Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Hospital

The Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Hospital (RIPAS) is the main public hospital in Brunei Darussalam. It was officially opened on 28 August 1984.

It is located on a 42 acre site about 0.8 km from the heart of the capital, Bandar Seri Begawan.

The hospital has more than 500 beds, and offers a very wide range of services to the indiginous population. All health care in the public sector is free for Bruneians.

Presently there is no undergraduate medical school in Brunei, but the Government of Brunei wishes to develop medical training for students from Brunei and neighbouring countries - the Institute of Medicine of the Universiti Brunei Darussalam was established in September 2000 ands may in time grow into a full undergraduate medical school [http://www.ubd.edu.bn/news/seminar/im190106/] . In the meantime, medical staff either have to come in from overseas, or indigious Brunei people have to travel abroad to receive an undergraduate medical education.

As of 2007, the senior medical staff at RIPAS hospital are mostly UK trained [http://www.som.uq.edu.au/som/current_students/brunei/ripas.htm] . The hospital currently takes in and helps to train medical students from the University of Queensland, Australia.

Currently the hospital in not partipitating in an international healthcare accreditation scheme.

See also

*List of hospitals in Brunei
*Jerudong Park Medical Centre
*International healthcare accreditation
*Hospital accreditation
*Brunei

External links

*cite web|url=http://www.som.uq.edu.au/som/current_students/brunei/ripas.htm|title=University of Queensland School of Medicine home page|language=English
*cite web|url=http://www.moh.gov.bn/medhealthservices/ripas.htm|title=Brunei Ministry of Health home page for RIPAS|language=English
*cite web|url=http://www.ubd.edu.bn/news/conferences/imib0707/confinfo/prog.htm|title=Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei Darussalam (MIB) Medical Science Conference 2007 - programme|language=English
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