Cardiac Centre will materialise at once
Published on: Saturday, May 30, 2009

A CARDIAC centre in the State will become a reality soon as the Sales and Purchase Agreement (S&P) to buy the Sabah Medical Centre (SMC) is signed.

Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow said they could use the existing Cathlab, operating theatres, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and wards at the SMC to commence cardiology and cardiothoracic services in Sabah.

"It would be in operation almost immediately without having to wait for another three to five years for a heart centre to be built.

"The purchase of the SMC is (certainly) another milestone for the medical services in Sabah," he said. When the cardiac centre is ready, Sabah will be the fifth regional heart centre in the country under the Ministry of Health.

Heart patients from here would no longer need to travel all the way to Peninsular Malaysia or Kuching for cardiothoracic services.

He said by using the available facilities at the SMC, they would be able to provide tertiary services that include coronary stenting, pacemaker, heart and lung surgery, coronary bypass and valve replacement.

Liow said they already have a dedicated heart centre team who have been trained since last year and ready to start the services before the end of this year.

"So, once we purchase the SMC, immediately we are going to have the heart centre in SMC after the renovation of the building and construction of (additional) operating theatre."

Presently, he said the Ministry is "buying" such services from the SMC or sending the patients to heart centres outside Sabah, which costs the Ministry about RM1.5 million every month.

He assured that the Ministry would provide all the necessary resources to ensure that the heart centre becomes a reality to benefit the people of Sabah.

Apart from the cardiology-cardiothoracic services, he said the SMC also has facilities for radiotherapy that would be made available to the patients immediately.

"This would save the Ministry about RM820,000 a month," he said.

In addition, Liow said other services such as radiology, especially CT Scan and MRI, and laboratory services would be provided directly to the patients instead of acquiring them from the private sector, which would save the Government about RM350,000 a month.

The sterilisation service unit at the QEH, he said, would also be made available at the SMC.

Also present were Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister, Datuk Edward Khoo and Director of State Health Department Dr Marzukhi Md Isa.

Sabah Medical Centre (SMC)
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Columbia Asia, Bintulu, Sarawak

Private Healthcare Hospital
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Columbia Asia will be the first private healthcare facility in Bintulu

Currently there is no private healthcare center in Bintulu. However that might change soon with the opening up of Columbia Asia on the 1st quarter of 2009?. The center located at Tanjung Kidurong, Tan Sri Ikhwan road is the first private healthcare facility in Bintulu.

Columbia Asia - a relatively unknown private healthcare provider actually has several hospitals in west Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and India. Bintulu the second town in Sarawak after Miri to have such facilities.

Columbia Asia was first established in South East Asia in 1995 and is rapidly expanding across South Asia. Columbia Asia Hospital situated in Bintulu will be fully equipped, multi disciplined facility offering quality inpatient and outpatient services. They are seeking dynamic individuals to join us at our new facility for the following positions.

Non-profit hospital for Sandakan
Saturday June 28, 2008

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Artist’s impression: A model of the new Fook Kuin
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SANDAKAN: Sabahans, particularly those living here, can soon enjoy affordable private healthcare facilities and services when the new Fook Kuin Medical Centre at Jalan Utara is operational by January 2011.

The centre to be built on a 12ha site at a cost of RM105mil will be the first non-profit private hospital in east Malaysia.

Once completed it will have 276 beds including 10 day care beds and six ICU beds, 28 bassinets and 34 dialysis machines, 28 consultation suites and eight labour rooms, operation theatres and CT scanners.

Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai, who was represented by state Health Department director Dr Marzukhi Mohd Isa at the groundbreaking ceremony, said that his ministry received 49 applications throughout the country in the past two years for the establishment of private hospitals and two were from Sabah including Fook Kuin Medical Centre.

Since the implementation of the Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998 and its regulations in 2006, the Health Ministry has licensed 247 private healthcare facilities and hospitals in the country of which nine are located in Sabah, said Liow.

To date, 19 private hospitals had been accredited by the Malaysian Society of Quality in Health (MSQH) and 21 more were awaiting survey or the results of surveys, he said.

The minister noted that among the problems in the applications to establish new private hospitals were the tendency of applicants to use renovated shoplots and the failure to engage medical planners to design the private hospitals.

The Ministry also found that many applicants were unable to provide adequate nursing staff or skilled manpower in specific disciplines such as dialysis, critical care and anaesthesia.

“There are private hospitals that are not able to train their own nursing staff and resort to pinching them from other public and private hospitals,” he said.

Meanwhile, in her welcoming speech, Ramona Lai, Managing Director of LFK Group, which owns Fook Kuin Medical Centre, said it was the dream of her late father Datuk Lai Fook Kim, a timber tycoon, to build the hospital.

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Hope to be build there in Putrajaya!

First nursing university opens door
Sun, 07 Jun 2009

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Its vice-chancellor (VC) and president Datuk Professor Dr Hashim Yaacob who is also the former VC (8th) of Universiti Malaya said, "For those of you seeking a career in nursing, IUCN is the place. We offer the best in nursing studies at the Bachelor, Master and Doctorate degree levels."

IUCN’s degree programmes are pending final approval from the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE).

IUCN faculty members will be from Malaysia and elsewhere, including Australia, India, Canada, USA, Indonesia and China. IUCN is wholly-owned and managed by Run Education Sdn Bhd.

In the meantime, registration for IUCN’s pre-nursing foundation programme will be conducted from Feb 16 to 28. Post-SPM students can use their forecast results to apply. The minimum entry qualification is five SPM credits, including Bahasa Malaysia, and passes in English, and either Mathematics or Science.

Upon completing the foundation programme, students will continue with the Bachelor of Nursing Science (Hons) at IUCN. The degree programme is awaiting approval by the MOHE. Those waiting for STPM results can also join the foundation programme and transfer to the degree programme once the Ministry of Higher Education approves it, provided their STPM results meet degree entry requirements.

Other programmes in the pipeline are the Bachelor of Nursing Science (Hons) (a top-up programme for in-service nurses with a diploma or its equivalent), Master of Nursing Science by research, and Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Science. These are also waiting for final approval from the MOHE. IUCN invites enquiries.

The IUCN route of "one-year foundation followed by four years of honours degree programme" is a new option for nurse-aspirants who want a degree and not just a diploma. The traditional route to nursing for SPM holders is via a diploma in nursing. However, a nursing degree affords greater learning, and more career flexibility.

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The Malaysian government also wants to upgrade at least 10%-15% of diploma qualified nurses in Malaysia with top-up degrees. At present, only 2% of nurses in Malaysia have nursing degrees.

According to World Health Organisation (WHO), the ideal ratio between a nurse and patient is 1:200. However, in Malaysia, the ratio is 1:645. At least 130,000 nurses must be trained by year 2020 to meet the nation’s demand.

Aside from that, there is also a world shortage of nurses.

IUCN will contribute towards reducing these deficiencies locally and internationally by producing quality nurses with degrees, and upgrading the existing-diploma qualified nurses via its post registration programmes.

The Bandar Sri Sedayan campus targets 5,000 students when it opens next year.

It is a 25-minute drive from KL International Airport (KLIA) and 45-minute drive to Kuala Lumpur.

IUCN executive chairman Summugam Ramasamy said, "It is our mission to make Malaysia the nursing hub of the world. IUCN will be able to accommodate 20,000 students at any one time where focus will be on international students at a ratio of 60%, while local students will make up 40%."

Visit www.iucn.edu.my , email info@iucn.edu.my or call 03-7955 4444, 012-475 6455 (Adeline Lim) 012-473 6455 (Param), 012-471 6455 (Radha), 012-500 8454 (Suresh) or 017-594 2971 (Haryati).

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IJN to operate from new wing in July


KUALA LUMPUR: From July 1, the National Heart Institute (IJN) will operate from its new wing while its existing wing undergoes renovation.

Operations at the new wing will begin with the 24 outpatient clinics now in the existing wing, but IJN hopes to add general wards, a rehabilitation ward and a high dependency unit (renal) in the latter part of July. Once all expansion works are complete, IJN will have 438 beds.

“Five more cardio-thoracic centres are in the pipeline,” said Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, who was on a working visit to the IJN yesterday.

The institute would continue to open its doors to patients from all levels of society, he said.

IJN had to increase its capacity considering the large number of patients it dealt with and as the Government continued to improving cardiology services in the country, he added.

Pembinaan Limbongan wins hospital block deal
Published: 2009/06/11





PEMBINAAN Limbongan Setia Bhd has clinched a RM188 million contract to design and build, construct, complete, equip, commission and maintain the women and child ward block of Seremban Hospital.

The 30-month project will be completed by end of 2011.

It is expected to contribute positively to its earnings and net assets in the financial years ending 2010, 2011 and 2012.

KYM to sign RM300m medical hub deal soon
By Francis FernandezPublished: 2009/06/17



The medical complex project in Malacca is expected to see KYM back in the black as early as next year, says KYM group managing director

Property developer KYM Holdings Bhd (8362)is expected to sign an agreement as early as next week to help build a RM300 million medical complex in Malacca, its group managing director Datuk Raymond Chong Thin Choy said.

"Construction of the medical hub should start by early next year," Chong told Business Times in an interview.

The federal government-funded project, under the Ministry of Health, will include construction of a state health administration centre, nursing institute and public health laboratory.

KYM, controlled by Datuk Lim Kheng Yew, will have 70 per cent stake, while its partner in the venture, Yayasan Melaka, a state government agency, will hold the remaining 30 per cent.
The project is expected to see KYM back in the black as early as next year, said Chong.

"We are targeting to break even in the financial year ending January 31 2010 and rake in sustainable profits from 2011 onwards."

KYM last reported a profit of RM28.7 million in 2006.

Its return to profitability and planned transformation from property developer to infrastructure player hinge largely on the sale of its landbank in Perak to Brazil's Vale SA, the world's biggest iron ore producer.

Completion of the multi-million-ringgit deal will help KYM degear itself, bringing its gearing ratio to as low as 0.41 time, or RM29.08 million, from the current 8.94 times, or RM209.73 million, while its net tangible asset is poised to rise to 89 sen a share from 29 sen.

The metal producer, which intends to pump in as much as RM9 billion into the Perak economy, has agreed to buy land in the silver state from KYM for RM101.9 million.

Vale also has an option to buy more land from KYM for RM93.7 million.

"It's truly a godsend," said Chong, adding that KYM is hoping to get as much as 10 per cent, or RM900 million worth, of the construction contracts on offer by Vale.

Securing RM900 million worth of jobs could help keep KYM busy for the next three years. Vale is expected to start developing the land as early as next year.

Chong also said that KYM in-tends to venture into quarrying in Perak to complement Vale's operational needs.

RECENTLY COMPLETED :
Sarawak International Medical Centre

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The new Sarawak International Medical Centre (SIMC) started operational only in 2008.

SIMC promises to offer locals a top class cardiac unit and is designed to meet the demands of a highly specialized modern health care facility equipped with the latest in medical equipment and information technology applications.

The project was contracted by Austria-based Vamed Engineering GMBH and Co KG and Sesco Engineering Sdn Bhd.

Vamed is a multi-national specialist hospital and also a healthcare contracting and service provider based in Vienna, Austria.

Vamed also projects provider for the National Heart Institute (IJN), Sungai Buluh Hospital and the Prince Court Medical Centre.

SIMC will operate as the sister facility to Normah Medical Specialist Centre but will provide broader range of treatments and services specializing in heart disease, kidney disease and cancer.

SIMC gives the highest standard and most modern medical facility and healthcare in Sarawak.

SIMC features a 3-storey medical block, an 8-storey ward tower that accommodates 200 beds, a 200-seat auditorium, 3 centres of excellence for treatment of cancer, heart and kidney diseases, 3 specialist outpatient clinics, 7 operating theatres (including a dedicated cardiac catheterization lab), a sophisticated imaging department, and modern laboratory and other supporting services.

Within walking distance to the new Sarawak International Medical Centre (SIMC) is the Midway Crescent Garden.

Midway Crescent Garden is a mixed 30-acre development project along the busy Stutong-Samarahan Expressway in Kota Samarahan.

The site enjoys easy access to Kuching city via Stutong and Tabuan Jaya townships.

Midway Crescent is the ideal working or studying base in Kota Samarahan - Sarawak's latest research and development centre. Academic institutions based in this booming new township include

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Green Light For H1N1 Treatment At SIMC
June 16, 2009 21:33 PM

KUCHING, June 16 (Bernama) -- The state government has agreed to let the recently-completed Sarawak International Medical Centre (SIMC) in Kota Samarahan near here, to be used temporarily for the treatment of influenza A(H1N1) in the capital.

Social activist Datuk Ang Lai Soon, who is also Sarawak's St John Ambulance chairman and commander, said the gesture would help the state medical department tremendously, as more than 300 beds in a well-equipped and planned hospital could make a difference at this most difficult time.

"More people can be treated and saved, for which we thank Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud and his government profusely," he said in a statement here.

This followed the launch of St John Ambulance Sarawak Flag Day by Taib, who is also its president.

SIMC operates as the sister facility to the Normah Medical Specialist Centre here, but will provide a broader range of treatments and services specialising in heart disease, kidney disease and cancer.



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IJN perlu lebih banyak mesin Infant Flow SiPAP
22 Jun 2009

KUALA LUMPUR 21 Jun - Institut Jantung Negara (IJN) memerlukan lebih banyak mesin Infant Flow SiPAP bagi menampung keperluan pesakit jantung kronik bayi yang menjalani rawatan di institut itu.

Isteri Perdana Menteri, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor berkata, mesin berharga RM45,000 seunit itu merupakan sistem pengalihan udara yang dipasang di bahagian luar tubuh bayi untuk membantu bernafas apabila alat bantuan pernafasan dihentikan.

"Penggunaan mesin SiPAP mampu membantu pernafasan bayi tanpa risiko jangkitan pneumonia atau kerosakan paru-paru bayi yang sangat kecil,'' katanya ketika berucap pada majlis jamuan petang sempena Gala Kutipan Amal "Hearts Of Gold" di sini hari ini.

Turut hadir Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat, Senator Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil serta Pengerusi Yayasan IJN, Datuk Seri Dr. Aishah Ong.

Sebanyak RM75,000 berjaya dikumpul pada majlis tersebut.

Rosmah berkata, beliau bangga dengan keprihatinan golongan korporat dalam membantu mereka yang memerlukan termasuk Yayasan IJN.

Sementara itu Aishah berkata, mesin SiPAP dapat mencegah bayi daripada mengalami komplikasi seperti kerosakan paru-paru atau jangkitan kuman akibat penggunaan alat bantuan pernafasan.

"ICU Pediatrik IJN buat masa ini mempunyai sistem BiPAP tetapi ia tidak sesuai digunakan ke atas bayi.

"Saiz topeng pada sistem BiPAP boleh menyebabkan muka bayi melecet dan memberi tekanan kepada anak mata,'' katanya.

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Oriental in RM200m hospital venture
By Vasantha Ganesan
Published: 2009/06/23

The auto and plantation group will hold a controlling 51 per cent stake in the specialist hospital in Malacca

Auto and plantation group Oriental Holdings Bhd (OHB)(4006) plans to open a RM200 million specialist hospital in Malacca in 2012 to strengthen its healthcare division.

Called the Melaka Straits Medical Centre, OHB will hold a controlling 51 per cent stake in the hospital that will be located in the new reclaimed coastal tourist township of Klebang in Malacca.

Boon Siew Sdn Bhd, the controlling shareholder of OHB, will hold another 20 per cent, followed by Bagan Specialist Centre with 29 per cent.

Boon Siew also holds the majority stake in Bagan Specialist Centre which is located in Seberang Prai, Penang.
"This 300-bed hospital will offer multi-diciplinary specialist healthcare services with niche specialisation in heart, lung and cancer treatment," OHB director Datuk Dr Tan Chong Siang told Business Times.

Dr Tan said Malacca was chosen because land was available. The reclamation project there is handled by Ultra Green Sdn Bhd, a construction and property development subsidiary of OHB.

The hospital is expected to create 500 new jobs. Construction is due to start in November this year.

"We choose to expand at this time of challenging economic situation because we see the synergistic opportunity presented in a field we have been involved in for the past 22 years," said Dr Tan, who is also the medical superintendent of Bagan Specialist Centre.

"It is a concept well received by the public from our track record, we believe we are ready now for expansion," he added.

According to Dr Tan, the existing hospital, Bagan Specialist Centre in Seberang Prai in Penang, operates on the basis of good quality at minimum cost, minimum discomfort and optimum speed. It plans to do the same for the new hospital.

In the year ended December 31 2007, Bagan Specialist Centre made a net profit of RM6.83 million on revenue of RM39.23 million.

As for OHB, its net profit eased 3 per cent to RM314 million in 2008 while revenue was up 14 per cent to RM5.1 billion.

Oriental in RM200m hospital venture
By Vasantha GanesanPublished: 2009/06/23



The auto and plantation group will hold a controlling 51 per cent stake in the specialist hospital in Malacca

Auto and plantation group Oriental Holdings Bhd (OHB)(4006) plans to open a RM200 million specialist hospital in Malacca in 2012 to strengthen its healthcare division.

Called the Melaka Straits Medical Centre, OHB will hold a controlling 51 per cent stake in the hospital that will be located in the new reclaimed coastal tourist township of Klebang in Malacca.

Boon Siew Sdn Bhd, the controlling shareholder of OHB, will hold another 20 per cent, followed by Bagan Specialist Centre with 29 per cent.

Boon Siew also holds the majority stake in Bagan Specialist Centre which is located in Seberang Prai, Penang.
"This 300-bed hospital will offer multi-diciplinary specialist healthcare services with niche specialisation in heart, lung and cancer treatment," OHB director Datuk Dr Tan Chong Siang told Business Times.

Dr Tan said Malacca was chosen because land was available. The reclamation project there is handled by Ultra Green Sdn Bhd, a construction and property development subsidiary of OHB.

The hospital is expected to create 500 new jobs. Construction is due to start in November this year.

"We choose to expand at this time of challenging economic situation because we see the synergistic opportunity presented in a field we have been involved in for the past 22 years," said Dr Tan, who is also the medical superintendent of Bagan Specialist Centre.

"It is a concept well received by the public from our track record, we believe we are ready now for expansion," he added.

According to Dr Tan, the existing hospital, Bagan Specialist Centre in Seberang Prai in Penang, operates on the basis of good quality at minimum cost, minimum discomfort and optimum speed. It plans to do the same for the new hospital.

