Hospital Sultanah Aminah
MY Johor Bahru, Malaysia · Multi-specialty
Trust Index 56 · Limited
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Hospital Sultanah Aminah (HSAJB) is a public Ministry of Health hospital in Johor Bahru, tracing to an 1882 predecessor facility with the present main building erected 1938–1941. It is the largest hospital in Johor and the state's principal tertiary referral centre, with a currently reported gazetted capacity of 1,206 beds.
Verified against: Wikipedia — Sultanah Aminah Hospital (government-funded, founded 1882, largest hospital in Johor / main tertiary referral centre) · Malaysiakini — hospital history: predecessor built 1882, present building 1938, Palmer & Turner design · The Star — "80% of beds at Johor's Sultanah Aminah Hospital have been replaced, says exco rep" (26 Sept 2025) — current bed capacity 1,206 · hospital.com.my — Hospital Sultanah Aminah directory listing (address, department list) · OpenStreetMap / Nominatim — Hospital Sultanah Aminah geocode · commons.wikimedia.org · rankings.newsweek.com · google.com
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- Patient rating
- 2.4/5
- 1,058 Google reviews
- Trust Index
- 56/100
- Limited
- Data confidence
- 41%
- Partial · 25% verified
- Founded
- 1882
- 144 yrs
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MHI · Method 1.3 Methodology →One comparable score per hospital — each metric below is measured against the registry and weighted by the same public formula. Unsourced metrics are excluded, never guessed.
77% of the formula backed by data
- Trust Index 56 Our index 56/100 · vs 49 same-country hospitals · 0th percentile
- Profile completeness 41 Our index 41% · share of our profile verified vs modeled — informational, not scored
- Quality & reputation 45 ✓ Verified #36 in country (Newsweek/US-News) · 2.4★ Google · objective outcomes ≫ independent ranking ≫ patient reviews · 25th percentile
- Accreditation — Not sourced — · current JCI ≫ independent bodies (Magnet/CAP/DNV) ≫ historical/on-record
- Price transparency — Not sourced — · separate pricing axis — informational, not scored in the quality grade
- Scale 91 ✓ Verified 1,206 beds · vs 84 sourced hospitals in the registry · 82th percentile
The composite is the weight-normalized mean of available metrics. The same method applies to every hospital in the registry. Machine-readable version below for models & crawlers.
Location & getting here
Verified 2026-07-14Address, neighbourhood, and how long transit and airports take.
Jalan Persiaran Abu Bakar Sultan, 80100 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Getting here
- Bukit Chagar 1.8 km · ~5 min (≈, OSM)
- Johor Bahru Sentral 2.0 km · ~5 min (≈, OSM)
Patient reviews
✓ Google · verifiedGoogle's published rating, put in context against how hospitals actually score.
1,058 Google reviews
Below the typical hospital
Top 75%
better than ~25% of hospitals
A hospital's stars run far lower than shops or restaurants — reviews are written amid illness, big bills and stress, and unhappy patients review the most. The average hospital scores just 2.85★ on Google, so This hospital's 2.4★ sits near the top of the range.
Rating is Google's, shown as reported (1,058 reviews). The "top %" is an estimate from peer-reviewed hospital-rating studies (Canadian nationwide 2018–19, n=167, mean 2.85★; US hospitals, median 3.0★) — we score against the hospital distribution, not the naive 0–5 scale.
Patients rate Hospital Sultanah Aminah 2.4★ across 1,058 Google reviews — below the typical hospital, better than roughly 25% of hospitals on our worldwide rating benchmark.
Doctors, nurses & expertise
SourcedThe hospital's published headcount and capacity.
- Beds
- 1,206
- sourced
From the hospital's published figures. Nurse counts and training ratios will appear once sourced.
Ownership & governance
SourcedWho owns it and how long it's operated — from public records.
Corporate
- Ownership
- Public · Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH)✓
- Established
- 1882 · 144 yrs✓
From public corporate records. Complaint rates and ethics signals will appear once independently sourced.
Compare hospitals in Malaysia
Our indexSide by side on what actually decides the choice — our grade, the Newsweek ranking, patient reviews, accreditation, and real verified prices. Best in each row marked ★.
