History
Penang Adventist Hospital began as a small clinic on 108 Muntri Street. American missionary Dr. Earl Gardner set up the clinic, the first Adventist clinic in Malaysia, in 1924 and it was called the "Seventh-day Adventist Clinic". Five years later, the clinic expanded and a sanitarium was built on premises at 465 Burma Road, where the current hospital is located to this very day. For the next twenty years, the clinic continued its work in the community, caring for patients and training ambulance unit personnel. Through the dedication and influence of several doctors, the hospital remained open during the Japanese Occupation. After the War, it was renamed "Penang Mission Hospital", which was later changed to "Penang Sanitarium and Hospital". During the 1950s and 1960s, the hospital underwent further expansion and was renamed "Penang Adventist Hospital", its current name. In the early 2000s, a new wing was added to the original building to cater to the growing needs of the various clinics.
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