In the year ended December 31 2007, Bagan Specialist Centre made a net profit of RM6.83 million on revenue of RM39.23 million.

As for OHB, its net profit eased 3 per cent to RM314 million in 2008 while revenue was up 14 per cent to RM5.1 billion.

Di hospital Putrajaya
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Almost business as usual
By : Eileen Ng


KUALA LUMPUR: The influenza A (H1N1) pandemic will have minimal impact on healthcare tourist arrivals to Malaysia this year.

Private hospitals and medical tourists service agencies said they expected a 5 per cent drop in travellers seeking medical treatment here.

Some 450,000 medical tourists are expected to come to Malaysia this year.

Association of Private Hospitals of Malaysia president Datuk Dr Jacob Thomas said those who had planned non-urgent treatments such as health check-ups might put off coming here.

"All countries are advising their citizens to postpone travelling unless it is absolutely necessary."

To date, Dr Thomas said, private hospitals were still reporting business as usual.

Prince Court Medical Centre international business development manager Dr Junaidi Ismail said the expected drop in medical tourists mirrored the situation faced by countries worldwide.

Pantai Medical Centre senior manager for group marketing (international) Anwar Anis said even local patients were starting to shy away from hospitals as they were seen as one of the infection hotspots.

"I believed this will soon be translated to foreign patients as they feel they can put off non-emergency or non-essential treatment," he told the New Straits Times on the sidelines of the Healthcare Travel Exhibition and Congress in Singapore recently.

Industry players also played down the impact of the pandemic, likening it to just "the flu".

"It will come to the stage where it is going to be all around us, just like the common flu," said Anwar, adding that people were holding back now to err on the side of caution.

"People are more cautious now, although the H1N1 is just the flu, and it is not as vicious as SARS or even the common flu," said Penang Adventist Hospital director of corporate development Khor Thean Heng.

Medical tourism service agency Med Retreat managing director Patrick Marsek agreed the H1N1 was no different from any other flu.

"Let it take its course. The Mumbai bombings in India and the protests in Thailand are more unsettling to healthcare travellers than the H1N1," he said.

Australia's iSOFT secures 3 hospital renewal jobs in Malaysia
By Kamarul Yunus
Published: 2009/07/13

ISOFT Group Ltd (iSOFT), Australia's largest publicly-traded health information technology company, has secured contracts worth RM18.5 million to provide software licences and support services to three Malaysian public hospitals.

A spokesperson said iSOFT signed renewal contracts with Systematic Conglomerate, a Kuala Lumpur-based prime contractor for licensing and services at three of nine public hospitals that use iSOFT's hospital information system.

"The signing of the contract renewals was done last month. The renewal was effective January this year for Serdang Hospital (Selangor), and January last year for Kepala Batas Hospital (Penang) and Lahad Datu (Sabah)," the spokesperson told Business Times.

In a statement, iSOFT said the contract initially is worth RM18.5 million over five years, with potential revenue of up to RM33 million should the hospitals take up an option to extend the services agreement for an additional three years.

"As stated, the contract is for RM18.5 million. There is potential for an additional RM14.3 million if the hospitals take up an option to extend," the spokesperson said.

According to iSOFT, the agreement is to provide software licenses and support services for iSOFT's latest version of its eHIS solution at the three hospitals.

iSOFT Asia managing director Wim Botermans said the continued use of the company's eHIS solution at these hospitals will position the company as the largest supplier of healthcare system in Malaysia.

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New hospital for Shah Alam
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The new hospital will look like this once it is completed in 2010.

SHAH ALAM: Good news for Shah Alam folks.

They will not only get a new government hospital which will be ready in 2010, but also a new government clinic in Section 19.

Shah Alam Hospital will be located next to the current government clinic in Section 7.

Works on the new hospital had started since November last year.


The 300-bed hospital will be a secondary care hospital, providing basic specialised treatments such as general medicine, general surgery, orthopedics, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology.

It will be equipped with neonatal intensive care unit, intensive care unit, cardiac care unit and a high dependency ward.

The RM491.6 million project will also house quarters, hostels and housing units for doctors, support personnel, nurses and housemen.

With the new hospital, Shah Alam folks will no longer have to go to Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah in Klang or Universiti Malaya Medical Centre in Petaling Jaya to receive health care from government hospital.

A Health Ministry source said the hospital will complement Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah and ease congestion there.

Meanwhile, works on the new government clinic will begin in September or October this year.

It will have the same size as the current clinic in Section 7 but with a different design.

The spokesman said the new clinic would enable residents on the other side of the Federal Highway to get easier access to a government clinic.

"Currently, they have to cross the highway to get to the government clinic in Section 7," he said.

Currently, there is only one government clinic in the city.

Private Hospital, Shah Alam
Currently building a 150 bed private hospital on Lot PT 39 Seksyen 14, Jalan lkhtisas, Bandar Shah Alam, Daerah Petaling, Selangor
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Columbia Asia
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Columbia Asia is a chain of hospitals in Asia, with 13 medical facilities across India, Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia. The company is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and was founded in 1994.

The company offers full-service hospitals built in neighborhoods, rather than the central city. Columbia Asia's target market is the fast-growing middle income group.

Columbia Asia hospitals are smaller in size, which helps keep costs down. A typical hospital has about 65 adult beds, costing about $15 to $16 million to build. It sees about 8,000 patients a month, and brings in about $1 million in monthly revenue.

With streamlined administration and fewer beds, the hospitals have an average patient stay of two days.

Most of the company’s 2,600 employees are from the host countries. Columbia Asia hires its doctors and staff largely from the local areas.

The company is in the midst of expansion, especially in India. Columbia Asia has 14 hospitals under construction and owns the property for another 12. Upon completion the company will have 21 hospitals and an airport clinic in India, 11 hospitals in Malaysia, three hospitals in Vietnam and three hospitals in Indonesia, together representing an investment of over $600 million (U.S.).

Current facilities
India
Columbia Asia Hospital - Salt Lake
Columbia Asia Hospital - Palam Vihar
Columbia Asia Hospital - Hebbal
Columbia Asia Referral Center - Yeshwanthpur
Bangalore Airport Clinic

Planned facilities:
Ahmedabad
Chandigarh
Dehradun
Ghaziabad
Jalandhar
Lucknow
Meerut
Patiala
Bangalore South
Bangalore Whitefield
Mysore
Trivandrum
Pune – Kharadi
Pune South

Malaysia
Columbia Asia Medical Center - Puchong
Columbia Asia Hospital - Taiping
Columbia Asia Medical Center - Seremban
Columbia Asia Extended Care Hospital - Shah Alam
Columbia Asia Medical Center - Miri

Planned facilities:
Balakong

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Bintulu

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Bukit Rimau

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Kota Damansara

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Nusajaya

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Setapak
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Vietnam
Columbia Asia - Gia Dinh International Hospital
Columbia Asia International Clinic - Saigon

Planned facilities:
Binh Duong

Indonesia
Gleni International Hospital - Medan

150 bed neurosurgery & neurology hospital complex
ministry of health malaysia
kuala terengganu, malaysia

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armed forces regional clinics
ministry of defense malaysia
taiping, perak, malaysia
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110 bed shah alam specialist hospital
wijaya baru global bhd
shah alam, malaysia
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Tung Shin Hospital, Kuala Lumpur

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Tung Shin Hospital, Kuala Lumpur

This one near Puduraya right? new facelift mah!?

Tung Shin Hospital, Kuala Lumpur
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Ampang Puteri Specialist Hospital

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Nilai Cancer Institute
Negeri Sembilan

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First in Southeast Asia: Trilogy System is fully operational
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NCI Cancer Hospital (formerly known as Nilai Cancer Institute) is the pioneer private specialist center in Malaysia. We focus equally on two core activities: cancer treatment and clinical research.

Our aim is to provide high quality medical care with a personal touch. NCICH presents a warm, personal and caring environment as delivered by friendly staff and dedicated professionals. We understand the needs of our patients, and their family members such that the patient care experience is the result of many individuals working together to ensure the best possible care management. A patient is attended by a team of medical professeionals, each contributing vital experience and expertise. At the same time, our administrative staff ensures that our patient-friendly processes, serivecs and facilities run smoothly.

NCICH is recognised internationally as a centre for conducting randomised clinical trials by various multinational pharmaceutical companies.NCICH's clinical research complies with the international Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines to ensure rights and safety of patients are protected, and the data is accurate and verifiable. In addition to that, NCICH was awarded the MS ISO 9001:2000 in 2002. Recently, NCICH was successfully recertified for an additional 3 years.

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Oncology & Radiation Therapy, Head of Clinical Research, Dr G Selvaratnam;
NCI Medical Director Dato' Dr J.C. Mehta

“The NCI Cancer Hospital is the only dedicated cancer centre in the country. It has the distinction of being the first facility in Southeast Asia to introduce the Trilogy System to cater to the needs of patients requiring high-end precision radiotherapy. We have a team of highly experienced doctors and staff fully committed to serving the needs of our patients. Although our main thrust is in the treatment of cancer, we are actively involved in clinical trials with international organisations.

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George Kent may build hospitals overseas
Published: 2009/07/14
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GEORGE Kent (Malaysia) Bhd, an engineering firm with expertise in water infrastructure work, may consider venturing abroad as a turnkey contractor to build hospitals.

Chairman Tan Sri Tan Kay Hock said his company has been awarded RM97.75 million turnkey contract to build a 106-bed facility at the Kuala Lipis Hospital in February.

The contract is slated for completion by August 25, 2011, he said.

"If we can develop our expertise, upgrade our capabilities and do a good job, we may even consider venturing overseas as a turnkey contractor for hospitals," he told reporters after the company's AGM today.

Tan said the company would be able to gain experience and develop its capabilities as a civil and structural engineering contractor - Bernama

Musa Wants Construction Of Private Hospital To Proceed Immediately
July 15, 2009 19:21 PM

KOTA KINABALU, July 15 (Bernama) -- Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman has given a directive for the private hospital at Wisma Khidmat, near here, to be set up as soon as possible.

He said the RM100 million hospital, initiated by Sabah Credit Corporation (SCC), must be constructed immediately to alleviate the suffering of the people due to the acute shortage of medical facilities at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH).

The SCC is a financial institution fully owned by the Sabah government with the primary objective of contributing to Sabah's socio-economic development.

Musa, who is also Finance Minister, said he requested a briefing from Health Department officers on the status of the upgrading of QEH and the approved takeover of the Sabah Medical Centre.

"I am sad that there is still delay in implementing measures to overcome the lack of medical facilities, namely a well-equipped general hospital in Kota Kinabalu.

"In light of the continuing delay, I want the construction of the private hospital to proceed immediately and be completed within a year," he told reporters after chairing a state cabinet meeting Wednesday.

"Although it is a private hospital, profit is not its priority.

"The lives and health of the people must come first. We realise the suffering of patients due to the congestion at QEH, and their relatives and the doctors are affected too," he said, adding that the private hospital could accommodate at least 150 beds and equipped with an operating theatre.

"We have to be proactive in this matter. The state government will do its part to assist the Health Ministry to fill the gap until it can provide adequate medical facilities to the people of Sabah," he added.

In this regard, Musa called on all the relevant authorities to cooperate in expediting the completion of the hospital for the benefit of all.

-- BERNAMA

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Columbia Asia To Set Up 15 New Hospitals In India


NEW DELHI, July 15 (Bernama) -- Malaysia-based Columbia Asia, a consortium of healthcare providers, is chalking out an ambitious expansion strategy for its Indian market, with 15 new multi-specialty hospitals in the pipeline.

Columbia had announced that it was ready to invest nearly US$100 million (RM350 million) over the next three years to create over 2,000 beds from the current 570 beds in its five hospitals that it owns in India.

"Since we prefer to go alone and invest through the 100 percent FDI (foreign direct investment) route, the slowdown has not impacted our India expansion plans.

"Our parent company in Kuala Lumpur is financially strong. In fact, funds for the 15 new hospitals are already in place. We are just finalising the real estate deals," Columbia Asia (India) chief executive officer T. Ghosh told the Economic Times.

At present, the consortium operates 14 healthcare facilities across Asia and by end of 2011 it aims to set up 17 new hospitals in the region.

In India it owns five hospitals - two in Bangalore, one in Delhi, Kolkata and Mysore.

In Malaysia, it operates five hospitals while another six are being planned nationwide.

Columbia plans to set up hospitals in India on the "community hospital model" concept, which includes primary and secondary medical services.

"We are also planning to set up smaller 30-bed hospitals in four cities and the first one is coming up in Karnataka.

"Once we have developed the community hospital network, the next step will be to set up 200-bed referral hospitals which will have expertise to treat rare and difficult cases," Ghosh told the newspaper in an interview in Kolkata.

-- BERNAMA

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SMC to build RM180m hosp?
Published on: Friday, July 17, 2009

Kota Kinabalu: Sabah Medical Centre Sdn Bhd (SMC) is believed to be planning to acquire 4.163 acres off Jalan Damai, Luyang, costing RM10 million per acre.

The purpose is to build a RM180 million replacement hospital in the wake of the Government's purchase of the existing SMC at a cost of about RM275 million.

A resolution to this effect under the heading "Acquisition of Town Lease 017553221 comprising 4.163 acres of land" on the agenda is likely to be tabled for consideration and approval at the company's Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) on July 24.

It is the second of five proposed resolutions which are expected to be deliberated upon and approved at the EGM, of which a notice dated July 10 has been given to all shareholders.

It reads as follows :

"To resolve that the approval is granted under Section 132C of the Companies Act, 1965 to acquire the parcel of land held under Town Lease 017553221 comprising 4.163 acres more or less situated off Jalan Damai, Luyang, Kota Kinabalu at a purchase price of RM10,000,000.00 per acre as the contingent to construct a replacement private medical centre to continue providing medical care service upon the materialisation of the sale of SMC building to Ministry of Health (MOH), on such terms and conditions as the directors of SMC shall deem fit."

This will be preceded by Resolution 1 which is for the disposal by SMC of its ownership in the land held under Town Lease 017553212 together with the hospital building and an inventory of plants and equipment to the MOH for a sum of not less than RM275 million.

According to the notice, the third item on the agenda is to resolve that the Board of Directors be empowered and authorised on behalf of SMC to cause to design, build, equip and operate a new hospital building of 250 bedded at a budget of not more than RM180 million on Town Lease 017553221.

Daily Express contacted Chairman of Sabah Medical Centre Sdn Bhd, Dr Tseu Fui Loong, who confirmed the convening of the EGM.

He, however, said he was not aware that a copy of the notice had been circulated to the media and abruptly ended the conversation.

Meanwhile, the Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) again said that the proposal to convert Wisma Khidmat here into a private hospital is a bad idea due to many reasons, particularly its safety and suitability.

Its Information Chief, Chong Pit Fah, said the proposed conversion site was bad as the building and location were not suitable for a medical set-up.

"Is this private hospital upon completion going to provide free medical treatment to the people of Sabah because the Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman had said that it would be given on loan to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) while waiting for the other planned government hospital to be completed," he said in a statement to Bernama.

Chong said the Wisma Khidmat building, which was built more than 25 years ago, was also not suitable for a medical set-up because it was then built for commercial purposes.

He said there was no guarantee that the building was safe for occupancy after being abandoned for several years as many parts of the building might be damaged. He said problems like congestion might occur in the area because there was limited space for parking and this could spill over to the surrounding area.

"What the Chief Minister should do is to use of his good office to press the Federal Government to speed up the construction of the twin towers of the QEH after its main block was declared unsafe late last year," he said.

He added that the city had already been deprived of a general hospital facility for 254 days after the QEH debacle.

The private hospital costing over RM100 million would have 150 beds and medical facilities such as an operating theatre. It will also be owned by the Sabah Credit Corporation (SCC), the building owner.

121 Hospitals To Be Installed With Digital Filing System
July 20, 2009 19:43 PM

KLANG, July 20 (Bernama) -- A total of 121 of 135 government hospitals will be installed with digital filing system to speed up the retrieval of patient records, Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said.

"I notice that there are still many hospitals which keep their records manually and spent about 15 minutes to look for them. The time taken is too long.

"If we use digital filing, we can retrieve the information accurately and instantly," he told a news conference after visiting the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital (HTAR) here Monday.

Liow said a detailed planning should be carried out before installing the system due to its high cost.

Old hospitals like the Kuala Lumpur Hospital and HTAR would be installed with the system first if the government decided to proceed with it, he added.

He said that until now, only 14 hospitals were installed with the system including Serdang, Selayang, Putrajaya, Ampang and Sungai Buloh hospitals.

Asked on the time frame for the installation, Liow said, it was an ongoing process.

On the cost to install the system, he said, it had yet to be ascertained.

"It takes time to migrate from a manual system to a digital system. In HTAR alone, 14 cabins are being used for storing medical records... this is a huge amount of records," he said.

-- BERNAMA

KPJ Healthcare akan miliki 23 hospital menjelang 2012
20/07/2009 5:10pm

KUANTAN 20 Julai _ KPJ Healthcare Berhad (KPJ Healthcare) akan mempunyai 23 rangkaian hospital pakar apabila empat lagi pusat perubatannya yang sedang dalam pembinaan siap sepenuhnya menjelang 2012.

Pengerusi KPJ Healthcare, Tan Sri Muhammad Ali Hashim berkata, empat hospital tersebut ialah masing-masing sebuah di Kuala Lumpur, Klang, Pulau Pinang dan Kuantan.

" Pada masa ini, kita mempunyai 19 rangkaian hospital di seluruh negara yang memberi pelbagai perkhidmatan pakar kepada rakyat,'' katanya. - Utusan

Pasdec, Johor firm in hospital venture
Published: 2009/07/21



PASDEC Holdings Bhd has entered into an agreement with Kumpulan Perubatan (Johor) Sdn Bhd (KPJSB) to form a joint-venture company to develop and own a private hospital in Kuantan.

Pasdec will hold 30 per cent equity in the company, while the rest will be held by KPJSB.

Pasdec, Johor firm in hospital venture
Published: 2009/07/21



PASDEC Holdings Bhd has entered into an agreement with Kumpulan Perubatan (Johor) Sdn Bhd (KPJSB) to form a joint-venture company to develop and own a private hospital in Kuantan.

Pasdec will hold 30 per cent equity in the company, while the rest will be held by KPJSB.

KPJ to build RM100m hospital in Kuantan
2009/07/21


KUANTAN: KPJ Healthcare is set to tap the health tourism in the east coast region by building a RM100 million specialist hospital in Tanjung Lumpur here.

