KUCHING: The dream of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak’s (Unimas) Medicine and Health Science Faculty (FMHS) of having its own teaching hospital is now realised, said its vice chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Mohamad Kadim Suaidi.

“Ever since FMHS was started in 1994 as the fourth medical faculty among the public universities in Malaysia, it has been our dream to have our own teaching hospital.

“And today, after 29 years of Unimas being in Kota Samarahan, the teaching hospital and the Pusat Kesihatan Prima project has been awarded to a local developer to be built here,” he said in a Facebook post today.

He was commenting on the presentation of the letter of acceptance (SST) by the Works Ministry to a contractor for the construction of the project by Senior Minister (Infrastructure Cluster) Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof on Wednesday.

Fadillah said the contract value of the project is worth RM485.99 million and the project is scheduled for completion in the next four years for the 300 bed-capacity teaching hospital.

“This will alleviate the strain on existing government hospitals in Sarawak as well as provide better access to dwellers in Samarahan, Padawan, Serian, Sebuyau and Simunjan,” he ...