Penang Islamic Hospital to begin operations in 2020

GEORGE TOWN, 8 Dis -- Pengerusi Yayasan Islam Pulau Pinang, Datuk Mansor Othman menunjukkan gambar grafik Hospital Islam Pulau Pinang yang akan dibina ketika ditemui Bernama di pejabatnya di Menara Boustead hari ini. Hospital berkenaan yang akan dibina dengan peruntukkan RM280 juta itu terletak di Bayan Baru dan dijangka beroperasi menjelang 2020. --fotoBERNAMA (2016) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

YIPP chairman Datuk Mansor Othman said construction of the 200-bed hospital on a one hectare site would begin after its groundbreaking ceremony on Sunday. 

“The Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council found that the country generated more than RM950mil from healthcare tourism last year and 60% of health tourists have chosen Penang which has gained fame as a medical-tourism destination,” he said.