Putrajaya and Selangor must act fast to ‘lock in’ proposed PJ public hospital, says Kampung Tunku rep

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 — Kampung Tunku assemblyman Lim Yi Wei today urged Putrajaya and the Selangor government to move quickly on plans for a new public hospital in Petaling Jaya, warning that delays in land matters and funding could derail the project.

Welcoming the recent announcement of a finalised site for the proposed hospital, Lim said the land should be immediately rezoned as a hospital site under the “Institutional and Public Facilities Zone”.

“To avoid a ‘rinse and repeat’, land administration matters must be quickly negotiated and executed so that the project is fully locked in,” she said in a statement.

Lim also called for the project to be formally included under Budget 2027 and the 13th Malaysia Plan, saying clear fiscal commitments were needed to ensure the hospital becomes a reality.

She said interim measures should also be introduced to ease healthcare access for Petaling Jaya residents while the hospital is being developed, including accelerating talks to include University Malaya Medical Centre under Selangor’s RM10,000 hospitalisation benefit scheme.

“Healthcare must remain a public good: undisturbed by austerity and protected from profiteering,” she said.

Lim also warned that building a new hospital alone would not resolve deeper structural problems in the healthcare system.

“If we don’t shed the austerity mindset or show willpower to address understaffing, fair pay, overwork, or congestion, a new public hospital for PJ may still struggle to meet residents’ healthcare needs.”

المصدر: Malay Mail