Healthcare
Medical needs are served by several hospitals and clinics. The main hospital is Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, which is equipped with various state-of-the-art equipment such as a CT scanner (which happens to be broken (23/9/12)) and MRI. It also serves as the teaching hospital for the Kulliyyah of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia. A Community Health Centre serves suburbs such as Beserah, while smaller clinics are situated in smaller suburbs such as Bandar Indera Mahkota. Three private medical centers also operate in Kuantan, namely the Kuantan Medical Centre, Kuantan Specialist Hospital and Darul Makmur Medical Center. In the future there will be hospital at UIAM Indera Mahkota for the medical student. There were also two more private hospitals will be built which are Kuantan Medical Center in Indera Mahkota and new KPJ hospital at Tanjung Lumpur, namely KPJ Pahang Specialist Hospital.
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