The article presents a historical perspective of Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM) in Kelantan. Doctor Kamaruzaman Wan Su is the first director of HUSM who served from 1983 to 1992. It notes that HUSM aims to offer new patient services and thus become a full-scale medical centre. On September 3, 2008, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) was declared an Accelerated Programme for Excellence (APEX) university.