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Batu Gajah Hospital (GPS: 4.47937, 101.03415) is one of the oldest hospitals in Perak. It was built during the British colonial era. It occupies a 55-acre piece of land in Bukit Changkat, Batu Gajah.
In the beginning, there was racial segregation, with one part of the hospital reserved for European patients. This is for treating the British colonial officers as well as European estate managers. In the beginning, the Asian medical staff of the hospital was sourced from India and Sri Lanka. During the Japanese occupation, the hospital was a torture site for prisoners of war.
Once a general hospital, the Batu Gajah Hospital lost that status, becoming a district hospital when the Ipoh Hospital became the new general hospital for Perak in 1976. It is still among the biggest hospital in the state.
Batu Gajah Hospital is 
on the Map of Batu Gajah, Perak
Hospital Batu Gajah (12 August 2017)
Sheltered walkway at Hospital Batu Gajah (12 August 2017)
The buildings at Hospital Batu Gajah (12 August 2017)
The buildings at Hospital Batu Gajah (12 August 2017)
The herb garden at Hospital Batu Gajah (18 June, 2011)
One of the British-era buildings within the Hospital Batu Gajah complex (18 June, 2011)Batu Gajah Hospital on Google Maps Street View
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