The new hospital will be KPJ's 23rd, and the second in Pahang after Kuantan Specialist Hospital, which serves patients from as far as Kelantan and Mersing in Johor.

Yesterday, the company inked a joint-venture agreement with the state government's investment arm, Pasdec Corporation, for the construction of the building which will then be leased back to KPJ.

Its president, Tan Sri Mu-hammad Ali Hashim, said the growth and development of Kuantan and the east coast region had increased the demand for quality healthcare services.

"Malaysians are earning more and we help fill their demand for private healthcare. The new hospital is due to be operational in 2011 with 250 beds," he said yesterday.



He said this was also the third project built under a joint-venture agreement with state governments, after Ke-dah and Kelantan.


"We expect to open two new hospitals in Kuala Lumpur and Penang."

Pasdec chief executive officer Mohd Khairuddin Abdul Manan said it planned to develop the land adjacent to the proposed hospital into a mini commercial development called Kuantan Piazzaz.

Khairuddin said the new hospital would boost the value of the neighbouring development of Bandar Putra township slated for completion in 2017.

KPJ Healthcare miliki 23 hospital

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KUANTAN 20 Julai - KPJ Healthcare Bhd. (KPJ Healthcare) akan mempunyai serangkaian 23 buah hospital pakar apabila tiga lagi pusat perubatannya yang sedang dalam pembinaan siap sepenuhnya menjelang 2012.

Pengerusi KPJ Healthcare, Tan Sri Muhammad Ali Hashim berkata, tiga hospital tersebut, masing-masing terletak di Klang, Selangor, Pulau Pinang dan Kuantan di Pahang.

''Pada masa ini, kita mempunyai serangkaian 19 buah hospital di seluruh negara yang memberi pelbagai perkhidmatan pakar kepada rakyat," katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian selepas majlis menandatangani memorandum persefahaman (MoU) antara KPJ Healthcare dengan Pasdec Corporations Sdn. Bhd. (Pasdec) di Kompleks Dagangan Mahkota, Bandar Indera Mahkota di sini hari ini.

KPJ Healthcare diwakili Pengurus Besar Kumpulan (Operasi Hospital), Amiruddin Abdul Satar dan Pengurus Besar Kumpulan, Mohd. Sahir Rahmat manakala Pasdec diwakili Pengarah, Datuk Lias Mohd. Noor dan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif, Mohd. Khairuddin Abdul Manan.

Majlis itu disaksikan oleh Menteri Besar Pahang, Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob.

MoU itu diadakan sempena seminar Pembangunan Industri Halal Nasional peringkat negeri di Kompleks Dagangan Mahkota itu yang dirasmikan oleh Adnan.

Muhammad Ali berkata, KPJ Healthcare melabur sebanyak RM300 juta untuk membina setiap hospital yang dilengkapi pelbagai kemudahan terkini kepada pesakit.

Beliau menjelaskan, pembinaan hospital-hospital itu dibuat berdasarkan permintaan yang semakin tinggi di kalangan rakyat selain mengurangkan kos rawatan ke luar negara.

''Kita memahami keperluan rakyat dan hospital kerajaan sedia ada juga tidak mampu menampung permintaan yang semakin bertambah," katanya.

Sementara itu, kata beliau, pihaknya juga sedang membina sebuah lagi hospital baru juga dikenali Hospital Tawakal bersebelahan Hospital Tawakal yang kini beroperasi di Kuala Lumpur.

Mengulas pembinaan hospital pakar bernilai RM100 juta di Kuantan, kata Muhammad Ali, pusat perubatan tersebut akan dibina di tapak seluas 1.2 hektar di Tanjung Lumpur.

Beliau berkata, hospital yang mempunyai 180 katil itu turut dilengkapi unit rawatan rapi (ICU), bilik bedah, farmasi, makmal, unit hemodialisis, perkhidmatan pesakit luar dan kecemasan.

Dengan pembinaan itu, beliau berkata, Kuantan bakal memiliki dua hospital pakar iaitu Hospital Pakar Kuantan (KSH) yang kini turut memberi perkhidmatan kepada pesakit dari Kota Bharu, Kelantan dan Mersing, Johor.

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IJN's new wing takes off

2009/07/22
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KUALA LUMPUR: After three-and-a-half years, the National Heart Institute (IJN) has is ready to opened its new wing.


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There are 24 outpatient clinics and an international patient centre in the six-storey building, which was opened by Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai recently

Liow, who was impressed by the resplendent lobby, said the serene atmosphere will be soothing balm to patients who come in with pain, fear and anxiety.

The building’s modern unique facade gives visitors a good idea of what to expect inside.


The interior design art is contemporary with a the futuristic giant glass sculpture as its centre piece. Look closely and you will seeone will that that it resembles the shape of a heart.

The 186 sq m wide sculpture, which spreads across the wall of the lobby, is called “The Tree of Life”.

Water splashes up in the shape of a tree with the branches that that end with the blooming flowers.

Created by local artist Raja Azhar, it is a symbol of hope for the patients of IJN.

Raja Azhar says: “IJN gives patients the hope to keep going. Life is beautiful. The birds on the ceiling flying represent freedom- freedom from pain and sickness, and the joy of being able to continue with their lives,” Raja Azhar said.

The birds hanging on the ceiling are arranged in also form an “S” formation which stands for “survival”.

The sculpture took four months to complete and will soon be listed in the Malaysia Book of Records as the biggest fused and textural hot coloured glass sculptureglass sculpture in the country.
The outpatient clinics are each have their own registration, pharmacy and payment counters.

The comfortable waiting lounge is equipped with prayer rooms as well as a play area, television and dedicated space for breastfeeding and ample toilets for both men and women.

IJN chief executive officer Datuk Mohd Radzif Mohd Yunus said the new wing has a 112-bed general ward for beds including paediatric, wards for cardiology and cardiothoracic patients.

It will also has aOther facilities include a 12-bed intensive care unit (ICU) beds for post-surgical cases, eight coronary care unit (CCU) beds, six high-dependency unit beds and two state-of-the art operating theatres.
and equipment, There are two invasive cardiovascular laboratories, for interventional invasive cardiology procedures, 19 daycare ward beds, 35 clinic rooms, four dialysis beds and a hybrid cath operating theatre.

This is in addition to the already existing 179-bed general ward, beds including paediatric wards for cardiology and cardiothoracic cases, 18 ICU beds, for post surgical cases, 12 CCU beds, 10 Paediatric ICU beds, 5 high-dependency unit beds, 5 ICU medical beds, 24-hour emergency department with six observation beds, five operating theatres, four invasive cardiothoracic laboratories for interventional invasive cardiology procedures, 11 day care ward beds and 24 clinic rooms.

There is also a separate wing also has separate entrance and lift for royalty and other dignitaries.

The wards are divided into single, double and There are single, double and four-bed rooms and all the The double bedded room are convertible into four-bedded rooms too. These rooms have scenic views of the courtyards, gardens or Petronas Twin Towers.

Mural paintings on the hospital walls brighten up the environment, making patients feel as if they are in a hotel instead of a hospital, a so as to help them recover fast and return home.

There is also a with the extension block of six levels including an annexe multi-storey car park.

The annexe building, which was completed in 2007, provides an additional 700 parking bays.

The general wards, rehabilitation ward and the high-dependency unit at the new wing will start operating in stages fromstarting next month. followed by all the other facilities.

From 2000 to December last year, more than 1.5 million patients were treated at IJNtheir premise.

A total of 41,700 heart surgeries and 95,500 interventional procedures were performed. There were had 155,900 admissions and a 1,503,000 outpatient visits.

Mohd Radzif attributed the successful completion of the new wing to the support of the Health Ministry. , director-general of health, ministry’s secretary-general, officers, doctors, nurses, allied health team and other staff who jointly gave their support and inputs.

An UPM lecturer Dr Zahid Emby, who has been a heart patient since 1987 said: “It all started in a wooden hut and today its just awe inspiring to see how the heart centre has grown.”

IJN to operate from new wing in July
Saturday June 6, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR: From July 1, the National Heart Institute (IJN) will operate from its new wing while its existing wing undergoes renovation.

Operations at the new wing will begin with the 24 outpatient clinics now in the existing wing, but IJN hopes to add general wards, a rehabilitation ward and a high dependency unit (renal) in the latter part of July. Once all expansion works are complete, IJN will have 438 beds.

“Five more cardio-thoracic centres are in the pipeline,” said Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, who was on a working visit to the IJN yesterday.

The institute would continue to open its doors to patients from all levels of society, he said.

IJN had to increase its capacity considering the large number of patients it dealt with and as the Government continued to improving cardiology services in the country, he added.

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EXPANSION PLAN
IJN AIMS TO SOAR HIGHER WITH THE NEW WING

IJN was set up to provide specialized evaluation and treatment of all cardiac cases referred from all over the country. Today, IJN is reckoned to be among the best medical centres for cardiovascular and thoracic care in Malaysia and the region.

Over the last fifteen years of establishment, IJN has recorded more than 1.3 million outpatient and 132,000 inpatient attendances. Has performed more than 600,000 interventional cardiology procedures and over 35,000 heart surgeries. The increase in patients has caused congestion in bedding and bottle-neck effects in facilities, hence there is a need for expansion to serve our continuously growing patients attendances and to enhance our role as the cardiovascular and thoracic centre of international standards.

The present facilities are being expanded, configured and programmed to suit the current requirements and for immediate future needs.

CONSTRUCTION OF NEW WING

IJN's New Wing, developed on a 'design and built' concept encompasses and extension block of six levels including car park/annexe building. The overall project includes equipping, commissioning and maintenance of the new facilities as well as renovation and refurbishment works. The built-up area is 78,401sf whilst the land area is 20,214sf.

Upon completion, the new wing would portray a modern contemporary building with patient-friendly facilities, top-grade services. Public areas such as the main entrance/lobby, public and VIP lift lobbies to all floors, commercial lots, executive lounge, admission and registration centre will be graced with granite flooring and refined wall finishes.

Hospitals looking at three countries
2009/07/23


KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian hospitals are wooing Vietnamese and Cambodians in the promotion of their world-class and value-for-money medical services.

A long-time favourite with Indonesians, Singaporeans and people in the Middle East, the hospitals are also trying to attract Bangladeshis.

Association of Private Hospitals of Malaysia (APHM) president Datuk Dr Jacob Thomas said the three countries were targeted as they had a fast growing middle-class population which was health conscious.

Moreover, Vietnam and Cambodia were only about 90 minutes away by flight, he added.

He said Malaysia was looking at capturing at least 10 per cent of the medical tourists from the three countries.



Dr Jacob said Vietnam had a population of 85 million, and about 300,000 Vietnamese went overseas for medical treatment last year.



"If we can attract 10 per cent of these tourists, then we are on the right track."

He said a delegation went to Vietnam and Cambodia last year and last April to promote Malaysia's private hospitals and their facilities.

"Many of them were unaware that our hospital facilities are at par with Singapore, but our treatments are 40 to 60 per cent cheaper."

He said the visit resulted in some hospitals setting up representative offices in Vietnam and Cambodia to promote their services.

Dr Jacob is bullish about the initiative and expects to see medical tourists from Vietnam and Cambodia within two years.

On Bangladesh, Dr Jacob said a delegation would be sent there next month.

Pantai Hospital senior manager for group marketing (international) Anwar Anis said Vietnamese and Cambodians usually sought treatment in Thailand but the political uncertainties there had forced them to look elsewhere.

He said Pantai had already set up an office in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City and was already getting enquiries.

Asked why Malaysia was targetting only medical tourists from the Asian region, Dr Jacob said this was due to the great potential of the region whose surface Malaysia had barely scratched.

Also, it was more expensive to penetrate the Western market where private hospitals had to spend up to five times more on advertising and promotions, he added.

"Besides that, Westerners prefer US-friendly countries such as Singapore and Thailand."

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Klinik dalam bas

Oleh ANDIKA WAHAB
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Bas dua tingkat yang diubah suai menjadi ruang rawatan pergigian milik Angkatan Tentera Malaysia. - BERNAMA

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KUALA LUMPUR 23 Julai - Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (ATM) hari ini melancarkan sebuah Klinik Pergigian Bergerak (KPB) dalam bentuk bas dua tingkat yang pertama di dunia.

Panglima Angkatan Tentera, Jeneral Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Zainal berkata, ini adalah bukti pencapaian ATM memanfaatkan bidang sains dan teknologi terutama dalam mengukuhkan perkhidmatan kesihatan dalam kalangan anggota tentera.

Katanya, KPB yang lengkap dengan pelbagai peralatan pergigian, lif dan kapasiti lapan orang itu juga boleh dimanfaatkan kepada orang awam yang tinggal di kawasan pedalaman.

"KPB ini juga berpotensi menjadi klinik gigi yang mampu memberi perkhidmatan kepada penduduk yang tidak mempunyai kemudahan klinik statik di kawasan luar bandar.

"Oleh itu, klinik ini bukan sahaja membawa nama baik ATM dalam bidang penciptaan, malah turut memberi peluang kepada warga ATM berkhidmat kepada orang awam menerusi tawaran perubatan pergigian," katanya pada majlis pelancaran KPB ATM dan Sistem Aplikasi Pergigian di sini hari ini.

KPB yang berasaskan casis bas dua tingkat model Sweden itu dibina pada Mei tahun lalu dan siap sepenuhnya pada awal Julai ini dengan kos sebanyak RM2.34 juta.

Dek atas bas dua tingkat tersebut merangkumi dua surgeri rawatan lengkap dan bilik pembersihan peralatan sementara di dek bawah pula mempunyai kaunter pendaftaran dan ruangan menunggu para pesakit.

Pada majlis itu, sebuah sistem aplikasi pergigian yang dikenali sebagai Dental Readiness Management System (DRMS) bagi kemudahan para anggota ATM mendapatkan khidmat pergigian di mana-mana hospital di bawah kendalian ATM turut dilancarkan.

Menurut Abdul Aziz, DRMS ini adalah modul utama dalam Projek Peningkatan Sistem Informasi Automasi Pergigian (Siap) yang dibangunkan pada 2007 dengan belanja kira-kira RM9 juta.

"Dengan adanya DRMS, semua rekod pergigian warga ATM dapat disimpan secara berpusat dan dihubungkan ke semua pusat pergigian dan hospital di bawah kelolaan ATM," katanya.

Abdul Aziz menambah, kejayaan penciptaan kedua-dua alat canggih ini bukan sekadar kepentingan tuntutan kesihatan, malah perlu dilihat sebagai satu petunjuk prestasi yang perlu dijadikan perangsang bagi terus menonjolkan kecemerlangan ATM.

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Where to park? A big headache at Penang Hospital
2009/07/28

By Lee Keng Fatt

GEORGE TOWN: The limited space for car parking has become a major problem at Penang Hospital.

It now takes an average of about 30 minutes to an hour to find a vacant space in the hospital compound.

Visitors and those seeking outpatient treatment have to jostle for the limited car park lots, currently shared by 3,000-plus hospital staff who work there on three shifts.

This has caused many frustrated motorists to leave their vehicles parked illegally along roads leading to the hospital, often causing even the emergency lanes used by the ambulances to be blocked.

A motorist, Cynthia Lim, dreads accompanying her wheelchair-bound mother for the twice-weekly treatment at the hospital.



“I am often left helpless as I drive round looking for an empty space while my mother is left unattended at the emergency entrance,” she said.



Zulkefley Mohammad, 35, also faces similar problems each time he sends his cancer-stricken mother for treatment.
Yesterday, he came at 8am but the place was already full of cars, many haphazardly parked at every available corner.

“I hope the hospital authorities can find a solution to the parking problem,” he said.

Teacher Robert Tan said Penang Hospital ought to emulate private hospitals by renting and converting vacant land into car parks for their visitors and patients.

“A hospital is a place where the sick seek treatment.
“The sick or those bringing them should not be frustrated by parking problems”, said Tan.

Penang Hospital Visitors’ Board chairman Lim Thoon Deong admitted the problem and said it had been discussed many times.

“This is something unavoidable but the hospital authorities are doing their best to resolve it,” he said, adding that the completion of a six-storey car park in October would help some of the parking problems.

State traffic police chief Deputy Superintendent Wari Khew said police had booked those who caused obstruction on roads near the hospital.

Mudajaya wins RM75m hospital job
Published: 2009/07/29

MUDAJAYA Group Bhd's wholly-owned subsidiary, Mudajaya Corporation Bhd, was on July 28, awarded a contract for the construction of a hospital in Pahang for a total contract value of RM75.388 million by Mudajaya-Takdzim Joint Venture.

The project, awarded by Takdzim PMC Sdn Bhd on July 27 to Mudajaya-Takdzim Joint Venture, is expected to be completed by Jan 31, 2012.

The project is expected to contribute positively to the future earnings and net assets of the company. - Bernama

KPJ to buy medical centre
Published: 2009/07/30

KPJ Healthcare Bhd’s subsidiary, Kumpulan Perubatan (Johor) Sdn Bhd, plans to buy partially completed Bandar Baru Klang Medical Centre for RM38 million.

It plans to seek approval to develop the site into a private specialist hospital.

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KPJ buka hospital pakar di Bandar Perda




KPJ Healthcare Berhad (KPJ), ahli Kumpulan Johor Corporation melebarkan sayap perniagaannya menerusi pembukaan cawangan terbaru Hospital Pakar KPJ Pulau Pinang (KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital) yang ke-19 di Bandar Perda, Bukit Mertajam, Pulau Pinang.

Hospital yang dibina di atas kawasan seluas dua hektar itu dilengkapi pelbagai jenis peralatan perubatan terkini dan canggih membabitkan kos pelaburan RM70 juta termasuk kos pembinaan RM45 juta.

Pengarah Eksekutifnya, Abdol Wahab Baba, berkata pembukaan hospital itu sebagai kesinambungan daripada pengambilalihan Hospital Pakar Bukit Mertajam oleh KPJ pada 2000 dan satu usaha KPJ menyediakan perkhidmatan perubatan lebih baik kepada warga Pulau Pinang.

Beliau berkata, ketika ini pihaknya dalam proses memindahkan pesakit serta sebahagian peralatan di hospital itu secara berperingkat dan proses itu dijangka selesai pada pertengahan bulan ini.

Berikutan itu, Hospital Pakar Bukit Mertajam yang dulunya dikenali Medicare Specialist Hospital di Jalan Sungai Rambai, Bukit Mertajam akan menjalani proses pengubahsuaian sebagai pusat latihan kejururawatan kendalian KPJ yang bakal mengambil 200 pelajar bagi tahun pertama operasinya.

