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Until the end of 2017, 200 private hospitals were licensed as in Table 32:

Table 32
Number of Licensed Private Hospital in Malaysia (Until 31 December 2017)
No State Total Private Hospital
1. Johor 25
2. Kedah 9
3. Kelantan 3
4. Melaka 5
5. Negeri Sembilan 7
6. Pahang 6
7. Pulau Pinang 20
8. Perak 18
9. Perlis 0
10. Selangor 52
11. Terengganu 2
12. Sabah 7
13. Sarawak 11
14. WP Kuala Lumpur & Putrajaya 35
15. WP Labuan 0
Total 200
Source: Private Medical Practice Control Section, MoH

4. Psychiatric, Nursing Home and Hospice Unit
Applications processed by this Psychiatric, Nursing Home and Hospice Unit, are related to the private
healthcare facilities as listed below:
i. Private Psychiatric Hospital;
ii. Private Nursing Home;
iii. Private Psychiatric Nursing Home;
iv. Private Hospice; and
v. Private Community Mental Health Centre.

Licensing of the private healthcare facilities as above consist of two stages namely Approval to establish
or maintain and License to operate or provide.

The scopes and functions of Psychiatric, Nursing Home and Hospice Unit are related to processing of
these applications for private healthcare facilities (a-e) as above:
a. Approval to Establish
b. Licence;
c. Renewal of a Licence;
d. Extension or Alteration;
e. Transfer of Approval or Licence;
f. Amendment of particulars of Approval or Licence;
g. Duplication of an Approval or Licence;
h. Disposal of Approval or Licence; and
i. Withdrawal of applications.

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