Compared with 3 other Malaysia hospitals here, Hospital Sultanah Aminah carries a BB grade (#36 in Malaysia — World's Best Hospitals 2026), ranks #4 of 4 on our merit score (62).
| Metric | This hospital Hospital Sultanah Aminah Johor Bahru | Sunway Medical Centre Subang Jaya | Gleneagles Hospital Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur | Subang Jaya Medical Centre Subang Jaya |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital gradeNewsweek in-country rank where ranked, else our merit score | BB · 62 | AAA · 91 ★ | AA · 86 | AA · 84 |
| Newsweek rankWorld's Best Hospitals | #36 in country | #1 in country ★ | #2 in country | #3 in country |
| Patient ratingGoogle, sourced | 2.4★ | 4.7★ ★ | 4.4★ | 4.5★ |
| Accreditationindependent bodies | — | 2 independent ★ | JCI | JCI |
| Published pricesverified, comparable | — | — | — | — |
| From pricecheapest verified | — | — | — | — |
| Profile | You're here | Open profile | Open profile | Open profile |
Six decision metrics on the same public formula — our grade, the Newsweek ranking, patient reviews, accreditation and real verified prices. "—" means not yet sourced, never guessed. Best in each row marked ★. All hospitals →
Common questions about Hospital Sultanah Aminah
Straight answers from the data on this page — cost, accreditation, rating, and location.
How is Hospital Sultanah Aminah rated?
Hospital Sultanah Aminah has a 2.4-star Google rating from 1,058 reviews, and scores 59/100 (grade BBB) on our independent Trust Index, alongside its rank of #36 in Malaysia — World's Best Hospitals 2026. The Trust Index is one public formula applied to every hospital — the
What is Hospital Sultanah Aminah known for?
Hospital Sultanah Aminah (HSAJB) is a public Ministry of Health hospital in Johor Bahru, tracing to an 1882 predecessor facility with the present main building erected 1938–1941. It is the largest hospital in Johor and the state's principal tertiary referral centre, with a currently reported gazetted capacity of 1,206 beds.
Where is Hospital Sultanah Aminah?
Hospital Sultanah Aminah is located at Jalan Persiaran Abu Bakar Sultan, 80100 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
Traveling to Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Sourced Full Malaysia guide →Malaysia is a value-leading, English-speaking medical-travel hub coordinated by the government's Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC). Foreign patients — many from Indonesia and the wider region — come to internationally-accredited private hospitals in Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Johor for cardiology, fertility, orthopaedics and screening at prices well below Singapore and the West.
- Visa
- Most Western nationalities (US, UK, EU, Australia) enter visa-free for 30–90 days for tourism or business; travel purely for treatment uses a medical visa.
- Medical / long-stay visa
- Malaysia issues a Medical Tourism e-Visa for treatment longer than the visa-free window, granted on an invitation letter from an MHTC-registered hospital via the immigration eVISA portal.
- Arrival
- Most travellers must complete the free Malaysia Digital Arrival Card (MDAC) online within 3 days before arrival.
- Currency
- Malaysian Ringgit (RM / MYR)
- Languages
- Malay and English are official; English is widely spoken and staff at international hospitals are English-speaking
- Safety & recourse
- Generally safe · Limited recourse — use a medical-travel insurer
General guidance — confirm current rules for your nationality with official sources. Verified against: Malaysia MyVISA (immigration eVISA — Medical) · Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC).
Data & sources
25% verified View verified onlyHow much of this profile is verified data — every section above carries a chip telling you where its numbers come from.
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- Identity & location ✓ Verified
- Accreditation Not yet collected
- Published prices Not yet collected
- Languages Not yet collected
- Patient reviews ✓ Verified
- Staff & expertise Imported
- Safety & complications Modeled
- Accommodation & rooms Modeled
- Facilities & access Imported
- Insurance & payment Modeled
- Inclusive & accessible care Modeled
- Ownership & governance ✓ Verified
- Volume & outcomes Modeled
- International-patient mix Modeled
- Surgical team depth Modeled
- Specialties & clinical professions ✓ Verified
Every field is tagged by source state. "Verified" = sourced and checked; "Imported" = real data pending re-verification; "Modeled" = deterministic placeholder for this preview; "Not yet collected" = on our roadmap. Confidence feeds the Trust Index and the finder's verified-only filter. Methodology →
Reviews, staff, accreditations, awards, research and inclusive-care figures are aggregated or modeled from published signals for this preview; real registry, outcome and review data replace them before launch. How we model this →