Balik Pulau in need of new hospital


A zoomed in aerial view of the Balik Pulau town, with the Balik Pulau Hospital in the centre. — ZAINUDIN AHAD/The Star

FOR a growing town, Penang’s Balik Pulau does not have much of a hospital. The town’s hospital was built in 1883 and it has only 81 beds.

Hospital director Dr Jeremy Rodney Davis said the hospital currently has only four wards — male, female, paediatric and maternity.

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