Lam Wah Ee Hospital

Lam Wah Ee Hospital
Lam Wah Ee Hospital in May 2022
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Geography
Location141, Jalan Tan Sri Teh Ewe Lim, 11600 George Town, Penang, Malaysia
Coordinates5°23′32″N 100°18′14″E / 5.392173°N 100.303936°E / 5.392173; 100.303936
Organisation
FundingNon-profit
TypeGeneral
Affiliated universityLam Wah Ee Nursing College
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds700+
History
Opened1883; 141 years ago (1883)
Links
Websitewww.hlwe.com.my
Lam Wah Ee Hospital
Traditional Chinese南華醫院
Simplified Chinese南华医院
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinNán Huá Yī Yuàn

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.

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