Kuala Lumpur Hospital

Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL)
Geography
Location	Jalan Pahang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Coordinates	3°10′17.2″N 101°42′06.5″E / 3.171444°N 101.701806°E / 3.171444; 101.701806
Organisation
Care system	Public
Funding	Public hospital
Type	General
Affiliated university	Perdana University Graduate School of Medicine (PUGSOM), Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	2,300
Helipad	Yes
Public transit access	PY18  Hospital Kuala Lumpur MRT station (nearest)  AG3   SP3   MR11   PY17  Titiwangsa station  MR10  Chow Kit Monorail station
History
Opened	1870[1]
Links
Website	www.hkl.gov.my
Lists	Hospitals in Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur Hospital (Malay: Hospital Kuala Lumpur, abbr: HKL) is the largest Malaysian government-owned public hospital and higher specialised hospital in Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Hospital opened in 1870, HKL is a not-for-profit institution and serves as the flagship hospital of the Malaysian public healthcare system. This hospital serves as a tertiary and referral hospital. It is located on 150 acres of prime land in the city with 84 wards and 2,300 beds, making it one of the largest hospitals in the world. More than 90 per cent of the beds in HKL are allocated for subsidized patients, providing access to an internationally established standard of affordable healthcare.^[2]

The Kuala Lumpur Hospital or HKL has 54 different departments and units which include 29 clinical departments and 15 clinical support services. HKL has approximately 11,000 staff with almost 2,300 professionals in various fields and disciplines. Out of the total number of staff, there are 300 medical consultants and specialists, 1,300 medical officers, 72 matrons, 253 sisters (ward managers) and 3,500 registered nurses and 258 community nurses.^[3]