New KL hospital to provide 600 beds

Be strong: Dr Subramaniam comforting Mahana Matisa, whose son M. Safri Danial is suffering from cancer, during a visit to Kuala Lumpur Hospital.

KUALA LUMPUR: The new women and children’s hospital, when ready in two years, will provide an additional 600 beds and help ease congestion at the old paediatrics institute at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital, the oldest in the country.

Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said the RM848mil complex, currently at a 13.8% completion rate, was on track to meet its deadline by the end of 2016.