A boost if Penang Hospital gets upgrade, says Gooi


GEORGE TOWN: Any upgrading of the Penang Hospital, one of the oldest government hospitals in the country, will be a boost to public healthcare not just for the state but also for the northern region.

State health committee chairman Daniel Gooi said Penang Hospital was the referral point for all cardiothoracic (heart and lung) cases in the northern region.

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