Lam Wah Ee Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | 141, Jalan Tan Sri Teh Ewe Lim, 11600 George Town, Penang, Malaysia |
Coordinates | 5°23′32″N 100°18′14″E / 5.392173°N 100.303936°E |
Organisation | |
Funding | Non-profit |
Type | General |
Affiliated university | Lam Wah Ee Nursing College |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes |
Beds | 700+ |
History | |
Opened | 1883 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Lam Wah Ee Hospital | |||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 南華醫院 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 南华医院 | ||||||
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Lam Wah Ee Hospital (simplified Chinese: 南华医院; traditional Chinese: 南華醫院; pinyin: Nán Huá Yī Yuàn) is a non-profit hospital in George Town within the Malaysian state of Penang. The 700-bed tertiary acute care hospital is accredited by the Malaysian Society for Quality in Health. It was established as a provider of traditional Chinese medicine in 1883 while its Western Medicine division commenced operations in 1983.
It also owns Lam Wah Ee Nursing College, the first private nursing college in northern Malaysia.