“Kami berharap dengan hospital yang lebih besar dan selesa ini, KPJ dapat menjalankan peranan dalam meningkatkan taraf kehidupan serta kesihatan masyarakat bukan saja kepada penduduk negeri ini, malah kepada penduduk di negeri lain yang berjiran dengan Pulau Pinang.

“KPJ juga menghantar permohonan kepada Kementerian Kesihatan dan Majlis Pelancongan Malaysia untuk mendaftarkan hospital ini sebagai satu daripada 36 panel hospital bagi tujuan pelancongan perubatan yang mempunyai pasaran besar di negeri ini,” katanya ketika ditemui di Bandar Perda, Bukit Mertajam, baru-baru ini.

Hospital Pakar KPJ Pulau Pinang yang memulakan operasi secara rasmi kelmarin memiliki peralatan terkini antaranya mesin pengimbas pelbagai resolusi (MRI), mesin diagnostik dan pengimbas CT 64 bahagian, peralatan kardiologi serta pusat dialisis yang mampu menampung jumlah pesakit lebih ramai.

Health tourism plans for Perak


PERAK is promoting health tourism aggressively to woo visitors who need medical treatment.

Tourism Perak Sdn Bhd general manager Norani Samat said there was potential for health tourism in the state as the hospitals in Ipoh and Taiping had specialist doctors and excellent facilities.

“Some 60% of the visitors seeking treatment in Perak hail from Medan, Sumatera,” she said.

Speaking when launching the Tower Regency Hotel & Apartment privilege membership card in Ipoh on July 24, Norani said apart from health tourism, Tourism Perak would also promote Taiping, Kuala Kangsar, Manjung and the Royal Belum Rainforest.

“Perak holds great potential due to its wealth of historical, cultural and natural assets,” she added.

Norani said the state was also looking into ways to inject positive changes in the tourism industry by installing proper road signages, upgrading road infrastructure and upgrading security.

“Perak is also doing its level best to help the hospitality industry through continuous promotion and advertising locally as well as overseas,” she added.

Hi Everybody...

Need a favor, could anybody pls give me some information bout assunta hospital extension.
Need to know:-

Main contractor :- ??
Architect :- ??
C&S Consultant :-
M&E Consultant:-

etc.


appreciate if someone can give me the information.

thanks
rumie

Hi Everybody...

Need a favor, could anybody pls give me some information bout assunta hospital extension.
Need to know:-

Main contractor :- ??
Architect :- ??
C&S Consultant :-
M&E Consultant:-

etc.


appreciate if someone can give me the information.

thanks
rumie


ada new xtension meh?? i tot already completd few years back...

Bro,


No la.... this one old project. just wanna to gather the info. project ongoing on University Malaya Hospital...

Appreciate if someone have an info, bout Assunta hospital extension. i think project finish on 2006.
As far i'm concern Bintai Kindenko is main contractor For M&E.


thanks,

KPJ turns Seremban Specialist into wholly owned subsidiary
Written by The Edge Financial Daily
Wednesday, 05 August 2009 22:16

KUALA LUMPUR: KPJ HEALTHCARE BHD [ KPJ 3.320 0.000 (0.000%) ] has turned Seremban Specialist Hospital Sdn Bhd (SSHSB) into a wholly owned subsidiary after acquiring the remaining 28.3% stake in the company from the Negeri Sembilan Religious Council for RM14.15 million cash.

KPJ said today its subsidiary Kumpulan Perubatan (Johor) Sdn Bhd had on April 10, 2009, completed the acquisition of the additional stake comprising 7.07 million shares in SSHSB from the council. SSHSB posted a net profit of about RM6.78 million for the year ended Dec 31, 2008.

It did not explain why the completion of the deal was only announced now.

Consultant: Malaysia can be medical tourism hub


KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has the potential to become a medical tourism hub, says Frost & Sullivan senior consultant of healthcare for Asia Pacific, Dr Pawel Suwinski.

“The recent promotion of medical tourism in Malaysia is excellent,” he said, referring to promotional initiatives by the Government and the Association of Private Hospitals of Malaysia.

“Health tourism is one of the brightest points in the growth of the healthcare sector in Malaysia,” Suwinski said at a press briefing on the future of the Malaysian healthcare industry yesterday.


Dr Pawel Suwinski ... The recent promotion of medical tourism in Malaysia is excellent
The latest indicators on medical tourism in Malaysia support Suwinski’s claim.

The compounded annual growth rate of foreign tourists to Malaysia seeking medical care is 25.3% from 1998 to 2008.

Additionally, revenue per patient grew from US$92 in 1998 to US$241 in 2008. While most foreign patients came from neighbouring countries with less developed medical infrastructure such as Indonesia, there is a growing market in developed countries.

Cost and relative political stability lent Malaysia a distinct comparative advantage in the field of medical tourism, said Simranjit Singh, Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific director for healthcare.

“There is no denying that Malaysia has an edge over Singapore and even Thailand in this respect.”

He added that the recent recession had led to rising healthcare costs particularly in the West, making the Asian region a cheaper alternative for medical treatment.

According to a survey carried out by Frost & Sullivan, potential medical tourists are concerned primarily with accredited doctors and nurses, accessibility to hospitals and leisure at their place of stay. Malaysia fared well in all three areas, said Suwinski.

Frost & Sullivan deem three other interlocking factors that significantly determine the future of the Malaysian healthcare industry. These are changing demographics (declining birth rate and increasing life expectancy); the growing demand for high quality private healthcare and consequently private health insurance; and changing disease patterns, namely, increased prevalence of obesity, hypertension and diabetes due to urbanisation.

Consultant: Malaysia can be medical tourism hub

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has the potential to become a medical tourism hub, says Frost & Sullivan senior consultant of healthcare for Asia Pacific, Dr Pawel Suwinski.

“The recent promotion of medical tourism in Malaysia is excellent,” he said, referring to promotional initiatives by the Government and the Association of Private Hospitals of Malaysia.

“Health tourism is one of the brightest points in the growth of the healthcare sector in Malaysia,” Suwinski said at a press briefing on the future of the Malaysian healthcare industry yesterday.


Dr Pawel Suwinski ... The recent promotion of medical tourism in Malaysia is excellent
The latest indicators on medical tourism in Malaysia support Suwinski’s claim.

The compounded annual growth rate of foreign tourists to Malaysia seeking medical care is 25.3% from 1998 to 2008.

Additionally, revenue per patient grew from US$92 in 1998 to US$241 in 2008. While most foreign patients came from neighbouring countries with less developed medical infrastructure such as Indonesia, there is a growing market in developed countries.

Cost and relative political stability lent Malaysia a distinct comparative advantage in the field of medical tourism, said Simranjit Singh, Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific director for healthcare.

“There is no denying that Malaysia has an edge over Singapore and even Thailand in this respect.”

He added that the recent recession had led to rising healthcare costs particularly in the West, making the Asian region a cheaper alternative for medical treatment.

According to a survey carried out by Frost & Sullivan, potential medical tourists are concerned primarily with accredited doctors and nurses, accessibility to hospitals and leisure at their place of stay. Malaysia fared well in all three areas, said Suwinski.

Frost & Sullivan deem three other interlocking factors that significantly determine the future of the Malaysian healthcare industry. These are changing demographics (declining birth rate and increasing life expectancy); the growing demand for high quality private healthcare and consequently private health insurance; and changing disease patterns, namely, increased prevalence of obesity, hypertension and diabetes due to urbanisation.
Malaysia destinasi pelancongan
6 Ogos 2009

KUALA LUMPUR 5 Ogos – Malaysia berpotensi menjadi salah sebuah destinasi pelancongan perubatan terkenal di rantau ini, kata Frost & Sullivan GIC Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (Frost & Sullivan).

Perunding Kanan Penjagaan Kesihatan Asia Pasifiknya, Dr. Pawel Suwinski berkata, kenyataan itu berdasarkan peningkatan perbelanjaan penjagaan kesihatan kepada AS$7.6 bilion (RM26.52 bilion) tahun lalu.

‘‘Ini menunjukkan peningkatan sebanyak 13.7 peratus daripada AS$4 bilion (RM13.96 bilion) pada 2003. Pertambahan itu adalah disebabkan konsep penswastaan dalam penyediaan perkhidmatan penjagaan kesihatan.

‘‘Selain itu, infrastruktur penjagaan kesihatan sektor awam juga mengalami peningkatan dan perubahan positif dengan terdapatnya pembangunan pelancongan perubatan,’’ katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian pada taklimat media mengenai gambaran keseluruhan industri penjagaan kesihatan Malaysia bagi 2009 di sini hari ini.

Hadir sama Pengarah Penjagaan Kesihatan Asia Pasifik Frost & Sullivan, Simranjit Singh.

Tambah Suwinski, walaupun Malaysia sedang mengalami pembangunan dalam sistem penjagaan kesihatan, pembahagian pusat kesihatan masih lagi tidak seimbang.

Healthcare Expenditure In Malaysia Increasing


KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 5 (Bernama) -- Healthcare expenditure in Malaysia is increasingly driven by increased privatisation within the healthcare service provision and upgrading of existing healthcare infrastructure within the public sector.

Frost and Sullivan's senior consultant of healthcare Asia-Pacific, Dr Pawel Suwinski, said the market for healthcare services has also received positive impetus from growing promotion of health tourism and development activities.

"The total healthcare expenditure grew at 13.7 percent compound annual growth rate from 2003 to 2008, which stood at US$7.6 billion (US$1=RM3.45) in 2008," he said at a media briefing on Malaysian healthcare industry here Wednesday.

In terms of infrastructure, Suwinski said, the Malaysian healthcare system was dominated by private hospitals accounting for an average of 62 percent of total number of hospitals annually from 2002-2008.

As at end-2008, there were 144 public hospitals and 224 private hospitals in Malaysia.

Suwinski said the Malaysian government has put in strong efforts in boosting human resources in the healthcare sector.

Nursing, in particular, has shown significant progress and has met the government's target of one to 600 population ratio, he said.

-- BERNAMA

Yayasan Jantung Malaysia buka bangunan penginapan orang ramai




KUALA LUMPUR 6 Ogos - Ahli keluarga pesakit jantung yang mendapatkan rawatan di Institut Jantung Negara (IJN) kini tidak perlu lagi runsing memikirkan tempat penginapan kerana sebuah bangunan untuk tujuan itu telah disediakan untuk mereka.

Bangunan tersebut yang terletak berdekatan dengan IJN dan dibangunkan oleh Yayasan Jantung Malaysia, menyediakan 30 katil untuk tujuan tersebut.

Ahli keluarga pesakit yang menggunakan kemudahan tersebut dikenakan bayaran paling minimum iaitu antara RM15 hingga RM65 sehari.

Bangunan yang dikenali sebagai Wisma Yayasan Jantung Malaysia itu hari ini dirasmikan pembukaannya oleh Sultan Pahang, Sultan Ahmad Shah yang juga Penaung Yayasan Jantung Malaysia.

Ketika bertitah pada majlis perasmian itu, Sultan Ahmad Shah berkata, ikatan kekeluargaan antara pesakit dan ahli keluarga dapat dieratkan dengan adanya kemudahan itu.

''Kasih sayang serta sokongan yang diberikan oleh ahli keluarga mampu membantu pesakit untuk sembuh dengan lebih cepat.

''Diharapkan lebih banyak kemudahan seperti ini dapat disediakan oleh pihak swasta melalui kerjasama dengan pihak kerajaan,'' titah baginda

Dalam pada itu, Pengerusi Yayasan Jantung Malaysia, Tan Sri Dr. Abdul Majid Ismail berkata, kejayaan membina wisma berkenaan membuktikan keprihatinan segenap lapisan masyarakat terhadap pesakit jantung.

''Kejayaan yang diperoleh Yayasan Jantung Malaysia hari ini adalah atas sumbangan secara langsung mahupun tidak langsung oleh individu, badan korporat, kerajaan dan pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO).

''Melalui keprihatinan dan sumbangan tersebut, pelbagai program kesihatan berkenaan pencegahan penyakit jantung di kalangan masyarakat dapat diteruskan oleh yayasan,'' katanya.

Wisma berkenaan memiliki lapan bilik dan dua asrama untuk lelaki dan wanita.

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Heart institute to pulse ahead in R&D
2009/08/11


KUALA LUMPUR: The government has given the green light to the National Heart Institute (IJN) to progress from being a premier healthcare provider in the cardiothoracic field to becoming a leader in the field via research and development (R&D).

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said the move would enable the institute to become a centre of excellence in the region in the field of cardiothoracic medicine.

"This will complement the efforts undertaken by the institute all this while, which has been given recognition in the region as a centre of excellence."

He said it was only appropriate that the government help IJN to continue with its expansion in enhancing its ability and expertise after officiating IJN's new wing here yesterday.

Najib was confident that with the R&D initiative there would be more new innovations, procedures, approaches including stem cell research.



Earlier in his speech, Najib said the institute should also strive to benchmark itself against other renowned heart specialist centres worldwide such as the Cleveland Clinic Heart Centre in the United States.

Najib said IJN would remain under the purview of the Health Ministry, despite it being a corporate body since 1992.

"I would like to relate this development to that of changing of one's clothes. Though the clothes and its colours change according to current needs but the heart and spirit does not."

Najib said whether IJN was private or in the public sector, its role was to continue to serve the people.

He also praised the staff, specialists and experts of the institute for their professionalism, diligence and sacrifice in making it a success story.

"I have firsthand knowledge of the sacrifice ... this needs to be recognised by the government and the people."

The new wing houses 24 outpatient clinics with separate registration and decentralised payment counters, as well as a dedicated international patient centre catering for international patients.

The new building also houses a dedicated paediatric clinic to cater for children born with congenital heart disease.

The region's first Hybrid Catheterisation Operation Theatre is also housed in the new building. It combines a cardiovascular laboratory and heart operating room in a single environment.

The other highlights of IJN's expansion includes a multi-storey car park to accommodate more than 600 cars as well as providing a dormitory for relatives of outstation patients.

The IJN expansion programme also incorporates a first-class learning centre and training facilities in the form of the IJN College for supporting cardiothoracic personnel.

New Private Hospital Will Boost Medical Serivces In Sabah - Musa
August 11, 2009 16:28 PM

KOTA KINABALU, Aug 11 (Bernama) -- Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman said there was no harm in setting up a private hospital at Wisma Khidmat as it will only help overcome a shortage of medical services faced by the state.

Musa said setting up a private hospital in Sabah was very timely since there are no private hospitals in Sabah after the only previous private hospital, Sabah Medical Centre, was bought over by the government when the structure of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital was declared unsafe.

"What we have now are private clinics that operate on a small scale and that is not able to serve the medical demands of the increasing population in and around Kota Kinabalu.

"As such, the government felt it will be good to have a another private hospital for the benefit of the people," he told reporters after attending the 10th graduation ceremony of Sabah PTPL here on Tuesday.

Musa who is also the state finance minister was commenting on questions as to why the government had decided to allow Wisma Khidmat to be turned into a private hospital, while critics had also accused the state government of wanting to make profits from the venture.

On July 17, Musa had directed Perbadanan Pinjaman Sabah (PPS), a government owned company that owns Wisma Khidmat, to carry out renovation works at the building at a cost of about RM100 million.

Musa added that the objective of setting up a private hospital was not to make profits but rather to provide additional medical services to the community.

"Profit is not the main objective for such a move but rather to improve the quality of medical services in the state," he said.

Meanwhile, Musa urged all authorities and the public, including parents of school children to be aware of the serious threat posed by the widespread of Influenza A H1N1.

He added that the government was serious in trying to curb the outbreak but called on everyone to assist the government in fighting the disease.

--BERNAMA

KMC To Build New Hospital By 2012


KUANTAN, Aug 19 (Bernama) -- The Kuantan Medical Centre (KMC), a TDM Berhad healthcare division, will expand its operations by building a new RM100 million hospital to meet growing demand for quality healthcare in the east coast.

TDM chairman Senator Datuk Roslan Awang Chik said the new hospital in Indera Mahkota is expected to be ready by 2012 and have 150 beds.

The KMC at present has only 84 beds and 18 consultants.

Roslan said the hospital will also house a state-of-the-art cardiothoracic centre, the first in the east coast,to offer professional care for patients with cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases.

"We do not aspire to invest in luxury rooms or expensive furniture as eventually it will be costly for our patients," he told reporters after witnessing a sale and purchase agreement signing ceremony between KMC and Far East Holdings Berhad here on Wednesday for the purchase of 4.3 hectares of land in Indera Mahkota at a cost of RM13.96 million.

He also said the KMC will increase its medical consultants to provide better services.

TDM's healthcare division which apart from the KMC, also includes the Kelana Jaya Medical Centre and the Kuala Terengganu Specialist Hospital, reported a 38 percent increase in revenue to RM58 million from RM42.4 million for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2008.

The three medical centres also saw a rise in the number of patients.

KMC alone has seen an increase in occupancy rate from 60 to 80 percent over the last five years.

In 2008, the total number of inpatients was 7,166, an increase of 19 percent from 2007.For outpatients, the figure was 48,670-- an increase of 16 percent from 2007.

For the second quarter of this year, the hospital has already registered 3,849 inpatients and 27,232 outpatients.

TDM to set up fourth hospital
By Alina Simon Published: 2009/08/20

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TDM Bhd (2054), a plantation group owned by the Terengganu state government, is investing RM114 million to set up its fourth hospital and meet growing demand for healthcare on the east coast.

It will be the first on the east coast to have a unit specialising in heart diseases and will target the middle-income group.

The 150-bed hospital in Indera Mahkota, Kuantan, will open in 2012. It plans to compete through cheaper charges, as much as a quarter lower than the fee quoted by the Malaysian Medical Association.

"We will not charge exorbitant fees as we are not offering five-star accommodation," TDM chairman Senator Datuk Roslan Awang Chik told reporters after witnessing the signing of a sale and purchase agreement for 14ha in Kuantan yesterday.

The deal was signed by Rohani Abdullah, chairman of TDM healthcare division Kuantan Medical Centre Sdn Bhd (KMC), and Datuk Kamaruddin Mohammed, chairman of Far East Holdings Bhd, a subsidiary of Pahang State Development Corp.
Although TDM's main business is oil palm plantations, with 35,000ha in Terengganu and 40,000ha in Kalimantan, Indonesia, the healthcare division has been expanding since its inception in 1997.

The division contributes about 20 per cent of the group's income. Last year, it made RM60 million profit.

