Kuala Lampur, May 8 -- As Mother's Day 2025 approaches, we find ourselves drawn once more to the quiet, unyielding strength of a mother's love. It is a day to honour the women who have carried, nurtured, and shaped us - and to remember the spaces where these stories of life first begin: our nation's maternity hospitals.

These are not just buildings. They are places where joy and pain meet, where futures are quietly set in motion, and where a mother's resilience leaves its first invisible mark on the world. Among these, Kuala Lumpur Maternity Hospital - or as many fondly remember it, Hospital Bersalin Kuala Lumpur - holds a special place in Malaysia's collective memory.

The story of this maternity hospital began with the hopes of a newly...