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Verandah linking the Departments of Anatomy and Physiology

Services

The hospital is served throughout by piped medical gases, normal and emergency lighting, hot and cold water. comprehensive communica- tions and staff location systems and piped steam for sterilisers.

Almost the entire technical box is air conditioned, as is the clinical amphitheatre but only two single bed wards in each of the 20 minor wards

are air conditioned. The system is steam supplied from the oil-fired boil- ers through absorption units serving various zones within the buildings.

Electricity is obtained at 33KV from the National Electricity Board and broken down through a series of

Another verandah linking Department of Anatomy and laboratories

transformers into the low tension distribution system. A diesel standby generator copes with the emergency lighting and power supplies.

Mains water is supplied by the Water Department to one 100,000 gallon storage tank at the site bound- ary, one 50,000 gallon storage tank with booster pumps in the services building, pumping a supply to the main water storage tank on the top of the tower block from where it is distributed by gravity.

Basic Concept

Recognising the urgent need for qualified doctors in Malaysia. the Board of Studies of the University of

Tower block under construction. West side of the teaching stem

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Malaya in 1961 recommended the early establishment of a new medical school to overcome the shortage. This recommendation was accepted by the Government of Malaysia and the necessary capital costs were provided through the Ministries of Health and Education.

The Dean of Medicine took office in early 1963, but prior to this as Dean designate he held continuous discussions, which have extended ever since, with the architects, who were appointed in October 1962 and pre- pared a master plan of the total de- velopment together with a phased pro- gramme for the faculty of medicine and the teaching hospital.

Contractors and Suppliers:

Primary Earthworks: Gammon (Malaya) Ltd.

Faculty of Medicine: Phase 1 and Phase 1 Extensions.

Main Contractors: Lewis Construction (M) Ltd.

Phase 2 and Central Animal House: Reliance Contractors.

Sub-Contractors

Electrical: R.E. Morris & Co. Ltd. Plumbing and sewers: Yat Lye Ltd. Air-conditioning: Sime Darby (Malaysia) Ltd. (York).

Aluminium roofing: Sime Darby (Malay- sia) Ltd. (Alstrip).

Mosaic and Vinyl flooring: China En- gineers (M) Ltd.

Flintkote roofing: Atias Construction

Ltd.

Ceramic and acid resisting tiles: Dobb and Co.

Laboratory gas: Malayan Oxygen Ltd. Library shelving: Capricon (Malaya) Ltd.

Metal louvres: Sime Darby (Malaysia) Ltd.

Lifts: Harrisons Lister Engineering Ltd. (Schindler).

Suppliers

Sanitary fittings: James Warren & Co., Ltd. (Armitage).

Metal windows: William Jacks (M) Ltd. (Crittall).

Far East Architect & Builder June, 1966