With the increasing demand for quality healthcare on the east coast, the group felt that there was a need for a second hospital in Kuantan that would also be accessible to patients in Terengganu and Kelantan via the East-Coast Highway.

Other private hospitals in the group are the Kuantan Medical Centre in Kuantan, Kelana Jaya Medical Centre in Selangor and Kuala Terengganu Specialist Hospital in Terengganu.

Sultan Ismail Hospital, Johor
Sultan Ismail Hospital is a defunct hospital located in Taman Austin Perdana, Johor Bahru. The hospital is named after the late Johor Sultan Ismail, the father of Sultan Iskandar.

This 704-bed government hospital is located in Pandan, Johor Bahru on a 50 acre site. It is set to be a model hospital for Malaysia in the 21st century. The emphasis of the planning is that of a friendly healthcare setting which supports, maintains and improves the healing process of the patients as well as creating a supportive working environment for staff. The planning also reflects international best practice principles for modern tertiary hospitals.

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Hospital Sultan Ismail located in Taman Austin Perdana, Johor Bahru ..so near Aeon Tebrau Shopping Centre and IKEA for the near future...!! Cool location!

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Larger than life: The new National Heart Institute Foundation put up
a huge national flag that almost covers one side of its new building.
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New hospital in Indera Mahkota
By SIMON KHOO


KUANTAN: Kuantan Medical Centre (KMC) is expanding its operations with a new hospital in Indera Mahkota to meet the growing demand for quality healthcare in the east coast region.

TDM Berhad chairman Senator Datuk Roslan Awang Chik said upon its completion in 2012, the RM100mil hospital will have 150 beds.

Roslan said it would also house a state-of-the-art cardiothoracic centre to offer professional care for patients with cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases.

“The centre is the first such facility to be built by a private hospital in the east coast region.

“Our brand of no-frills healthcare is growing in Kuantan and the existing premises in Jalan Tun Ismail 9 is getting congested.

“We need to grow further to meet the increasing demand for quality healthcare and medical services in line with the higher standard of living in the state,” he said after witnessing the signing of a sale and purchase agreement between KMC and Far East Holdings Berhad here recently.

Also present were TDM chief executive officer Badrul Hisham Mahari, KMC chairman Rohani Abdullah, KMC medical director Prof Dr Mokhtar Awang, Far East Holdings chairman Kamaruddin Mohammed and its executive director Nowawi Abdul Rahman.

Under the agreement, KMC will purchase 4.3ha of land from Far East Holdings for RM13.96mil.

The ground-breaking ceremony of the project is scheduled to be held early next year.

Roslan said the new hospital would be able to cater to the needs of those living in Kuantan and Pahang, as well as in neighbouring states.

He said TDM aimed to become a major player in healthcare industry in the east coast region.

“We are not into health tourism as we want everybody to be able to afford a personalised treatment from a private specialist hospital,” he said.

Rohani in her speech said that when KMC started its operations in 1997, it had only 20 beds. After more than a decade, we now have 84 beds inclusive of three intensive care unit beds and 18 consultants.

“In addition, we also provide 10 beds for day-care treatment,” she said.

Rohani added that healthcare was one of the most important criteria in a country’s development.

KMC is a member of TDM group of hospitals. The others are Kelana Jaya Medical Centre and Kuala Terengganu Specialist Hospital.

TDM Berhad is listed on Bursa Malaysia with its core business operation in plantation, healthcare and food industries.

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Report: India's NH plans RM150m hospital in Malaysia
Published: 2009/09/07

CARDIAC care hospital chain Narayana Hrudayalaya Group of Hospitals of India (NH) plans to invest about 200 crore (RM150 million) to set up a branch in Kuala Lumpur.

According to news report from India, the hospital is eyeing a 400-bed multi-specialty hospital and is targeting to start operations by January next year.

NH is considered as one of the largest pediatric heart hospitals in the world, with its largest hospital in Bangalore.

Thus far, more than 20 Malaysian children with congenital heart have been sent to its hospital in Bangalore for surgery, where it is cheaper and the waiting period is much shorter compared to hospitals in Kuala Lumpur.

The report added that the hospital in Bangalore receives 25 patients from Malaysia on the average every month.

The expansion into Malaysia will enable NH to further its network, it said.

The move to enter Malaysia comes after its plan to enter Mexico by setting up a health city project with a strategic partner.

Tropicana Medical Center
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Ministry buys over KK medical centre
2009/09/10


PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry announced yesterday that it had bought over the Sabah Medical Centre (SMC) in Kota Kinabalu.

The ministry will renovate it to overcome a shortage of beds as the Queen Elizabeth Hospital's tower block was declared unsafe a year ago.

"It is more economical for us as the government now no longer has to rent the SMC monthly as it had been doing over the past few months," said Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai after signing the sale and purchase agreement with SMC chairman Dr Tseu Fui Loong.

Liow said: "To build a new hospital would have been time-consuming and the government wants to rectify the problems as quickly as possible."


He said it took two months of negotiations between the ministry, the Land and Mines Department and SMC before the cabinet agreed to the government buying the hospital for RM280 million.

He said the government could now provide better healthcare services in cardiology, oncology and radiotherapy for heart and cancer patients as the centre was equipped for this.

"We have planned to fit 455 hospital beds in the 41,000- square-metre building and the expansion works are expected to begin as soon as I sign this agreement."

He said the expansion was expected to cost RM90 million, adding that the ministry was in the final planning stages of building the twin towers at QEH, which is expected to have 660 beds.

He said the ministry was also working to recruit more doctors and nurses and to upgrade the medical service sector.

Government hospital's ear implant surgery sets a first
2009/09/11


KUALA LUMPUR: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (PPUKM) has become the first government hospital in Southeast Asia to perform cochlear implant surgery.

PPUKM director Prof Datuk Dr Lokman Saim said the university's success in the surgery had given new hope to the hearing-impaired to enable them to hear.

He said, the first surgery was performed on 36-year-old Dewiseri Taib who was partially deaf, while the second was on a 22-month-old girl who was born stone deaf.

Dr Lokman said that he and Australian ear specialist Professor Rob Briggs jointly performed the surgeries on both patients, using new generation implants on Tuesday night.


"The patients are stable and healing," he said at a media conference here on Wednesday.

According to Dr Lokman, both surgeries used the latest technology -- a slim, small and sophisticated cochlear implant device known as "Cochlear Nucleus 5".

He said that once the patients fully recovered from the surgeries, they would have to undergo speech and audiology therapies, to familiarise themselves to hearing.

The one-hour cochlear implant surgery costs between RM70,000 and RM75,000. -- Bernama

Pakej perubatan Pulau Mutiara

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PUSAT Pakar Perubatan Loh guan lye turut menawarkan pakej pelancongan perubatan kepada para pelancong asing di Pulau Pinang.

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PROMOSI percuma. Itulah yang dilakukan oleh stesen televisyen CNBC apabila membuat liputan tentang industri pelancongan perubatan di Pulau Pinang.

Ia telah disaksikan di seluruh dunia apabila paparan mengenainya disiarkan pada 13 Ogos lalu. Paparan selama enam minit itu menunjukkan Pulau Pinang sebagai lokasi yang disarankan kepada orang ramai untuk mendapat rawatan, bukan hanya kosnya yang berpatutan tetapi keindahan alam semula jadinya.

Menurut Pengerusi Persatuan Kesihatan Pulau Pinang, Datuk Dr. Chan Kok Ewe, liputan itu mengiktiraf industri pelancongan yang membantu ekonomi negara dan negeri itu sendiri.

Katanya, Pulau Pinang menawarkan rawatan terbaik kepada pesakit pada harga yang lebih murah berbanding dengan beberapa negara lain.

"Kadar bayaran di sini adalah separuh lebih rendah berbanding dengan kos di hospital ternama di Singapura mahupun Thailand.

"Selain itu, caj perubatan yang dikenakan kepada pelancong asing adalah sama dengan apa yang dikenakan kepada rakyat tempatan," katanya pada sidang media di Pulau Pinang baru-baru ini.

Turut hadir pada sidang media itu ialah Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Pembangunan Pelancongan, Kebudayaan, Kesenian dan Warisan Negeri Pulau Pinang, Danny Law Heng Kiang.

Katanya, sebanyak tujuh buah hospital terlibat dalam industri itu di Pulau Mutiara iaitu Hospital Pantai Mutiara, Gleneagles, Lam Wah Ee, Loh guanlye, Island, Mount Miriam dan Adventist.

Lebih membanggakan, kesemua hospital itu bekerjasama bagi menjayakan industri tersebut dan saling bersaing secara sihat.

Kok Ewe menambah, pelancongan kesihatan di Pulau Mutiara turut menyediakan pakej tarikan yang lain seperti pusat beli-belah, pantai yang indah dan makanan yang enak kepada pesakit.

"Pesakit yang datang untuk mendapatkan rawatan di sini, seolah-olah telah sihat kerana melihat keindahan Pulau Pinang sebelum tiba ke hospital.

"Begitu juga, keindahan pantai di sini menjadi satu terapi terbaik kepada mereka selepas mendapatkan rawatan," ujarnya.

Selain itu, kemudahan pengangkutan udara oleh beberapa syarikat penerbangan seperti AirAsia dan Sriwijaya Air ke beberapa lokasi seperti Jakarta, Medan dan Aceh di Indonesia serta Bangkok di Thailand turut membantu mempromosikan industri tersebut.

Beliau berkata, Pulau Pinang pernah menerima pesakit dari Papua New Guinea yang terpaksa menempuh tujuh jam penerbangan untuk mendapatkan rawatan di Pulau Pinang.

"Kami tidak pernah memaksa mereka datang untuk mendapatkan rawatan di sini tetapi mereka sendiri tahu tentang kemudahan rawatan yang kami sediakan.

"Oleh itu, kami menyasarkan kira-kira 240,000 pesakit pada tahun ini dengan pulangan sebanyak RM200 juta iaitu dua pertiga daripada pendapatan industri pelancongan Malaysia," ujarnya.

Sementara itu, Heng Kiang mengakui kerajaan negeri berbangga dengan liputan yang dibuat oleh CNBC itu dan menyifatkan ia sebagai promosi percuma kepada industri tersebut yang memiliki masa depan pasaran yang cerah.

"Selain tontonan di Astro, paparan siaran di stesen CNBC ini juga boleh ditonton di laman sesawang pelancongan Pulau Pinang di visitpenang.gov.my," katanya. - AZELI ALI

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Sunway Medical Centre Enhances Operational Efficiency With APC
September 16, 2009 18:29 PM

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 16 (Bernama) -- Sunway Medical Centre (SunMed) is now using the InfraStruXure system from APC Schneider Electric to enhance its operational efficiency and set the foundation for future plans.

The medical centre relies heavily on its information, communication technology (ICT) equipment to provide access to vital information such as patient records, databases, billings, and test results, for all emergency and regular operations.

"By using the InfraStruXure system, we are able to not only address the power and cooling needs of the hospital but also achieve energy efficiency and high systems availability," SunMed IT manager Rachel Lim said in a statement here Wednesday.

Symmetra PX and In-Row cooling are among the InfraStruXure's comprehensive solutions that offer power protection systems with scalable power and extended runtime to protect servers from any distruptions.

The server racks are also able to be cooled efficiently and effectively without having to cool the surrounding environment.

SunMed is confident that APC's state-of-the-art solution will continue to address all its cooling and power management needs and requirements for the long term.

-- BERNAMA

Tropicana Medical Center
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TMC to be profitable next year
TMC Life Sciences Bhd expects its RM100-million Tropicana Medical Centre (TMC) here to be profitable next year when it is fully operational.
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Tropicana Medical Centre aims to set a benchmark in healthcare
Thursday October 1, 2009 By CHRISTINA LOW

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A happy moment: Sultan Sharafuddin launching the Tropicana Medical Centre while Dr Khalid (second from left) and Berjaya Group chairman Tan Sri Vincent Tan look on.

IN just 15 years, TMC Life Sciences has moved from being a fertility clinic in Damansara Utama to a flagship hospital, the Tropicana Medical Centre recently.

“We are proud to be standing in this magnificent building, a realisation of a dream, the fruition of hope into reality and which is now fully equipped to serve the healthcare needs of the people,” said TMC Life Sciences Berhad chairman Prof Emeritus Datuk Dr Khalid Abdul Kadir at the launch.

Khalid said the hospital had invested about RM45mil on buying the latest equipment such as the Non-Invasive Vascular Screening System (Vasera), the Digital mammography with Computerised Aided Detection (CAD) system and the Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) in order to adequately support the specialist medical disciplines.

“We are not contented to be a hospital offering just good services but aim to set the benchmark in the healthcare industry,

“Therefore we have sought to differentiate ourselves by focusing on providing tertiary healthcare disciplines in line with patients’ demand for highly specialised and niche medical services,” said Khalid.

The eight-storey hospital in Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya, is equipped with 180 beds and has facilities such as the Critical Care Units, operating theatres, day surgery units, delivery suite and 24-hour accident and emergency department.

The Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah officiated at the launch and spent an hour visiting the different areas of the hospital.

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dr. Mohd Tajuddin Ninggal (tengah) melihat model Hospital Sultanah Aminah pada majlis perasmian Pameran dan Seminar Warisan Seni Bina Hospital di Skudai, Johor Bahru, semalam.

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dr. Mohd Tajuddin Ninggal (tengah) melihat model Hospital Sultanah Aminah pada majlis perasmian Pameran dan Seminar Warisan Seni Bina Hospital di Skudai, Johor Bahru, semalam.

Melihat model ?? naik taraf?

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School of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Medical students complete their final clinical years at the Clinical School in the southern Malaysian city of Johor Bahru. Here, third and fourth year students have small group teaching by Monash staff, together with the amazing clinical exposure at the adjoining huge and extremely busy tertiary hospital – Sultanah Aminah Hospital.

Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kota Kinabalu - Tower block, soon to be demolished.

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IJN tidak akan dijual
KUALA LUMPUR 22 Okt. - Kerajaan hari ini sekali lagi menegaskan bahawa Institut Jantung Negara (IJN) tidak akan dijual kepada mana- mana entiti sebaliknya akan terus dimiliki oleh kerajaan.

Berikutan itu, Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop meminta semua spekulasi berhubung penjualan IJN dan mana-mana jabatan di dalam institut itu dihentikan.

Jelas beliau, kerajaan tidak pernah menerima, membincang dan membuat sebarang keputusan mengenai penjualan IJN kepada mana-mana syarikat.

''Jadi, semua laporan mengenai penjualan IJN adalah tidak benar dan ia tidak pernah berlaku.

''Dan, saya berharap dengan kenyataan ini (isu tersebut) tidak berpanjangan dan apa yang lebih penting saya tidak mahu isu ini timbul lagi.

''Apa yang diputuskan kerajaan sebelum ini adalah muktamad dan tidak akan ada sebarang perubahan dalam IJN,'' tegasnya kepada Utusan Malaysia.

Beliau mengulas mengenai laporan akhbar kononnya Unit Perancang Ekonomi sedang melaksanakan Skim Pelupusan Harta besar-besaran dengan memisahkan fungsi operasi IJN dan menubuhkan anak-anak syarikat baru.

Spekulasi itu mendakwa, anak- anak syarikat yang bakal ditubuhkan IJN itu termasuk perkhidmatan IJN, satu syarikat kerjasama untuk perkhidmatan sokongan hospital, aset IJN bagi mengurus bangunan dan peralatan dan farmasi IJN yang menguruskan farmaseutikal.

Laporan itu turut menyebut kertas cadangan mengenai pengambilan alih itu telah ditolak oleh Kementerian Kesihatan tetapi Unit Perancangan Ekonomi (EPU) didakwa telah memanggil pihak terbabit untuk membentangkan kertas cadangan kepada Perdana Menteri, Najib Tun Razak pada 27 Oktober ini.

Sebagai sebuah entiti korporat, IJN kini beroperasi di bawah IJN Holdings Sdn. Bhd. yang memiliki sepenuhnya hospital, IJN Capital, IJN Sukuk, IJN College dan IJN International.

Sebelum ini, syarikat konglomerat Sime Darby Bhd. (Sime Darby) berjaya mengambil alih 51 kepentingan dalam IJN namun pengambilannya dibatalkan selepas mengambil kira sentimen rakyat yang membantah keputusan tersebut.

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YNH formalises MOU to build and lease hospital in Sri Manjung
By Siti Radziah Hamzah theedgeproperty.com
Tuesday, 17 November 2009 19:25

KUALA LUMPUR: YNH Property Bhd had formalised a memorandum of understanding via the master collaboration agreement with Pantai Hospitals Sdn Bhd on Nov 16 to construct and lease a private hospital in the Manjung Point township located in Sri Manjung, Perak, said YNH in a filing to Bursa Malaysia on Nov 17.

Pantai Hospitals is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pantai Holdings Bhd.

In its previous filing to Bursa on Feb 19, YNH’s executive chairman Datuk Dr Yu Kuan Chon said a Pantai Hospital would add value and provide first class medical facilities and services to existing and future developments in the Manjung Point Township in Sri Manjung, Perak.

The YNH Group is active with its township development in Manjung, Perak, and property developments in Kuala Lumpur city centre and Mont’Kiara.

The group is looking at a gross development value of more than RM6 billion in the next four to five years in its developments in both the Klang Valley and Manjung, which has been identified for residential and commercial developments.

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Regency makes its mark on Johor healthcare scene
By Vasantha GanesanPublished: 2009/11/19
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REGENCY Specialist Hospital may have just turned one last Sunday, but another RM37 million will be invested in the RM120 million hospital in Masai, Johor, over the next one year.

The allocation is for additional doctor consultation clinics and a medical centre block, to cater to the anticipated increase in demand as the awareness of the hospital grows.

"Over the next three months, we will renovate and add 15 doctor consultation clinics to make a total of 21 clinics," Regency Specialist Hospital Sdn Bhd (RSHSB) chief executive officer Lee So Chow told Business Times in an interview.

The hospital would be officially launched today.

"In our next phase, we will launch a medical centre block, which houses doctors with their own practice and located next to the hospital," Lee said.

The doctors can then buy or lease the units and send the patients that require further treatment to the hospital.

To be launched at the end of 2010, the medical centre block will feature 150 units with a built-up area of 150,000 sq ft. It is estimated to cost RM30 million.

Regency Specialist Hospital, which has a licence to operate 218 beds, today operates 56 beds, has 17 doctors and six operating theatres.

The hospital is estimated to have made RM8 million in revenue to date. This figure is expected to grow by between 10 per cent and 20 per cent in its second year as it grows its specialty, operates another 26 beds and sees foreign patient numbers double.

