Visiting new mother in HKL

Last Friday, January 6,2012 at 11.02 pm, my colleague gave birth to a healthy baby boy at Hospital Kuala Lumpur.

Hospital Kuala Lumpur commonly known as HKL has 49 different departments and units including administration & finance department, pharmaceutical department, training and research, 27 clinical departments and 12 clinical support services.  HKL is now the largest hospital under Ministry of Health and is considered to be one of the biggest in Asia.  It is a government tertiary referral hospital with 83 wards and 2,302 beds. 

We visited her the next day at 12.30pm.  The visiting hours for Saturdays and Sundays are from 12.30 pm to 7.30 pm whereas on weekdays, from 12.30pm to 2pm and from 4.30pm to 7.30pm.  This was my first visit to HKL. 

We didn't come empty-handed, of course :) We bought her Eu Yan Sang Herbal Bath for post-natal ~ hope she will use it ~  It is made from herbal ingredients and is specially formulated for mothers during their post-natal period as it helps to expel wind, relieve tension and stress.

My colleague was lying on the bed with her new baby next to her bed. Needless to say the new mother is completely exhausted, overwhelmed and greeted by round the clock checkups by nurses and need to rest and recover so we left after an hour. 

Till next week, congratulations to the new parents on the arrival of their new bundle of joy!