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Kek Lok Si Charitable Hospital
Kek Lok Si Charitable Hospital is a non-profit hospital in George Town within the Malaysian state of Penang. Established in 2021, the 50-bed hospital at Ayer Itam is the first Buddhist hospital in the state and is run by the nearby Kek Lok Si Temple.[1][2][3] The hospital provides services including internal medicine, orthopaedics, otorhinolaryngology, radiology, anesthesiology, nephrology, medical diagnostics, general surgery and hemodialysis.[1][3][4] First proposed as a "charitable hospital" for lower-income groups, the medical centre has maintained a policy against medical tourism, in contrast to other healthcare establishments in Penang.[2][5] Plans for its construction had been submitted to the Penang Island City Council in 2014.[5] Upon its opening, the hospital was also equipped with six hemodialysis machines and two operation theatres.[6] As an extension of the existing non-profit centre, a proposed 400-bed hospital at Paya Terubong was announced in 2023.[7][8] See alsoReferences
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