Assunta Hospital (; ) is the
first private hospital in
Petaling Jaya
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Petaling District
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Selangor
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Malaysia
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. Assunta Hospital was founded by a group of missionaries from the
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (FMM) in 1954.
It is a 245-bed hospital complex.
Assunta Hospital is one of the oldest hospitals in Malaysia.
Assunta Integrated Social Services (ASSISS)
Assunta has its own charity wing called Assunta Integrated Social Services (ASSISS). The private hospital, through the ASSISS charity programme, donates 50 per cent of its profits to the extremely poor.
References
Hospital buildings completed in 1954
1954 establishments in Malaya
Hospitals in Selangor
Petaling Jaya
Voluntary hospitals
20th-century architecture in Malaysia
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