Batu Pahat Hospital renamed

Royal visitor: Tunku Puan Nora Ismail (second left) speaking to patient Mahdi Nallah Abdullah, 64, after renaming Batu Pahat Hospital to Hospital Sultanah Nora Ismail. Looking on are Rosnah (left) and state executive coucillor Dr Robia Kosai.

BATU PAHAT: The 118-year-old Batu Pahat Hospital (HBP) has been formally renamed in honour of Tunku Puan Nora Ismail, the consort of the third Sultan of modern Johor, Sultan Ismail.

Hospital Sultanah Nora Ismail was officiated by Nora herself at the hospital ground in Jalan Korma here recently.