History
- 1960’s - Cardiology and Cardiothoracic services are only available in missionary hospitals in Malaysia
- 1970’s - Cardiology and Cardiothoracic services available in University Hospital
- 1981 - Establishment of Cardiology Department in General Hospital Kuala Lumpur
- 1982 - Establishment of Cardiothoracic Surgery Department in General Hospital Kuala Lumpur
- 1992 - Establishment of Institut Jantung Negara (IJN), Malaysia’s premier heart centre and the first medical services corporatised in the country
- 2005 - Institut Jantung Negara was placed under IJN Holdings Sdn Bhd
- IJN is a limited company with 99.99% equity ownership by the Malaysian Government under the Minister of Finance Incorporated
Read more about this topic: National Heart Institute Of Malaysia
Famous quotes containing the word history:
“A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it grows also when it turns to justice and to right for the conservation of its interests.”
—Aristide Briand (1862–1932)
“Spain is an overflow of sombreness ... a strong and threatening tide of history meets you at the frontier.”
—Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957)
“The history of American politics is littered with bodies of people who took so pure a position that they had no clout at all.”
—Ben C. Bradlee (b. 1921)