Editing Perak (section)

=== Healthcare ===
{{see also|List of hospitals in Malaysia}}
[[File:Taiping General Hospital - panoramio.jpg|thumb|[[Taiping Hospital]] in [[Taiping, Perak|Taiping]]]]

Health services in Perak are administered by the Perak State Health Department ({{langx|ms|Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri Perak}}). The state's main government hospital is the 990-bed Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital, previously known as the Ipoh Hospital, which also incorporates a women's and children's hospital.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hrpb.moh.gov.my/baru/index.php/mengenai-kami/imbasan-sejarah-latar-belakang|title=Sejarah Hospital|trans-title=Hospital History|language=ms|publisher=Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital|access-date=22 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022014837/https://hrpb.moh.gov.my/baru/index.php/mengenai-kami/imbasan-sejarah-latar-belakang|archive-date=22 October 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> Other hospitals include four specialist hospitals: [[Taiping Hospital]], Teluk Intan Hospital, Seri Manjung Hospital, and the minor speciality Slim River Hospital; nine district hospitals: Batu Gajah Hospital, Changkat Hospital, Gerik Hospital, Kampar Hospital, Kuala Kangsar Hospital, Parit Buntar Hospital, Selama Hospital, Sungai Siput Hospital, Tapah Hospital; and one psychiatric hospital: Bahagia Ulu Kinta Hospital.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jknperak.moh.gov.my/v4/index.php/en/awam/senarai-tadbiran-jknp/senarai-hospital.html|title=Hospital|language=ms|publisher=Perak State Health Department|date=19 May 2011|access-date=22 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022015237/http://jknperak.moh.gov.my/v4/index.php/en/awam/senarai-tadbiran-jknp/senarai-hospital.html|archive-date=22 October 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> Other public health clinics, [[1Malaysia#1Malaysia clinics|1Malaysia clinics]], and rural clinics are scattered throughout the state. There are a number of private hospitals, including the Anson Bay Medical Centre, Apollo Medical Centre, Ar-Ridzuan Medical Centre, Colombia Asia Hospital, Fatimah Hospital, Ipoh Pantai Hospital, Ipoh Specialist Centre, Kinta Medical Centre, Manjung Pantai Hospital, Perak Community Specialist Hospital, Sri Manjung Specialist Hospital, Taiping Medical Centre, and Ulu Bernam Jenderata Group Hospital.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jknperak.moh.gov.my/v4/index.php/en/hospital-dan-pusat-rawatan-swasta|title=Hospital dan Pusat Rawatan Swasta|trans-title=Hospitals and Private Treatment Centres|language=ms|publisher=Perak State Health Department|date=9 February 2015|access-date=22 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022020811/http://jknperak.moh.gov.my/v4/index.php/en/hospital-dan-pusat-rawatan-swasta|archive-date=22 October 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2009, the state's doctor–patient ratio was 3 per 1,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crc.gov.my/nhsi/wp-content/uploads/publications/NHEWS_PrimaryCare/chapter3.pdf|title=Workforce in Primary Care in Malaysia [Table 3.1 Number and Density of Primary Care Doctors in Malaysia by State and Sector]|author1=Kamaliah MN|author2=Teng CL|author3=Nordin S|author4=Noraziah AB|author5=Salmiah MS|author6=Fauzia AM|author7=Normimiroslina CO|author8=Nadia FMG|author9=Farah A|author10=Mohd AY|publisher=National Healthcare Establishment and Workforce Statistics, Malaysia|year=2008–2009|access-date=22 October 2019|page=2/6 [8]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914031909/http://www.crc.gov.my/nhsi/wp-content/uploads/publications/NHEWS_PrimaryCare/chapter3.pdf|archive-date=14 September 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>