RSHSB aims to have an equal split between foreign and local patients at its hospital in two years.

Lee said a study comparing prices of procedures in Singapore and that at Regency Specialist Hospital revealed that the latter's are 50 per cent lower.

"If you are paying S$15,000 (RM36,450) there, you will pay only RM15,000 here for exactly the same procedure," Lee said.

The price factor, coupled with its close location to Singapore as well as Pasir Gudang and Stulang Laut ferry terminals that provide easy access for Indonesians coming to Johor via Batam, will help spur foreign patient count at Regency Specialist Hospital.

RSHSB is under Mahkota Medical Group, which also operates the Mahkota Medical Centre in Malacca.

Health Management International Ltd (HMI) of Singapore holds 48.95 per cent of the group, while Bumiputera-owned Maju Medik Sdn Bhd owns 38.42 per cent and the remaining 12.36 per cent is held by doctors located across Malaysia.

Lee feels that since the hospital is managed by HMI, it would help dispel the misconception that Singapore hospitals are better.

In fact Lee and her chief financial officer Kim Ng and chief operating officer Angie Ng Kwee Sew are all Malaysians, who have now returned to Malaysia to work after having worked in Singapore.

Regency Specialist Hospital, which expects to make profit within the next two years, estimates that the return on investment will take eight years.

Six-storey wing for hospital
By Chitra S. Nathan


A NEW six-storey wing costing RM188mil will be built at the Tuanku Ja’afar Hospital (TJH) in Seremban to provide comprehensive medical care to women and children.

Scheduled to be ready by the end of 2011, the new wing will house three floors of obstetrics and gynaecology (O&G) and paediatric wards, that will accommodate 316 beds.

Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said the new addition would help solve many of the hospital’s problems, among which was the insufficient number of beds at the O&G and paediatric wards.

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Better health care: Mohamad (left) looking at a model of the new wing at the Tuanku Ja’afar Hospital in Seremban.

“The move will create more space and allow for more beds in both the men’s and women’s first class wards which are now facing a shortage,” he said at the project’s ground-breaking ceremony recently.

The new facility will also include four storeys for parking with 900 bays, and Mohamad expressed confidence that the parking problem at the hospital would finally be solved.

Currently, the public often resort to going around the hospital just to find an empty lot and many even park at the bottom of the hill on which hospital is located.

The provision of more beds would also be a welcome change as people often complained of wards packed with beds.

Patients entitled to first class also have no choice but to be placed in second or even third class wards with the lack of space.

Mohamad said hospital would increase its bed capacity to 1,166 which would resolve the problem of ward overcrowding.

“We want to provide the best medical treatment for the community and the building of the new wing is part of our efforts.

“I also hope the building’s contractor will be able to complete the project earlier than scheduled without compromising on the quality of work,” he said.

He added that the Public Works Department would have to keep a close eye on the project to ensure its smooth completion and to avoid any untoward problems.

HOSPITAL PAKAR KPJ
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UKIT MERTAJAM, 24 Nov -- Lobi Hospital Pakar KPJ yang terletak di Bandar Perda di sini, mula beroperasi pada 1 Ogos tahun ini setelah fasa pertama siap sepenuhnya pada September 2008.
Hospital ini dibina di kawasan seluas 16 hektar dengan keluasan bangunan meliputi 200,000 kaki persegi dan bangunan hospital lima tingkat itu dibina dengan kos RM45 juta. Sebagai permulaan KPJ Pulau Pinang hanya menyediakan 88 katil dan 25 klinik pakar perunding, bagaimanapun atas permintaan ramai, KPJ akan menambah bilangan katil kepada 112 pada masa akan datang.
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UKIT MERTAJAM, 24 Nov -- Wad kanak-kanak (pediatrik) yang terdapat di Hospital Pakar KPJ di Bandar Perda di sini.
Hospital Pakar KPJ merupakan sebuah hospital pakar yang mempunyai peralatan canggih dan dibina untuk mencapai taraf antarabangsa. Mula beroperasi pada 1 0gos lalu, KPJ Pulau Pinang hanya menyediakan 88 katil dan 25 klinik pakar perunding, bagaimanapun atas permintaan ramai, KPJ akan menambah bilangan katil kepada 112 pada masa akan datang.
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UKIT MERTAJAM, 24 Nov -- Hospital Pakar KPJ yang terletak di Bandar Perda di sini, mula beroperasi pada 1 Ogos tahun ini setelah fasa pertama siap sepenuhnya pada September 2008.
Hospital ini dibina di kawasan seluas 16 hektar dengan keluasan bangunan meliputi 200,000 kaki persegi dan bangunan hospital lima tingkat itu dibina dengan kos RM45 juta. Sebagai permulaan KPJ Pulau Pinang hanya menyediakan 88 katil dan 25 klinik pakar perunding, bagaimanapun atas permintaan ramai, KPJ akan menambah bilangan katil kepada 112 pada masa akan datang.
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BUKIT MERTAJAM, 24 Nov -- Pengurus Besar KPJ Pulau Pinang bagi Perkhidmatan Pengurusan Risiko Abdol Wahab Baba menunjukkan peralatan canggih, 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) yang terdapat di Hospital Pakar KPJ di Bandar Perda di sini, baru-baru ini. Hospital ini turut dilengkapi peralatan lain seperti 64-Slice Computer Tomography (CT) Scanner dan Catheterisation Lab. Sehingga Oktober ini KPJ Pulau Pinang mempunyai seramai 224 pekerja terdiri daripada 110 orang untuk bidang perawatan dan 114 bagi perkhidmatan sokongan.
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KPJ Penang Specialist: Caring For Your Heart
November 24, 2009 13:42 PM
By Lizawati Bahanan

BUKIT MERTAJAM, Nov 24 (Bernama) -- KPJ Penang Specialist hospital is set to emerge as the leading specialist centre especially in the Seberang Perai and southern Kedah districts.

KPJ Penang's General Manager for Risk Management Service Abdol Wahab Baba notes that the hospital under the Johor Corporation will be concentrating on treatment for heart ailments.

"Actually the heart care service was planned for the second phase but due to the overwhelming demand KPJ has introduced the service in the first phase itself.

"As the facilities for heart care in the Seberang Perai district is still lacking compared with the one available on the island, KPJ has taken the opportunity to provide this facility," he told Bernama.

Abdul Wahab adds that at present only the operating theater is yet to be equipped and for this purpose they are looking for investors and competent surgeons.

MULTI DISCIPLINE CARE

"Treatment for heart aliments is already available except for heart by-pass, maybe we will be able to introduce this next year," he says.

Other than this KPJ Penang Specialist offers other disciplines like anaesthesiology, ENT surgery, gastroenterology and general surgery.

The other disciplines are internal medicine, nephrology, obstetrics & gynaecology, ophthalmology, orthopaedic, (paediatrics), rheumatology, radiology and urology.

"The hospital is the 19th opened by KPJ to provide specialist care for the people living in this area.

SPECIALIST CLINIC

"With our presence here the public no longer need to go to the island to seek treatment," he said.

The hospital located in Bandar Perda started operations on August 1 this year with the first phase completed in 2008 and the second phase is to be developed in the future.

The KPJ Penang Hospital building has a floor space of 200,000 square feet and the five story building costs RM45 million.

As for a start KPJ Penang only provides 88 beds and 25 consultation clinics, but if there is demand KPJ will increase the bed to 112 in the future.

"Under the second phase KPJ Penang plans to add another 100 beds and when fully completed the hospital will have 236 beds and 40 specialist clinics.

THE STATE OF THE ART EQUIPMENT

"Other than having highly experienced medical experts, KPJ Penang is also equipped with the state of the art equipment like the 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 64-Slice Computer Tomography (CT) Scanner and the Catheterisation Lab," he said.

He says that KPJ Penang has invested RM25 million for the purchase of the latest equipment in providing healthcare services to customers.

As up to October 2009, there were 224 employees in KPJ Penang with 110 of them being nursing staff and another 114 in the allied health and support services, he said.

"KPJ Penang also has 20 full time specialist consultants and expects the number to increase with time," he says.

Abdol Wahab points that under the five year plan KPJ anticipates accumulated revenue of RM471 million with a pre tax profit of RM11 million.

OTHER FACILITIES

"Next year KPJ plans to increase the number of beds and other facilities like heart operating theater, urology and dialysis," he said.

In 2008 KPJ hospitals received 1.96 million outpatients and 196,291 inpatients.

As for the half year beginning Sept 30, KPJ reported a revenue of RM709.52 million compared with RM615.07 million for the same period in 2008.

KPJ listed in Bursa Malaysia recorded a pre tax profit of RM76.47 million for the half year ending on Sept 30 compared with RM60.29 million for the same period last year.

-- BERNAMA

RM100m hospital for Ara Damansara
By Zaidi Isham Ismail Published: 2009/11/28

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Malaysia's largest conglomerate Sime Darby Bhd (4197) will build a new RM100 million hospital at its residential development in Ara Damansara, Selangor, bringing the group's total number of hospitals in the country to four.

The new hospital is expected to be completed by 2012.

An industry source said the new hospital is part of Sime Darby's vision in becoming a formidable healthcare player in the country and the region.

"The new hospital in Ara Damansara will be known as the Sime Darby Medical Centre Ara Damansara. Sime Darby is intensifying efforts to bolster its healthcare business division, where the segment is very competitive but recession-proof, enabling the group to earn an income even during economic hard times," the source said.

Analysts see the new hospital as part of Sime Darby's long-term plan to grow its healthcare business, which together with general trading and other business account for about 10 per cent of the group's revenue.
Sime Darby currently operates two hospitals and a nursing college in Selangor. They include the 393-bed Sime Darby Medical Centre Subang Jaya (formerly Subang Jaya Medical Centre) and the Sime Darby Specialist Centre Megah, which is a day-surgery and outpatient specialist centre, in Petaling Jaya.

It also owns and operates the Sime Darby Nursing and Health Sciences College in Shah Alam, which is managed by its healthcare arm Sime Darby Healthcare Sdn Bhd.

The group is also in the midst of building the 350-bed Sime Darby Medical Desa Park City in Desa Park City, near Bukit Menjalara, Kepong, Kuala Lumpur which is scheduled to be completed in 2012 at a cost of RM350 million.

In its filing to Bursa Malaysia on October 26, Sime Darby had announced the setting up of Sime Darby Medical Centre Ara Damansara Sdn Bhd which at present is a dormant company.

It bought two ordinary shares of RM1 each in Sime Darby Medical Centre Ara Damansara, which represents the latter's total paid-up capital.

Sime Darby had said Sime Darby Medical Centre Ara Damansara will be involved in healthcare facility services management and other healthcare-related services.

On Wednesday, during the announcement of the group's first-quarter results ended September 2009, Sime Darby president dan group chief executive Datuk Seri Ahmad Zubir Murshid had said that healthcare business is now one of the conglomerate's core businesses.

Its other businesses are plantations, automotive, heavy equipment, property, energy and utility, spanning over 20 countries.

"The healthcare business is growing rapidly and we will continue to bolster this sector. We expect to own two new hospitals in the next two years," Ahmad Zubir had said.

Apart from Malaysia, the healthcare business division managed by its healthcare arm Sime Darby Healthcare also aims to expand its operations overseas, especially in Asia, over the next three years.

It now has a presence in Indonesia, Vietnam, the UK and the US.

New private hospital opens in Bandar Perda


PRIVATE healthcare operator — KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital (KPJ Penang) — has opened its new hospital at Bandar Perda in Bukit Mertajam to provide quality medical care in the northern region.

The investment costs about RM70mil and includes building costs and the latest state-of-the-art facilities.

Johor Corporation president and chief executive Tan Sri Muhammad Ali Hashim said the opening of the KPJ Penang would be the 19th of its kind in the country and it came with facilities such as the 1.5-Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and 64-Slice Computer Tomography (CT) scanners.


"We hope to become a major healthcare provider in the northern region", Johor Corporation president and chief executive Tan Sri Muhammad Ali Hashim.

Johor Corporation is the main stakeholder in the KPJ group of hospitals.

Muhammad said the project involved two phases — the first comprising three wards, an intensive care and high dependency unit, pharmacy, administration offices and other medical services.

The second phase would kick off at a later stage involving the doubling of the existing bed capacity to 236 from 100 beds currently, he added.

‘‘In designing this new purpose-built hospital and equipping the facility, we have taken into consideration various needs of the people in the northern region as well the expectation of our patients, both local and foreign,” Muhammad said.

He was speaking before the opening of the hospital by the Yang-di-Pertua Negri Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas on Monday.

Present were KPJ managing director Datin Paduka Siti Sadiah Sheikh Bakar and KPJ Penang director Dr Ewe Khay Guan.

Muhammad said the new hospital was in the midst of preparing to be accredited by the Malaysian Society for Quality in Health (MSQH) with the aim of ensuring that quality medical services would be constantly provided.

He added that the group would also market KPJ Penang to tourists keen on medical tourism packages.

‘‘We hope to become a major healthcare provider in the northern region with the availability of new facilities at KPJ Penang, a larger team of specialists as well as the continued support from our customers,’’ he said.

Columbia Asia Hospital
Columbia Asia Hospital - Puchong, Selangor

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Columbia Asia Hospital - Taiping, Perak

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Columbia Asia Hospital - Seremban, Negeri Sembilan

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35 hospital terlibat promosi pelancongan

KUALA LUMPUR 21 Dis. – Kementerian Kesihatan menyenaraikan sejumlah 35 hospital terkemuka untuk dipromosikan dalam kempen menjadikan Malaysia destinasi pelancongan kesihatan dunia.

Menteri Kesihatan, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai berkata, antara kriteria pemilihan bagi 35 hospital tersebut ialah menganggotai Persatuan Hospital Swasta Malaysia, mempunyai akreditasi antarabangsa dan mempunyai sekurang-kurangnya 50 katil.

‘‘Selain daripada itu hospital berkenaan juga perlu mempunyai laman webnya sendiri.

‘‘Ini adalah penting kerana dalam era globalisasi, Internet merupakan gerbang bagi pesakit antarabangsa mendapatkan maklumat mengenai kemudahan hospital swasta tempatan,’’ katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian ketika berucap pada majlis pelancaran Majlis Pelancongan Kesihatan Malaysia yang disempurnakan oleh Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak di Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra (PWTC) di sini hari ini.

Antara 35 hospital swasta yang tersenarai untuk mempromosikan Malaysia sebagai destinasi pelancongan kesihatan ialah Institut Jantung Negara (IJN), Prince Court Medical Centre (PCMC), Hospital Pakar Ampang Puteri, Pusat Perubatan Subang Jaya dan Hospital Mata Tun Hussein Onn.

DEMC Hospital, 150 bed private hospital in Sec.14, Shah Alam

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The new Sarawak International Medical Centre (SIMC) started operational only in 2008.

SIMC promises to offer locals a top class cardiac unit and is designed to meet the demands of a highly specialized modern health care facility equipped with the latest in medical equipment and information technology applications.

The project was contracted by Austria-based Vamed Engineering GMBH and Co KG and Sesco Engineering Sdn Bhd.

Vamed is a multi-national specialist hospital and also a healthcare contracting and service provider based in Vienna, Austria.

Vamed also projects provider for the National Heart Institute (IJN), Sungai Buluh Hospital and the Prince Court Medical Centre.

SIMC will operate as the sister facility to Normah Medical Specialist Centre but will provide broader range of treatments and services specializing in heart disease, kidney disease and cancer.

SIMC gives the highest standard and most modern medical facility and healthcare in Sarawak.

SIMC features a 3-storey medical block, an 8-storey ward tower that accommodates 200 beds, a 200-seat auditorium, 3 centres of excellence for treatment of cancer, heart and kidney diseases, 3 specialist outpatient clinics, 7 operating theatres (including a dedicated cardiac catheterization lab), a sophisticated imaging department, and modern laboratory and other supporting services.

Within walking distance to the new Sarawak International Medical Centre (SIMC) is the Midway Crescent Garden.

Midway Crescent Garden is a mixed 30-acre development project along the busy Stutong-Samarahan Expressway in Kota Samarahan.

The site enjoys easy access to Kuching city via Stutong and Tabuan Jaya townships.

Midway Crescent is the ideal working or studying base in Kota Samarahan - Sarawak's latest research and development centre. Academic institutions based in this booming new township include

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SIMC Starts Operation By This Year
January 08, 2010 19:24 PM

KUCHING, Jan 8 (Bernama) -- The Sarawak International Medical Centre (SIMC) in Samarahan, near here, will start operation by this year to ease the congestion at the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH), Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr George Chan said on Friday.

Once operational, the RM400 million centre would provide general health care and some specialised treatments, he said.

"The state government will rent SIMC to the federal government. SIMC will be taking over after some renovation works," he told reporters after receiving a call from newly appointed Sarawak Health Director Dr Zulkifli Jantan at his office here.

The state-owned SIMC was meant to be a private tertiary medical centre, and was to involve itself in research activities.

It has an eight-storey ward tower with 200 beds, a 200-seat auditorium, three centres for the treatment of cancer, heart and kidney diseases, three specialist outpatient clinics, seven operating theatres, a sophisticated imaging department and modern laboratory and other supporting services.

Dr Chan also urged the federal government to allocate more funds to Sarawak under the 10th Malaysia Plan in efforts to provide better health care services to the people in the state.

"We hope that the federal government could equip the state hospitals with the latest technology and infrastructure so that we can provide world-class health care for the people," he said.

He also urged the federal government to provide better transportation like fixed-wing aircraft service for patients outside the state capital, including those in the rural areas.

On the new health director who took office on Wednesday, Dr Chan said he was confident that Dr Zulkifli, 56, with his 29 years of experience, would continue his good work and serve the state well.

-- BERNAMA

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Lawas is a small town and the capital of the Lawas District in Limbang Division of northern Sarawak

Lawas to get RM114 mln hospital under 10MP: Liow
January 31, 2010, Sunday
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LAWAS: The long wait is over for the people of Lawas as Minister of Health Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai announced that a 74-bed hospital costing RM114 million will be built for them under the 10th Malaysia Plan.

Liow said this after a visit there yesterday with top guns from the ministry following many requests from Lawas MP Datuk Henry Sum Agong and local leaders to the federal government over the years.

Work will start when the locality has been finalised as soon as possible this year in line with several projects under the 10MP expected to start by middle of this year.

Liow said several approaches would be needed and a detailed study on whether to rent shophouses to relocate some of the facilities, pending completion of the new hospital are among the possibilities.

