[1] Phase II involved the completion of an extra floor in the east wing and an additional five stories in the western part of the Main Block.

In August of that year, Dr Chew Peng Hong was transferred to head the Department of medicine of the hospital.

[citation needed] Dr Chew also performed the duties of a paediatrician and an anaesthetist apart from being a medical physician.

In 2006 the Federal Government recognised his selfless contribution to medicine in Sarawak in particular & Malaysia in general conferred on him by the Agong ( the Malaysian King) the honorific of PJN which carries the title of Datuk.

[6] SGH serves as a teaching hospital for a wide field of medical and allied health personnel.

Elective students from UK, Australia & New Zealand started to come regularly after 1987 when the department of medicine was headed by Dr Chew Peng Hong.

Nearer to home students from Australia & New Zealand, Hong Kong & Japan are coming in increasing numbers in addition to medical schools in Malaysia, both public & private.