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The Duchess of Kent Hospital ( ms, Hospital Duchess of Kent) is a
The site of the current Duchess of Kent hospital was the former site for the old wooden building that was built by the British in 1900. During the
government hospital
A public hospital, or government hospital, is a hospital which is government owned and is fully funded by the government and operates solely off the money that is collected from taxpayers to fund healthcare initiatives. In some countries, this ty ...
located around 3.2 kilometre from the town centre of Sandakan
Sandakan (, Jawi: , ) formerly known at various times as Elopura, is the capital of the Sandakan District in Sabah, Malaysia. It is the second largest city in Sabah after Kota Kinabalu. It is located on the Sandakan Peninsula and east coast of ...
, Sabah
Sabah () is a state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indonesia to the south. The Federal Territory o ...
, Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
. The hospital has an area around 42.93 acres, with the hospital buildings area comprising 2,245.3 square metres. The hospital is named after the British princess Marina, Duchess of Kent.
History
The site of the current Duchess of Kent hospital was the former site for the old wooden building that was built by the British in 1900. During the World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
, the old building was destroyed by the Japanese Army attacks. After the war ended, a modern building was then constructed by the British in 1951. The building was officiated by Duchess of Kent Princess Marina on 20 October 1952 and named after her, before it was finally finished in 1953. Starting from 1996, the building undergoing more renovation with the addition of more buildings blocks, with a specialist building was construct in 1999, a storage building in 2001, a forensic building in 2002 and an additional building for hospital wards in 2007.
See also
*List of hospitals in Malaysia
This is a list of government and private hospitals in Malaysia.
As per 31 December 2016, there is 135 public hospitals and 9 special medical institutions in Malaysia accommodate 41,995 beds.
Government Hospitals
''Johor''
* Hospital Paka ...
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* * Hospital buildings completed in 1951 Hospitals in Sabah Buildings and structures in Sandakan 20th-century architecture in Malaysia {{Sabah-stub