Sultan Ahmad Shah Medical Centre @IIUM

In 2010, during the budget speech by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, he had announced the development of IIUM Medical Centre. All relevant federal and state agencies were mobilized in the efforts to realize the idea and in early 2011, the agreement was finalized between AZRB the ministry of Higher Education , Ministry of Health and IIUM with an approved budget of 412 million. The IIUM Medical Centre was built based on the Private Funding Initiative (PFI) with 25-year concession agreement, on 27.8 acres of land, equipped with 350 beds for inpatients and supported by more than 133 specialists. The IIUM Medical Centre also includes the development of an undergraduate and postgraduate teaching hospital and tertiary referral centre, complementing the medical and allied health faculty provisions. On 12th December, 2012 the Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony was held and officiated by His Royal Highness, the Sultan of Pahang, Sultan Ahmad Shah Al-Musta'in Billah, who is also the Constitutional Head of IIUM. The ceremony marked the beginning of the construction of the IIUM Medical Centre. On 9th May 2016 the IIUM Medical Centre was hand over to IIUM. This success is the outcome of the painstaking task and well-coordinated effort by IIUM and all relevant agencies.