GIANYAR ~ The regent of Gianyar, AA Gde Agung Bharata, inaugurated Premagana General Hospital in Sukawati at the weekend.

Hospital director I Gde Arimbawa said the facility opened in 2004 as a maternity hospital, but over the years expanded into a full-fledged public hospital, with operating theaters, general wards, dental care and a children’s clinic.

Currently the hospital has 50 beds, specialists, a pharmacy and a 24-hour ambulance service.