Hospital of the people


An old photo of the hospital taken on Sept 18, 1909.

HOW Penang Hospital came into being is not widely known even among Penangites, yet it is a landmark steeped in history that goes back to the island’s early settlers.

The founding of the 167-year-old hospital was rooted in one of the earliest civil societies that eventually earned a dark reputation with the British colonialists: Ghee Hin Kongsi under the stewardship of its leader Mun Ah Foo.

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