Tung Shin Hospital | |
Location: | Jalan Pudu |
State: | Kuala Lumpur |
Country: | Malaysia |
Healthcare: | Private |
Type: | General |
Emergency: | Yes |
Affiliation: | Tung Shin Academy Of Nursing |
Beds: | 238 (Western Medical)[1] 108 (Chinese Medical) 346 (Total) |
Founded: | 1881 |
T: | 同善醫院 |
S: | 同善医院 |
P: | Tóngshàn Yīyuàn |
Order: | st |
Tung Shin Hospital, formerly known as Pooi Shin Thong,[2] is a 346-bed tertiary acute care hospital in Jalan Pudu, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia established by Kapitan Yap Kwan Seng. The not-for-profit private hospital is accredited by the Malaysian Society for Quality in Health and ISO 9001:2008 certified.[3] It started as a provider of traditional Chinese Medicine treatment in 1881, later it was called the Tung Shin Hospital from 1894 as it was converted to a non-profit organization, the Western Medicine division commenced operations in 1985. Additional buildings and renovations were made in 1917 and again between 1959 and the early 1960s.[1]
It owns and operates Tung Shin Academy of Nursing,[4] a private nursing college located in Pudu, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.