalan Mutiara Emas Utama, Taman Mount Austin, here, will open from today.
Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi announced this while expressing hope that the additional parking will reduce traffic congestion at the hospital.
"Rest assured that the state government will always do its best to assist the Health Ministry (MoH) in improving the quality of services, not only in terms of health care, but also infrastructure, for the well-being of 'Bangsa Johor'," he said via a post on Facebook today.
He also expressed appreciation to State Health and Unity Committee chairman Ling Tian Soon, State Health director Datuk Dr Aman Rabu and State Public Works Department director Abu Bakar Abd Aziz.
In Aug last year, the state government announced an allocation of RM500,000 for the upgrading of the parking area at HSI, as well as RM95,000 for the replacement of the polycarbonate roofs and related work and another RM75,000 for the purchase of chairs for the waiting room. – Bernama