Penang General Hospital Hospital Pulau Pinang
Geography
Location	Residency Road, 10990 George Town, Penang, Malaysia
Coordinates	5°24′59″N 100°18′40″E / 5.416517°N 100.311094°E / 5.416517; 100.311094
Organisation
Funding	Public
Type	General
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	1090
Helipad	Yes
History
Opened	1854
Links
Website	Official website (in Malay)

The Penang General Hospital (Malay: Hospital Pulau Pinang) is the public hospital of the city of George Town within the Malaysian state of Penang. Opened in 1854, it is the largest government hospital in Penang as well as the state's oldest. The healthcare centre also serves as the tertiary referral hospital for northern Malaysia.^[1]

The hospital had its origins as a medical centre founded in 1854 for the poor and opium addicts.^[2]

History

The hospital land was given to the British Malaya government in 1882 for them to construct a hospital. In 1930, the nurse dormitory was constructed. In 1935, block A and block C of the hospital were constructed. In 1939, the maternity hospital was constructed. In 1989, the central administration center blocks were constructed.^[3]

Architecture

• Block A
• Block B
• Block C^{[citation needed]}