
This hospital was established by the Protestant Bethesda Serukam Foundation. It was situated on
Jalan Raya Singkawang-Bengkayang Km 49 at Serukam (West Kalimantan) Coordinates: 0.85 and 109.35. The hospital is classified as a category C hospital (code 6102055) with 73 beds.
We copied some news about the history of the hospital from its website (Google translated):
History The services of Bethesda Serukam General Hospital have been started since 1956 by Pdt. John G. Bremen was an independent missionary among the Dayak tribes. He opened a small health clinic at the Sungai Betung Rehobot Church which was named Bethesda. Furthermore, in 1965 the family of dr. Wendell G. Geary from the WorldVenture-America Mission came to Indonesia to further develop this clinic into a Bethesda Sub-Hospital in Sungai Betung, considering the need for long-term services, the hospital was gradually moved to Lao-Serukam with the help of Ir. John Seaders and the late. Rev. UT. Simatupang. In 1971-1981, a dream became a reality to establish an inland hospital located in Serukam which was inaugurated by the Governor of West Kalimantan Mr. Kadarusno on February 23, 1974 with a capacity of 70 beds, at that time the buildings that were ready to be used were: polyclinic, inpatient ward hospital and surgical establishments. Gradually by God’s help, year after year, surgical and obstetric wards, pediatric wards, ICU, and administration buildings were also built.