SELANGOR government has identified a suitable site for building a new public hospital in Petaling district.
In announcing this, Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said the land acquisition process would be carried out in accordance with the laws.
He said details of the proposed site would be submitted to the Health Ministry for further discussion.
In a statement on Wednesday (July 15), he said the matter was reviewed during a meeting involving the ministry’s representatives, state health and environment exco Jamaliah Jamaluddin and Petaling Jaya mayor Mohamad Zahri Samingon.
“This morning, I chaired a meeting with the agencies involved to detail the next step towards building a public hospital in Petaling.
“I am happy to inform you that the proposed site for this project has been identified and will be brought to the Health Ministry for further discussion," he wrote in a social media post.
Amirudin said a new public hospital was needed due to rapid population growth and to ensure better access to healthcare in Petaling.
“The state government will facilitate matters under its jurisdiction to help realise this project as soon as possible,” he added.
On July 14, StarMetro reported that land-related challenges were hampering plans for the proposed 500-bed hospital.
Among these were that the initially proposed site was privately owned and overlapped with the unresolved alignment of the proposed Petaling Jaya Dispersal Link (PJD Link) highway.
Taman Medan assemblyman Dr Afif Bahardin cautioned that acquiring the land could be a lengthy and costly process.
He urged the government to consider underutilised government-owned land instead, while Petaling Jaya City Council said alternative sites could be explored if the original location proved unsuitable.