“Lawas Hospital built in 1969 is the oldest in this district and the ageing structure makes it unsafe,” he said.

The ministry has approved the allocation to provide the critical infrastructure for the district hospital, with two haemodialysis machines approved for Lawas.

He announced that specialists would be sent to Limbang Hospital to address the present problem of having to refer patients to Miri or Sabah.

Sabah and Sarawak face acute shortage of specialists and their posting to Limbang would require the consent of those concerned.

Lawas MP Dato Henry Sum Agong also called for attention to problems arising from manpower shortage arising from transfers, a point Liow concede deserves to be look into seriously.

The minister also agreed to look into the needs of clinics in Bario, Long Sukang and Long Semadoh.

Both Henry and Ba Kelalan assemblyman Nelson Balang Rining were at the hospital for Liow’s first visit.

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New Tawau Health Centre Construction To Begin Next Year: Liow
February 01, 2010 17:10 PM

TAWAU, Feb 1 (Bernama) -- A new health centre costing RM35 million will be built in the district next year.

Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the Type Two centre will be built under the 10th Malaysia Plan and the site had been identified.

"The centre is very necessary for the people of Tawau whose population is increasing. It would be able to treat 700 outpatients a day," he told reporters after officiating a 1Malaysia Clinic in Bandar Sri Indah near here Monday.

Liow said right now the Tawau General Hospital could not handle the large number of outpatients.

"With the large number of people at the outpatient counter, some are resorting to the emergency department for treatment," he said.

On the shortage of doctors in Sabah, Liow said the ministry was aware of the matter but it was not confined just to Sabah but the whole country.

He said the ministry will increase the number of doctors in Sabah including by taking in foreign doctors.

The ministry has to date had taken in doctors from India, Pakistan, Egypt and Indonesia.

"We are short of doctors and specialists by 60 per cent," he said, adding that the ministry cooperated with the Ministry of Higher Education to overcome the shortage by increasing the number of medical students from 700 a year to 3,000 beginning last year.

In his speech, Liow rejected allegations that his ministry ignored Sabah and said such allegations were meant to smear the government.

On the 1Malaysia Clinic in Bandar Sri Indah which has been operating since Jan 7, he said up till Jan 25 the clinic had treated 449 patients.

--BERNAMA

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Duchess of Kent Hospital, Sandakan

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Special Committee To Monitor Repair Work On Duchess Of Kent Hospital
January 31, 2010 16:14 PM

SANDAKAN, Jan 31 (Bernama) -- The Health Ministry is to form a special committee to monitor repair works carried out on the Duchess Of Kent Hospital here said its minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.

Liow said the special committee which would be headed by the ministry's deputy secretary-general Dr Maimunah Abdul Hamid, was formed to ensure repair and upgrading works carried out by the contractor, was completed within the allocated time period.

He said the contractor responsible had already been notified of defects to the building but they have yet to carry out any repairs.

"The contractor has been three months - until April 30 - to complete the repair works and although they (contractor) have promised to carry out all the repair work, we formed the committee to make sure they carried out their promise," he told reporters after visiting the Duchess Of Kent Hospital here on Sunday.

Liow also announced a RM350,000 allocation to the hospital for the purchase of equipment, especially for eye treatment, including ultra-sound.

-- BERNAMA

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Upgrade Batu Gajah Hospital, Govt urged
Wednesday February 17, 2010
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IT is about time the Government upgrades the more-than-120-year-old Batu Gajah Hospital, said Perak Industry, Investments, Entrepreneur, Development, ICT, Tourism and Women Affairs Committee chairman Datuk Hamidah Osman.

She said: “The hospital had once been the pride of the town.

“But now, all the serious accident and complicated medical cases are being referred to the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital in Ipoh.”

Hamidah said this after giving out goodies to patients at the Batu Gajah Hospital on Saturday.

“The hospital lost its glory once the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital came up.

“Prior to this, all the first class cases had been referred to the Batu Gajah Hospital and it even housed the Royal Ward,” she said.

“It is time the Government look into upgrading the hospital as it can become a back-up to the Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun which is becoming congested,” she added.

“Apart from treating patients from around its vicinity, the hospital also receives referral cases from Gopeng, Tronoh, Parit, Bota, Tanjung Tualang and Sri Islander health centres,” said Hamidah.

“It is also time the Government declares Chang-kat as a heritage area as several old government buildings are located here,” she added.

Military hospital in Wangsa Maju
By LIM CHIA YING
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A new hospital costing RM270mil is now operational in Wangsa Maju — but strictly for the military and their immediate family members.

Named Tuanku Mizan Military Hospital Kuala Lumpur, the building is on a 16.19ha site in a quiet stretch of Section 2 Wangsa Maju.

Residents in the surrounding areas were curious and excited to see a new hospital in the area and had wondered if they could seek treatment there.

Wangsa Maju MCA division chairman Datuk Yew Teong Look subsequently arranged for a visit to the hospital following requests from the local community.


Informative tour: Dr Ya’akop (left) briefing Yew (second from left) and Wangsa Maju residents on the Tuanku Mizan Military Hospital Kuala Lumpur.

The hospital’s commanding officer, Datuk Dr Ya’akop Koming and his staff, briefed and took Yew and the visitors on a tour of the premises.

“Our hospital will provide primary and secondary healthcare to the army and their immediate families but we would also treat civilians in an emergency,” said Dr Ya’akop.

“This building was opened last August by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin himself.

“We now have 282 beds and 585 staff and hope to increase this number to more than 1,000 so that we can operate and run the hospital to its fullest capacity.

“At present, we have about 150 ex-army men and their families coming in daily.”

The five-storey hospital is the fourth military hospital in the country after three others at Terendak Camp, Malacca, the Royal Malaysian Navy in Lumut, Perak and the Syed Sirajuddin Camp in Gemas, Negri Sembilan.

It is said to be the biggest and most advanced of the four, and comprises a nurses hostel, in-patient block, clinical block and parade ground.

The hyperbaric chamber is also an eye-opener and according to Dr Andrew Ng, is meant to treat decompression sickness or air/gas embolism among divers.

Currently, it is also found to be useful for treating carbon monoxide poisoning, wounds that won’t heal and even diabetic foot ulcers to a certain extent.

Yew said the people were hoping to be able to seek treatment at the hospital as there was no government clinic in Wangsa Maju presently. “The nearest is the General Hospital.

“In fact, I have made an application for a government clinic to be built here and have proposed a site in Danau Kota for this.

“However, the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) rejected this, saying the location is not suitable,” said Yew, adding that he is now looking for 0.81ha of land elsewhere.

Demc Hospital Will Open On May 2010

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7 on shortlist to build hospital in Desa ParkCity
By Sharen KaurPublished: 2010/03/22


PERDANA ParkCity Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of the timber-based Samling group, has shortlisted seven companies, including one from Japan, to build a RM250 million hospital in Desa ParkCity in Bukit Menjalara, Kuala Lumpur.

They are Sunway Construction Sdn Bhd, Crest Builder Holdings Bhd, Putra Perdana Construction Sdn Bhd, UEM Construction Sdn Bhd, Bina Puri Construction Sdn Bhd, Ahmad Zaki Construction Sdn Bhd and Japanese construction giant Obayashi Corp.

Sources familiar with the plan told Business Times that tenders for the 10-storey, 300-bed hospital, to be known as Sime Darby Medical Desa ParkCity, will close this Friday.

"Perdana ParkCity will award the contract in April or May based on merits, technical expertise and track record. Construction will start by May or June, and be completed in 2012," one source said.

Perdana ParkCity group chief executive officer Lee Liam Chye declined to comment when contacted.

It is understood that the proposed hospital will be built on a design, build and lease concept. It is expected to begin operations by early 2013, a year later than initially planned.

It will cater for the Desa ParkCity township and nearby areas such as Kota Damansara, Damansara Perdana, Bandar Sri Damansara, Mutiara Damansara, Bandar Utama, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Sri Hartamas, Mont'Kiara and Bukit Damansara.

The source said the new hospital, which will have 60 specialist clinics and six operating theatres, will be leased to the country's largest conglomerate, Sime Darby Bhd, for 20 years.

It will be the third full-fledged hospital operated by the Sime Darby group, which is looking to grow its healthcare business to ride on the recession-proof medical industry.

The group currently owns and operates the 393-bed Sime Darby Medical Centre (previously known as the Subang Jaya Medical Centre) in Subang Jaya and the Sime Darby Specialist Centre Megah in Petaling Jaya.

It also owns and operates the Sime Darby Nursing Health and Sciences College managed by Sime Darby Healthcare.

Perdana ParkCity is the master developer of the 192ha Desa ParkCity township, which will have some 7,300 residents when completed by 2015.

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7 on shortlist to build hospital in Desa ParkCity
By Sharen KaurPublished: 2010/03/22


PERDANA ParkCity Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of the timber-based Samling group, has shortlisted seven companies, including one from Japan, to build a RM250 million hospital in Desa ParkCity in Bukit Menjalara, Kuala Lumpur.

They are Sunway Construction Sdn Bhd, Crest Builder Holdings Bhd, Putra Perdana Construction Sdn Bhd, UEM Construction Sdn Bhd, Bina Puri Construction Sdn Bhd, Ahmad Zaki Construction Sdn Bhd and Japanese construction giant Obayashi Corp.

Sources familiar with the plan told Business Times that tenders for the 10-storey, 300-bed hospital, to be known as Sime Darby Medical Desa ParkCity, will close this Friday.

"Perdana ParkCity will award the contract in April or May based on merits, technical expertise and track record. Construction will start by May or June, and be completed in 2012," one source said.

Perdana ParkCity group chief executive officer Lee Liam Chye declined to comment when contacted.

It is understood that the proposed hospital will be built on a design, build and lease concept. It is expected to begin operations by early 2013, a year later than initially planned.

It will cater for the Desa ParkCity township and nearby areas such as Kota Damansara, Damansara Perdana, Bandar Sri Damansara, Mutiara Damansara, Bandar Utama, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Sri Hartamas, Mont'Kiara and Bukit Damansara.

The source said the new hospital, which will have 60 specialist clinics and six operating theatres, will be leased to the country's largest conglomerate, Sime Darby Bhd, for 20 years.

It will be the third full-fledged hospital operated by the Sime Darby group, which is looking to grow its healthcare business to ride on the recession-proof medical industry.

The group currently owns and operates the 393-bed Sime Darby Medical Centre (previously known as the Subang Jaya Medical Centre) in Subang Jaya and the Sime Darby Specialist Centre Megah in Petaling Jaya.

It also owns and operates the Sime Darby Nursing Health and Sciences College managed by Sime Darby Healthcare.

Perdana ParkCity is the master developer of the 192ha Desa ParkCity township, which will have some 7,300 residents when completed by 2015.


Anybody know who got this job?

Any pic on construction of Gleneagles Pulau Pinang under Pulau Pinang Clinic Sdn Bhd? Extension of new 16 storey clinics and wards.

16storey?? waa hebat

Ranhill clinches RM1.2b hospital contract
Published: 2008/02/12



Malaysia's largest engineering group is finalising the project structure and cost, and the details will be ready in two weeks, sources say


RANHILL Bhd, Malaysia's largest engineering group, has been awarded a RM1.2 billion contract to build a 600-bed women and children hospital in Kuala Lumpur, sources say.

The contract is to build two 13-storey tower blocks with a six-floor podium, with a total floor area of 190,000 sq metres, a source said.

"It also includes extending another 100 beds in the future, when demand meets supply," he added.

Business Times understands the federal government contract was given recently and Ranhill has commenced works at the site. The hospital is an extension of the existing Pediatric Institute at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital.

It will be the leading referral centre in the country upon completion by 2011.

The source said Ranhill, via its wholly-owned unit Ranhill Engineering and Constructors Sdn Bhd, aims to finish building the two towers ahead of schedule.

In doing that, the contract has been divided into two packages to speed up the works.

"The first package, worth around RM17 million, is for site- clearing and logistics. The second portion involves the main structural work, which is expected to start by June," the sourcen said.

"Ranhill is finalising the project structure and cost. The details will be ready in two weeks," the source added.

The source also said that the contract award is expected to mitigate Ranhill's plan in achieving RM2 billion in revenue by 2010.

For the 12-month period to June 2007, Ranhill posted a profit of RM117 million and revenue of RM1.47 billion.

Ranhill, which has over RM1 billion worth of contracts for the Desaru Highway, sports complexes across the country and water jobs through unit SAJ Holdings Sdn Bhd, is eyeing more jobs here.

Overseas, it plans to secure new infrastructure and sewerage treatment works in Libya and water, waste water and power plant projects in India. - By Sharen Kaur

==Any new news for this project, i heard that this contractor has been terminate for this job.==:gossip:

UiTM has expertise to set up resort hospital — Agong
May 21, 2010, Friday

SHAH ALAM: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin said yesterday that Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), as a comprehensive university that has unique expertise in various fields, is capable of merging the medical, hotel and business sectors to set up the best Resort Hospital in the Asian region.“I’m confident the UiTM can set up the best Resort Hospital in the Asian region. Besides promoting the university’s image, the UiTM will also be able to contribute to the country’s efforts to become the best Medical Centre Hub in Asia,” he said at the first session of the 72nd Convocation of the UiTM at the Dewan Sri Budiman, UiTM campus, here, which was also graced by the Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Nur Zahirah.

Tuanku Mizan, who is also the UiTM Chancellor, said that with the consistent weather in Malaysia, he was confident that the country could become famous in the industry if more serious focus were given.

“As such, I suggest that the industries concerned can cooperate with the university to develop the industries and human capital in the country,” he said.

He said the industries must realise that the universities merely provided basic knowledge to open up the graduates’ mind so that they would be more critical and innovative while the industries must provide the time to train the graduates in specific skills to suit the current needs of the industry.

The King said he was proud that 15,117 individuals would be receiving their degrees and diplomas at the 72nd convocation, of whom, 24 would be receiving their doctorate or PhD.

At the convocation, Tuanku Mizan presented the honorary Doctorate in Human Capital Development to former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. — Bernama

new from KPJ

1.Bandar Baru Klang Specialist Hospital
2.Pasir Gudang Specialist Hospital – completion by the end of 2011.
3.Muar Specialist Hospital – completion by the end of 2011.

New Columbia Asia Hospital @ Bukit Indah

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Columbia Asia set to open 3 more hospitals
By ZAZALI MUSA Friday July 16, 2010

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Columbia Asia Hospital Nusajaya general manager
Rahani Yaacob and Kelvin Tan at the Afiat Healthpark @ Nusajaya.

NUSAJAYA: Columbia Asia, an international healthcare provider based in Malaysia, will open three more community hospitals in the country by the year-end and early 2011.

Chief executive officer (South-East Asia) Kelvin Tan said the three new hospitals, each costing RM60mil, were in Bukit Rimau, Balakong and Setapak – all in Selangor.

He said this would increase the number of Columbia Asia’s hospitals in Malaysia to 10 – the others are in Seremban, Taiping, Miri, Bintulu, Shah Alam, Puchong and Nusajaya.

“We will continue to expand our operations in and around the neighbourhood communities, targeting the emerging middle-income group,’’ said Tan.

He said this during a media tour to Columbia Asia’s latest outfit – a RM70mil, 82-bed hospital at Afiat Healthpark @ Nusajaya.

Located on 27.51ha, Afiat Healthpark @ Nusajaya has facilities such as private hospital, health-screening centre, outpatient clinic, dialysis centres, traditional Chinese medicine academy and nursing college.

Tan said the company was able to keep its operating costs low by opening hospitals in the neighbourhoods rather than in city centres.

This allows it to offer services at rates affordable by average wage earners.

Tan said Columbia Asia would bank on the location of the hospital in Nusajaya, a city with 60,000 population which is also one of the five flagship development zones in Iskandar Malaysia.

He said the company would also target Malaysians working in Singapore but living in Johor Baru and Singaporeans working in the republic but staying here.

Tan said Columbia Asia had no plans to focus on health tourism in Iskandar Malaysia. Health tourism is one of the sectors that have been identified to spearhead services segment in the growth corridor.

“We would rather focus on what we know best – providing quality healthcare services to middle-income group and average wage earners,’’ he said.

Columbia Asia
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Columbia Asia Opens 7th Hospital At Afiat Healthpark
July 15, 2010 16:59 PM

JOHOR BAHARU, July 15 (Bernama) -- Malaysian based international healthcare provider, Columbia Asia has opened its seventh hospital in the country at Afiat Healthpark in Nusajaya.

Developed at a cost of RM70 million, the hospital is the first to be in operation in an area tailored specifically for healthcare services in Iskandar Malaysia.

A full service community hospital, Columbia Asia Hospital targets at middle-income families within 15 km radius from the hospital.

"Columbia Asia is well positioned to become the preferred choice for employers, insurance companies and middle-income earners here," said chief executive officer of Columbia Asia Hospitals in Malaysia, Kelvin Tan.

Speaking at a media briefing Thursday, Tan said the hospital was working closely with insurance companies to ensure reasonable medical charges for patients.

He said the hospital was designed for shorth-length inpatient stays.

Apart from Nusajaya, there are six other Columbia Asia hospitals currently in operation in Malaysia, namely in Seremban, Taiping, Miri, Bintulu, and Shah Alam and Puchong.

Columbia Hospital Nusajaya general manager Rahani Yaacob said being a mid-range facility, the 80 bedded multi-specialty hospital offered quality inpatient and outpatient services.

It is equipped with three modern operating theatres, medical laboratoty, an endoscopic unit with the support of ambulatory services and computerised operating systems.

It focuses on among others obstetrics and gynecological services, pediatrics, neonatalogy, general surgery, internal medicine and emergency care.

"We have 13 resident medical specialists and more than 162 nurses, paramedical personnel and support staff," she said.

Rahani added that the hospital hopes to dramatically change the healthcare provision to the community in and around Nusajaya.

To a question, Tan said there is no specific efforts by the hospital towards medical tourism as its main target is to serve the medical needs of the people.

Columbia Asia is 30 per cent owned by the Employee Provident Fund and 70 per cent owned by Columbia Asia Healthcare Sdn Bhd.

Menteri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman is expected to officiate the hospital's opening on July 24.

-- BERNAMA

Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Alor Setar, Kedah
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^^ Bilelah Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah nak dapat renovation or a new extension mcm ni...:ohno:

TDM to build RM120mil hospital
By ROSLINA MOHAMAD Thursday July 29, 2010
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KUANTAN: Terengganu state-owned company TDM Bhd will build a RM120mil seven-storey hospital for Kuantan Medical Centre (KMC).

