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MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL FACILITIES
RIPAS Hospital’s aim is to provide Bruneians
high quality and sustainable health services
as a centre of healthcare excellence. Apart
from continuous professional development
programmes for its staff, RIPAS Hospital
organises health awareness programmes
including public lectures, health screening road
shows, healthy lifestyle promotions and set up
support groups.
As the hospital approaches its 35
th
anniversary,
RIPAS Hospital continues to prioritise improving
the quality and standard of health services.
Women and Children’s Ward
In 2003, the Accident and Emergency
Department received 67,000 patients. To ease
the patient loads and make the operations more
systematic, the Women and Children’s Block
was established at RIPAS hospital in 2014,
catering specifically to women and children.
The Women and Children’s Block is equipped
with high-tech specialist facilities and services,
including a Paediatric Ward, Obstetrics and
Gynaecology Ward, Children’s Specialist Ward,
RAJA ISTERI PENGIRAN ANAK
SALEHA HOSPITAL
Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha (RIPAS)
Hospital is the national hospital of Brunei
and began operations in August 1984. Over
the years, RIPAS Hospital has expanded
its infrastructure, medical and healthcare
services and facilities, with the establishment
of specialty and subspecialty departments,
upgrades to high-tech equipment and the
introduction of critical-care facilities. RIPAS
Hospital is also a major teaching hospital in
the country for doctors, medical students and
nursing students in collaboration with Institute
of Medicine, Universiti Brunei Darussalam and
Faculty of Medicine of University of Queensland,
Australia.
With the ongoing Brunei government’s support
for the hospital’s architecture, infrastructure
and facilities, the Ministry of Health has made
every effort in providing adequate manpower
and financial resources. Thus, a strong focus
has been given to continuously upgrade the
professional skills of its workforce from doctors
to nurses and staff members through training
and work attachments in various renowned
overseas medical establishments.
In November 2018, the Ministry of Health
announced the relocation of RIPAS Hospital’s
Neurology, Neurosurgery and Rehabilitation
Services to the Pantai Jerudong Specialist
Centre (PJSC). The relocation was made in
phases to ensure a systematical and structured
transition.