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POPULATION SERVED IN 2017
ospital Sultanah Bahiyah (HSB) officially operated at its new building complex on
H 29 July 2007 after a complete transfer and replacing Hospital Alor Setar. Located 6
km from the centre of Alor Setar City, and within the sight of the PLUS North-South
Highway, its location makes Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah easily accessible to the
public. Surrounded by a vast area of paddy fields, this building complex incorporates 4 main 12,279 504,60 76,206 3983
buildings, namely the Medical Support Block, Ward Block, Main Block and Non-Medical Visits to Specialist Inpatient
Support Block. BIRTH Clinic Staffs

In its early days, HSB provided services at secondary and tertiary levels with 10 fields of
basic expertise and 28 sub-expertise. Currently, the basic expertise has grown into 17
specialties base with 42 sub expertise. In line with the new technology, this hospital has
HOSPITAL FACILITY
implemented the online Total Hospital Information System (THIS) on 23 December 2008, thus
guaranteeing high quality services. HSB was chosen to implement the Malaysia DRG
case-mix program in year 2015 and in 2016, HSB became one of the cluster hospitals, a
regional referral centre for 12 health clinics in the district of Alor Setar and Pendang, 8
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government hospitals and 11 private hospitals in Kedah, Perlis and Pulau Pinang.
Bed Wards
Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah is committed to provide the highest quality of healthcare with
affordable specialist care for patients, training for doctors and other healthcare
professionals as well as to conduct research according to international standards.

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