The hospital, costing RM3.5 million and measuring 100 x 70 metres, is the standard size of a district specialist hospital. It is located in Ukhiya, about a 10-minute walk from the main Rohingya refugee camps in Kutupalong and Bhalukali.
The hospital’s chief technical adviser, Col Dr Mohd Arshil Moideen, said once ready, the hospital, which is the best-equipped field hospital in the area, will be handed over to the Malaysian health ministry.
“Work on setting up the hospital began at 5am on Saturday, involving a team of 10 and all equipment are in good order,” he told a visiting Malaysian parliamentary delegation headed by Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Ronald Kiandee yesterday.
The delegation, comprising 13 MPs from both sides of the divide, spent about 30 minutes witnessing work carried out by Malaysian Armed Forces personnel to get the hospital up and running.
The 150-bed hospital will be fully managed by the health ministry with 140 highly-skilled staff.