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The Linear Accelerator (Lineac) in the Sarawak General Hospital Oncology Department, which is used to deliver extremely precise doses of therapeutic radiation to the affected tissues of cancer patients.
Da Vinci Surgical System. They are likely to be joined in the near future by the Sarawak General Hospital Heart Centre in Kota Samarahan. This dedicated cardiac treatment and research centre is well equipped to provide cardiology and heart surgical services. It was relocated from Sarawak General Hospital to Kota Samarahan in January 2011.
PRIVATE HEALTHCARE
Sarawak offers 11 private hospitals offering a wide range of medical, surgical and dental services. Full-service hospitals include the Normah Medical Specialist Centre, Timberland Medical Centre, Kuching Specialist Hospital and Borneo Medical Centre (all Kuching); Rejang Medical Centre and Sibu
Special facilities include an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Neonatal ICU, Cardiac
ICU, Coronary Care Unit, High Dependency Ward and Special Care Nursery. The Clinical Research Centre facilitates research activities and specialist-led clinical trials.
The hospital is known for
two outstanding centres of excellence; the well-
equipped Radiotherapy Care Department, which won the prestigious
ESMO Designated Centre Award in 2009 for its comprehensive services that include palliative care; and the Urology Department, which has performed over a hundred successful laproscopic surgeries using the world- famous robot-assisted
Governor Tun Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud and his wife Toh Puan Ragad Kurdi Taib officiating the opening of the CHK Moral Uplifting Society Kidney Foundation Building and CHKMUS-MAA Medicare Charity Dialysis Centre in Kuching.