Island Hospital
Geography
Location	308, Macalister Road, 10450 George Town, Penang, Malaysia
Coordinates	5°25′20″N 100°18′50″E / 5.42236°N 100.313983°E / 5.42236; 100.313983
Organisation
Funding	Private
Services
Standards	Malaysian Society for Quality in Health
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	600
History
Opened	1996
Links
Website	https://islandhospital.com/

Island Hospital is a private hospital in George Town within the Malaysian state of Penang. Founded in 1996, the 600-bed tertiary care provider has over 80 full-time specialists across 9 centres.^[1]

Island Hospital was founded in 1996, with the construction of the hospital eventually taking a mere 10 months.^[2]

In 2017, the Penang state government announced plans to build an extension to the existing facility, named Island Medical City, at Peel Avenue.^[3] Upon completion, the project is expected to expand the hospital's capacity to 1000 beds. Planned facilities also include a healthcare traveler hotel and medical suites. In 2024, the hospital was purchased by Malaysian conglomerate IHH Healthcare.^[4]

The following medical treatments are provided by the hospital.

• Cardiology Heart Centre
• Anesthesiology and Critical Care
• Clinical Psychology
• Clinical Radiology
• Dermatology
• Ear, Nose and Throat
• Endocrinology
• General and Paediatric Surgery
• Gastroenterology
• Hematology
• Hepatology
• Infectious Diseases & Travel Medicine
• Internal Medicine
• Neurology
• Nephrology and Haemodialysis
• Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• Oncology
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopaedics
• Neurosurgery
• Orthopaedics & Trauma Surgery
• Paediatrics
• Pathology
• Psychiatry
• Plastic Surgery
• Psychiatry
• Respiratory Medicine
• Speech & Language Pathology & Therapy
• Urology

Island Hospital has 9 centres that offer a range of services.

• Endoscopy Centre
• Fertility Centre
• Health Screening Centre
• Heart Centre
• Movement Disorder Clinic
• Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Centre
• Spine Centre
• Urology Centre

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