This department is the primary center for diagnostic imaging. Facilities
available are that of conventional radiology, CT Scanning and Mammography.

Dermatology Department

The Dermatology Department is established in Jun 1987. This department
provides medical care in all areas of management of acute and chronic skin
diseases.

Food Service Unit

The Food Service Unit prepares regular meals and therapeutic meals for
patients in wards. Apart from this it also provides diet counseling to
outpatients referred by doctors and diet prescription to patients in the
wards. Courses and lectures on food are given to patients, nurses, students
of nursing college and midwifery college and other institutions. The unit
also provides catering practices to trainees from MARA Technology Institute
and Malaysia National University.

Chest Clinic

The Chest Clinic is the registration center for all tuberculosis cases
in Malacca. It keeps all records on every tuberculosis patient in Malacca.
This clinic provides health education to all tuberculosis patients,
tuberculosis contacts and their families.
The Chest Clinic also manages all the treatments and outpatient
services on tuberculosis including appointments and revisions. It also
provides anti tuberculosis medicines and tuberculosis program cards to all
medical centers and wards.
This clinic is the referral center on specialist services. It also has
a special lab to examine sputum examples and AFB Culture Research.

Occupational Therapy Department

Since 1988, the Occupational Therapy Department is one of the
important rehabilitation units in the Hospital. Occupational therapies are
not only given to cases in units but also to cases referred from district
hospitals and private hospitals. Special treatment clinics such as Hand
Clinic, Spinal Clinic, Diabetic Clinic and others are opened to those who
need the occupational therapy service.
Besides providing those services, this department also gives medical
education to patients and lectures to post basic trainee and training
nurse. The Occupational Therapy Department also supervises training nurses
and training of occupational therapists that are doing their clinical
practices.

Nursing Department

The nursing department consists of 790 staffs in all different categories.
The nursing services provided are professional such as according to the "
Individualized Care Plan" that had been launched in Malacca Hospital on
1996. Until now, the nursing standard arranged had been optimised through
plannings, conducting of courses and inductions that upgrades the quality
of service. The nursing unit is standing still in providing qualified
services upholding a vision of "CARING, PROFESSIONALISM AND TEAMWORK".

Physiotherapy Unit

This unit was first established on 1959 to give physical treatments to
patients. It functions as an alternative to allophaty treatment as well as
help to physically ill people. The treatment provided were such of
habilitative and rehabilitative treatments for handicap cases since birth
or caused by trauma or diseases. Treatments were done in a routine and
given according to what is best to patients in order to progress.

The Outpatient Department gives basic medical treatment to people all over
Malacca. In certain cases patients are sent to the Outpatient Specialist
Clinic. This department also gives health education lectures to patients
especially who have diabetes, hypertension and other chronic diseases.

Malacca Midwifery School

This school was built on 1st February 1982. Its purpose is to give
midwifery course to the nurse from the Ministry of Health, Corporate and
Defence sectors. Theoritical and practical sessions are conducted from this
school.

Otorhinolaryngology Department

The Otorhinolaryngology Department started its service in 1974.
Besides providing services for Malacca residents, this department also
provides services to people from nearby areas. Services are provided to
outpatients and patients in the wards. Surgeries are done to cases that
need them. Medical education on otorhinolaryngology is also given to
patients whenever it is needed.

Supervisory Division

Malacca Hospital Supervisory Division is a unit that handles the
Clinical Management, Transportation Management, Security and Traffic,
Cleanliness and Landscape, Uniforms, Public Toilet Care and Pest Control in
Malacca Hospital.
The Supervisory Division is responsible of providing supporting
services and coordination in the aspect of paramedic staffs' work
supervision and also medical assistants, drivers, medical workers and
security guards which includes managing, and deployment of posts to improve
the ability of coordination, implementation and enforcement in order to
increase the service quality.

Orthopedic Department

The Orthopedic Department was first established in Malacca Hospital on
1967. Many changes have been made since then but this department had
maintained their excellence in orthopedic treatments and aspire to be the
Regional Center of Excellence.

Nursing School

The Malacca Hospital Nursing provides basic training of nurses from all over Malaysia. Incorporated in the training are theoritical as well as practical experiences in the Malacca Hospital. A 3-year training programme will cover all aspects of nursing care. Upon completion, the nurses are posted to hospitals all over the country. The nursing school is well-equipped with all training facilities and complimented by dedicated nursing tutors. It is an accredited nursing training institution for Malaysia.

Phatology Department

This largest department in Malacca Hospital. It consists 7 units under it
that provide services during and after office hours. The units that work
after office hours ares the chemical phatology unit, haematology unit,
forensics and also microbiology.

Surgery Department

This department plays an important role in the hospital and works together
with other departments in the hospital to provide surgical treatment to
patients. It is complimented with 4 rooms for elective cases and another
one for emergency cases.

Medical Welfare UnitEnglish officers first established this unit in Malacca Hospital on 1947.
The services provided in this unit were actually for clients only. The
activities and treatments of this unit were more likely to be of
rehabilitation therapy under the "Total Patient Care" concept. The main
objective of this unit is to help their clients solve psychosocial problems
and rehabilitate them to fit the surrounding environment. Treatments
provided include support therapy, practical help and general help.