KOTA SAMARAHAN: Construction of the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) teaching hospital which is currently underway is expected to be fully completed by 2025.
UNIMAS Vice Chancellor Professor Datuk Dr Mohamad Kadim Suaidi said the hospital would consist of two main components, namely, the Pusat Kesihatan Prima or specialist centre and the teaching hospital itself.
He noted that the construction of the Pusat Kesihatan Prima has reached more than 70 per cent completion while the teaching hospital is at about 10 per cent.
“The Pusat Kesihatan Prima is expected to be completed in May 2023, which is about a year from now and, God willing, the teaching hospital will be completed between May and July 2025,” he said, assuring that construction of the teaching hospital is currently on track and is one per cent ahead of schedule.
“The hospital construction project started last year and the entire project will take 48 months, which is four years,” he added.
He said this after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Skillseed Sdn Bhd (Exploria) in a ceremony at Rumah Universiti UNIMAS here on Tuesday (Aug 2).
Elaborating, he informed that the main role of the teaching hospital would be to educate medical doctors and those studying nursing at UNIMAS.
“In addition, one of the important roles is to carry out research in certain fields which is important for UNIMAS and Sarawak in particular. For example, research related to infectious diseases and tropical diseases where we seek to strengthen our understanding of these fields.
“At the same time, this teaching hospital is indeed open to the public because it is a government hospital,” he stressed.
Previously, Senior Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said the contract value of the project is worth RM485.99 million.
He said the teaching hospital will have a capacity for 300 beds to alleviate the strain on existing government hospitals in Sarawak as well as provide better access to residents in Samarahan, Padawan, Serian, Sebuyau and Simunjan.
