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INTRODUCTION

The Medical Program is responsible for matters relating to services provided in hospitals headed by
the Deputy Director-General of Health (Medical). The programme consists of five (5) divisions: Medical
Development, Medical Practice, Allied Health Sciences, Nursing and the Traditional and Complementary
Medicine.

ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

SERVICES DEVELOPMENT SECTION

a. Hospital Services Management Unit

CLUSTER HOSPITAL
Cluster Hospital comprised of at least two MoH hospitals (one Specialists and one Non-Specialists);
located within the same geographic area providing specialist services to patients in these areas where
human resources, facilities, and other resources will be shared between hospitals in the cluster. Under
MOH’s Transformation of Healthcare System, Hospital Cluster has been actively implemented as a pilot
project since 2014 in three States; Pahang, Melaka and Sabah. From 2016 to 2020, Hospital Cluster will
be expanded nationwide to with the establishment of three new Clusters Hospital per year. In 2017, a
total of 10 Cluster Hospitals have been implemented in nine states involving 36 hospitals; out of these,
15 are specialist hospitals and 21 are non-specialist hospitals.

Figure 1
Expansion Plan of Cluster Hospitals, 2014 to 2018

Source: Hospital Services Management Unit, Medical Development Division, MoH

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