Established in 1976, the 40-bed hospital at Tanjung Bungah offers specialist treatments for cancer patients, including tomotherapy, radiosurgery and chemotherapy.

[1][2][3][4] Mount Miriam Cancer Hospital was established by six Catholic nuns of the Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood.

[1] In 1979, the then Chief Ministers of Penang, Lim Chong Eu, declared the opening of its Outpatient Complex and Radiotherapy Unit.

[2][3] Further developments included the completion of a day chemotherapy unit in 1999 and a palliative outpatient clinic in 2001.

[2][3] The hospital specialises in cancer treatments, including the following services.