Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital | |
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Main block of the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah (TAR) General Hospital in Klang
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Geography | |
Location | Jalan Langat, Klang, Selangor, Malaysia |
Organisation | |
Funding | Government hospital |
Hospital type | General |
Affiliated university |
University of Malaya Management and Science University |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes |
Beds | 1094 |
Helipad | Yes |
History | |
Founded | 1985 |
Links | |
Website | htar |
Lists | Hospitals in Malaysia |
The Tengku Ampuan Rahimah (TAR) Hospital in Klang (Malay: Hospital Besar Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang), also known as Klang General Hospital or Klang GH is an 1094-bed government tertiary hospital located in the south of the royal town of Klang, Selangor, Malaysia. The hospital is the second busiest hospital in Malaysia in terms of inpatients admission and the busiest outpatient medical facility in Malaysia.
This hospital provides primary and selected tertiary care services. The hospital began operations in 1985 and is located not far from Istana Alam Shah and Bandar Bukit Tinggi. It was named after the consort of Sultan Salahuddin, Tengku Ampuan Rahimah.
The Tengku Ampuan Rahimah (TAR) General Hospital is a 28-ward Malaysian government medical facility with over 850 inpatients beds and 20 clinical disciplines. It has a monthly average of 10,000 patients and a daily average of 20 elective surgeries.
The Klang TAR Hospital is also a referral hospital for many district hospitals and health clinics ranging from Kuala Langat in the south up to Kuala Selangor in the north. It was awarded the MS ISO 9002 Quality System certification in 1998.
This hospital also focuses on ambulatory services and is equipped with a helipad for emergency evacuation purposes. The Klang TAR Hospital also houses an in-situ medical teaching facility for the medical students of the Management and Science University and University of Malaya.
In 2014, the hospital recorded 95,000 inpatients, the second highest in the country after Kuala Lumpur Hospital. The hospital serves a population catchment of 1.2 million.
The hospital has 4,025 staff in 2016.
Hospital auditorium
Day Care Centre
Hospital library
Board meeting room