The new facility will be equipped with the latest technology, 150 beds based on the single-room concept and serviced by 33 consultants.

It will also have five operating theatres and 12 intensive care units. The existing hospital has 84 beds and 18 consultants. The new hospital is expected to be completed in 2012.

Listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia, healthcare is one of TDM’s three core businesses apart from plantation and food industries.

Chairman Datuk Roslan Awang Chik said there was need for the company to meet the increasing demand for quality heathcare and medical services in line with higher standards of living.

“There is also a need to make it financially reasonable for the public to have access to the services,” he said in his speech at the facility’s ground breaking ceremony on Tuesday.

Roslan also said the number of patients at KMC had risen by 16%, from 48,670 in 2008 to 56,396 last year.

“In the first half of this year, the number of patients was 31,749 compared to 27,232 in the corresponding period last year,” he said.

He also said the healthcare division contributed 20% and 11% to group revenue and profit respectively for financial year ended Dec 31, 2009.

Roslan said TDM now operated two medium-sized private hospitals – Kelana Jaya Medical Centre in Selangor and Kuala Terengganu Specialist Hospital in Terengganu.

Besta bidding for more contracts
By Zaidi Isham IsmailPublished: 2010/08/04
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PRIVATELY-HELD Besta Corp Sdn Bhd, which prepares and serves food for patients in 12 hospitals nationwide, is eyeing more contracts at both government and private hospitals.

Managing director Jasmay Shah said the food company is continuously bidding for contracts, especially for 20- to 30-bed private hospitals that prefer to outsource their food preparation for patients.

"We always tell these hospitals that it is not economical for them to run a kitchen while operating a hospital at the same time.

"Let us do the food preparation so that hospitals can fully concentrate on treating the patients. The kitchen space can also be better utilised to accommodate more patients," Jasmay told reporters in Selangor yesterday after inking a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the International Medical University (IMU).

Besta is a Bumiputera-owned company involved in healthcare catering since 1982.

Currently, it provides food to 3,500 patients daily or 420,000 servings a month churning a yearly revenue of some RM40 million at 12 hospitals, of which eight are government-owned, such as the Selayang and Putrajaya hospitals, and the remaining four are private hospitals.

Besta is 90.1 per cent owned by Regal Portfolio Sdn Bhd and the rest is owned by a consortium of 10 vendor companies.

Besta is the first food services company in Malaysia to introduce the hot and cold trolley to store pre-cooked meals, to cut prepation time and preserve its freshness.

Under the MOU, IMU undergraduates who study nutrition and dietetics will get hands-on experience at Besta and the hospitals on how to prepare special diets for patients.

The students, lecturers and officers can also gain actual industry experience to gain more experience in practical training in dietetic catering.

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Shah Alam Hospital project hits a snag
By STUART MICHAEL
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CONSTRUCTION of the much awaited Shah Alam Hospital in Section 7, Shah Alam, has hit a snag.

StarMetro visited the site recently and found the place deserted as there was no construction work going on.

There were bricks, cement bags, planks and construction machinery at the site, however, there were no workers.

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Abandoned: Bricks stacked up at the construction site.

A security guard manning the place said work came to a halt about three months ago.

Shah Alam MP Khalid Abdul Samad said the 300-bed hospital was supposed to be completed by Aug 14 and was later rescheduled to November this year.

The new completion date for the project now is June 2011. Khalid said the project was first awarded via direct negotiations to a company in 2007 for RM482mil.

“But the project has been embroiled in controversy as its sub-contractor was replaced by another company.

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Left to rust: Pieces of scaffolding on the ground in the hospital compound area.

The project had been stalled by various legal suits between the main contractor and its subcontractors.

Khalid said the government should address the delay in completing the project as the nearest government hospital for Shah Alam residents was in Klang, which is about 15km away.

“There is only a government clinic for Shah Alam residents now located beside the construction of the new hospital. We hope that the hospital will be completed on time,’’ he said.

The Health and Works Ministries could not be reached for comments on the status of the project.

Better health services in 30 months – director
by Joe Leong August 16, 2010, Monday
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The contractor has, since early July, mobilized high-rise cranes, tractors and
workers and delivery of building materials to the site for demolition of the old QEH block.

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Health Director Dr Mohd Yusof Haji Ibrahim has called on the people in the state to be patient, saying that they would be able to enjoy better health and medical facilities and services in 30 months.

“I am aware that right now there are a lot of complaints, about the people being pushed here and there, but let’s be patient a little bit. Soon we are going to have a full-fetched hospital. The services will be improved,” he said in a special interview with The Borneo Post over the weekend.

Referring to the old block of Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) that is slowly being demolished, Dr Yusof added, “The 600 beds (we had), in the end, there will be over 1,000 beds. It is a matter of time, in 30 months or so.”

He disclosed that a local contractor had moved into the site since early July and started all the necessary work on the demolition of the old block and preparing the ground work for the construction of the new 10-storey twin blocks at the same locality.

“We just hope that the contractor can deliver it on time. I think the Minister of Health is very serious on this. He came and gave a warning to the contractor to deliver this on time for the people of Sabah.

“Being a Sabahan myself, I like to stress that we are doing a lot of things for the benefit of Sabah to make sure that Sabah gets equal benefit, if not better, as what the people in the Peninsula have,” said Dr Yusof, who is the first local native to be appointed a Health Department director for Sabah.

Commenting on the circumstances that prompted this development project, he recalled that the block was certified structurally unfit for occupation in July 2008.

“We were told that we had to decant. So, we had no choice but to slowly move the beds, patients and functions. I said slowly because it is not easy to move patients, equipment, doctors, nurses and all the supporting staff.

“In this decanting process, we had to use other hospitals nearby, such as the one at Likas, the Mesra Hospital at Bukit Padang, and the rental of the Sabah Medical Centre (SMC) building at Damai with 80 beds there.

“At the same time, due to the outbreak of H1N1 influenza, we also started renting the Lingzhi premises and converted it into an infectious disease ward.”

He recalled that at that time, the Health Ministry was looking for a hospital to replace the old block of QEH that has to be demolished.

Then, the ministry was negotiating to purchase the SMC building which he said was the fastest way to solve the problem faced by the need to demolish the old block.

“We can’t move into any other building and turn it into a hospital. That was why we could not consider another type of building. The set-up of a hospital is different,” explained the director.

Dr Yusof recalled that the decision to purchase the SMC was made in November 2009, an agreement that allowed the SMC, a private specialist centre, to continue renting part of the building for two more years till September 2011.

“That’s why we are coexisting with the SMC at the building,” he explained further.

“The QEH II is for the time being, for ease of reference, to be treated as part of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, an extension of the QEH services.”

According to him, the majority of the beds, previously at the old block, had been moved to QEH II.

“We are still using the hospital at Likas, Mesra Hospital at Bukit Padang and maintaining the one at Lingzhi as a ward for infectious diseases.”

Since then, the Health Ministry had approved the award of contract for the demolition of the old block and the construction of the new twin towers that would have a total of 661 beds in all.

“At the same time, the 130 beds we have at the QEH II will increase to 455 beds. This is because we are going to renovate and turn two unutilized floors at the SMC building into wards.

“When completed and when the SMC finally moves out (by September 2011), we are going to have a total of 455 beds at QEH II,” said the director.

That is not all.

In order to ease the congested parking conditions at the QEH II, the current renovation works there include the construction of a four-storey block to be used for car parking.

“All these works show that we are doing something and better services will be available to the public,” he noted.

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UiTM has expertise to set up resort hospital — Agong
May 21, 2010, Friday

SHAH ALAM: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin said yesterday that Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), as a comprehensive university that has unique expertise in various fields, is capable of merging the medical, hotel and business sectors to set up the best Resort Hospital in the Asian region.“I’m confident the UiTM can set up the best Resort Hospital in the Asian region. Besides promoting the university’s image, the UiTM will also be able to contribute to the country’s efforts to become the best Medical Centre Hub in Asia,” he said at the first session of the 72nd Convocation of the UiTM at the Dewan Sri Budiman, UiTM campus, here, which was also graced by the Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Nur Zahirah.

Tuanku Mizan, who is also the UiTM Chancellor, said that with the consistent weather in Malaysia, he was confident that the country could become famous in the industry if more serious focus were given.

“As such, I suggest that the industries concerned can cooperate with the university to develop the industries and human capital in the country,” he said.

He said the industries must realise that the universities merely provided basic knowledge to open up the graduates’ mind so that they would be more critical and innovative while the industries must provide the time to train the graduates in specific skills to suit the current needs of the industry.

The King said he was proud that 15,117 individuals would be receiving their degrees and diplomas at the 72nd convocation, of whom, 24 would be receiving their doctorate or PhD.

At the convocation, Tuanku Mizan presented the honorary Doctorate in Human Capital Development to former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. — Bernama

Super Hospital Project To Put UiTM On World Map
September 21, 2010 18:19 PM
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UiTM Vice Chancellor, Sahol Hamid Abu Bakar. Pic: Noraini Ahmad

MONTREAL (CANADA), Sept 21 (Bernama) -- Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) will soon make a name and enforce its credibility on the international level through efforts to build a Super Hospital.

UiTM Vice-Chancellor Datuk Prof Ir Dr Sahol Hamid Abu Bakar said the university was ready to pioneer a hospital project.

"This project will place UiTM on the world map," he told reporters after the signing of a partnership agreement between UiTM and McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) here on Monday.

The agreement will see both institutions exchange knowledge and expertise to develop a training hospital which provides the best and latest in world-class medical facilities.

A similar agreement will also be made in the near future between UiTM and two other international universities, namely Harvard University and John Hopkins Hospital. :cheers:

At the ceremony, UiTM also signed an agreement with the Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre (RI MUHC) to obtain cooperation in the fields of cardiology, cancer and the healthcare of senior citizens, as well as exchanges of technical power, research and students from both universities.

"This project is based on a speech by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin at the last convocation ceremony, where he said UiTM should have a hospital which could not only promote medical tourism but also allow students to train and get experience," he said.

Dr Sahol said with the project's approval, UiTM's Super Hospital, which was a project under the Faculty of Medicine, will be built at the campus in Puncak Alam, Shah Alam and become the first hospital in the country with Super Hospital status.

However, he said the project would be carried out in stages, according to the university's financial capabilities, and was expected to be fully completed in 10 years.

"Although money is the primary obstructing factor, we will try to find other financial sources, including funds from the private sector, to work together on the project, he added.

-- BERNAMA

Ini adalah Super Hospital di Birmingham, UK...harap boleh buat macam ni >
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BREAKING NEWS:
Johns Hopkins University to set up hospital in Malaysia
Updated: Saturday September 25, 2010 MYT 9:07:09 PM
By WONG CHUN WAI
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NEW YORK: The world-renowned teaching and research medical institution Johns Hopkins University will be setting up a school and hospital in Malaysia. :shocked: :okay:

It will be Malaysia's first private teaching hospital with research facilities.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said a site in Serdang, Selangor, had been picked to set up the facilities, which would become a medical research hub for the region.

Foreigners and locals would comprise the first intake of about 100 students. The teaching staff would be made up of lecturers from Johns Hopkins as well as both local and Asian lecturers.

The medical school, he said, would offer a four-year programme, adding that it would be a private initiative between Malaysian and American investors.

Speaking to Malaysian newsmen here on Friday evening, he said an agreement would be signed early next month.

The Prime Minister did not give details of the project but it is understood that a Malaysian public listed company would be involved in the medical city plan, estimated to cost RM1.8bil.

There are Johns Hopkins University campuses in China, Singapore, Italy and the United States. The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, is a private, non-profit institution.

Earlier, Najib met Dr Mohan Chellappa, the president of Global Ventures, Johns Hopkins Medicine International, where the Prime Minister was believed to be given an update on the 600-bed private hospital.

On Monday, the Prime Minister is scheduled to visit the New York Stock Exchange at Wall Street in lower Manhattan, where he has been given the honour of pressing the closing bell to mark the end of the day’s trading on the world’s largest stock exchange.

The symbolic ceremony will be telecast live by CNBC. The next day, Najib will give an interview to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria.

Hong Kong-basedf QI Group eyes strategic acquisitions in Malaysia
By bernama Thursday, 12 August 2010 18:54
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PETALING JAYA: Qi Group, a Hong Kong-based global e-commerce company headed by entrepreneur Datuk Vijay Eswaran, is eyeing
strategically-located properties in Malaysia in the leisure, hospitality and health-related industries including setting up affordable specialist hospitals in what is seen as a homecoming for the self-made multi-millionaire.

This, together with the group’s purchase of a RM60 million building in Section 8 here as its regional headquarters and ambitious plans for the Endau-Rompin resort, marks its commitment and entry into Malaysia in a big way.

The regional headquarters here would consolidate its operations in Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, he told Bernama in an interview.

Vijay, who has carved out a name for himself among renowned Hong Kong financial circles more than a decade ago, said as a conglomerate with a global reach, the group will continue to look for choice properties in Thailand, Mauritius, Maldives and Kenya besides Malaysia to expand its leisure and hospitality businesses.

Nevertheless, the current focus is on moving to Malaysia in a big way and building up a track record with financial institutions.
"We could have purchased the HQ building outright ourselves from our funds. But we went through the process of getting 60 per cent financing to build up our financial credibility and rapport locally," he said.

Starting out in 1998 as an e-commerce outfit, the Qi Group has grown into a multinational conglomerate with six key businesses -- telecommunications, lifestyle and leisure, luxury and collectibles, training and conference management, property development, and a global retail and direct sales business -- with subsidiaries in 30 countries.

Vijay said the group’s continuing and increased presence in Malaysia was also underpinned by a firm belief in the country’s economic potential and the need to build up its local persona.

A massive venture Qi is undertaking in Malaysia is the Endau-Rompin resort project in Pahang covering 200 acres (about 80 hectares) at a development cost of US$250 million.

Grand plans are in store for the resort over the long-term which will showcase a marina, mixed development, villas, a boutique hotel, as well as cultural and heritage centre when it is operational in five years’ time, he said. It was purchased for US$28.1 million (RM70 million) initially.

The group is also setting up five private specialist hospitals in the next three years with an investment of RM18-RM20 million each providing affordable medical services in various fields such as surgery, dermatology, emergency operations, general clinic, etc.

But the catch here is that affordability would come about from the hospitals being located outside urban centers such as Banting for which land has already been acquired. The four-storey hospital with 40-60 beds is expected to be fully operational is two years’ time. Other potential sites for such hospitals include Kluang and Kuantan.

Hospital Sultanah Hajjah Kalsom, Cameron Highlands.

Taken by me during my last week visit to Cameron Highlands. To me its one of the best looking municipal hospitals in Malaysia. :)

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Medical Faculty, UITM Teluk Intan, Perak

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They better quickly resolve the stalled construction status of the Shah Alam Hospital, The Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah in Klang is suffering from overcrowding. :ohno:

Those Medical Faculty @ Teluk Intan looks better than the new one in Selayang..

Kuantan Medical CenterKuantan Medical Center
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From Bernama
http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/20101015164202/Article/index_html

* The Academic Medical Centre, a joint-venture between Academic Medical Centre Sdn Bhd and John Hopkins Medical International as well as Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland, is another identified PPP project with RM2 billion private investment. :cheers:

Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland, is another great medical school.OMG!!

where would it be built

BREAKING NEWS:
Johns Hopkins University to set up hospital in Malaysia
Updated: Saturday September 25, 2010 MYT 9:07:09 PM
By WONG CHUN WAI
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/9/25/nation/20100925123748&sec=nation

NEW YORK: The world-renowned teaching and research medical institution Johns Hopkins University will be setting up a school and hospital in Malaysia. :shocked: :okay:

It will be Malaysia's first private teaching hospital with research facilities.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said a site in Serdang, Selangor, had been picked to set up the facilities, which would become a medical research hub for the region.

Katanya di Serdang...

Turiya in RM2b healthcare project
By Vasantha Ganesan Published: 2010/10/18
http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/hopkins17-2/Article/index_html

Academic Medical Centre, 80 per cent-owned by Chase Perdana and 20 per cent-owned by Turiya, will partner Johns Hopkins and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Two companies, including a listed entity linked to businessman Tan Sri Dr Mohan Swami, will partner world renowned Johns Hopkins Medicine International and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in the RM2 billion healthcare project announced during the 2011 Budget last Friday.

It was revealed that Malaysia's Academic Medical Centre Sdn Bhd (AMC) will be involved in the project. AMC is 80 per cent-owned by Chase Perdana Bhd and 20 per cent-owned by Turiya Bhd (previously known as Sitt Tatt Bhd)(4359).

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, when tabling the 2011 Budget last Friday, announced the partnership as part of the government's effort to intensify the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) initiative.

"This project is a joint-venture between AMC and Johns Hopkins Medicine International as well as the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland. This project involves a private investment of RM2 billion," Najib said.

Late last month, it was revealed that a new medical school together with a 600-bed teaching hospital and a research centre affiliated with Johns Hopkins University will be built in Serdang, Selangor, confirming a Business Times story in August of Johns Hopkins' entry into Malaysia.

A joint-venture agreement between the local parties and Johns Hopkins will be signed in November.

Mohan Swami is Turiya's executive chairman and was previously Chase Perdana executive chairman.

Turiya, in its annual report for the year-ended March 31 2010, describes AMC's principal activity as healthcare in a proposed development of a medical school, a 600-bed teaching hospital and a Life Sciences Research Centre and Technopark.

Industry estimates that the investment in the hospital including equipment but not land could alone cost between RM600 million and RM900million depending on the technology adopted.

Chase Perdana, the substantial shareholder of AMC, was a listed construction and property developer. It was delisted from Bursa Malaysia in May 2008.

A search with the Companies Commission of Malaysia showed that AMC was registered in December 2009 with an issued capital of RM1 million. Mohan Swami is the executive director of AMC.

Other directors include Datuk Halim@Ahmad Muhamat and Datuk Seri Mohd Salleh Mohd Said.

Turiya plans to expand its healthcare business with acquisition of companies involved in healthcare with emphasis on health services portal, medical and allied health sciences research, global network of laboratory medicine systems and the provision of medical laboratory management services.

Johns Hopkins has already partnered Turiya via a stake in the US-based Amcare Labs International, which provides pathology and laboratory medicine services and operates medical testing facilities. Amcare is an affiliate of Johns Hopkins Medicine International and Johns Hopkins Medical Laboratories.

In the financial year ended March 31, Turiya made a profit of RM26.5 million on a revenue of RM46.2 million.

Meanwhile, RCSI, in an e-mail to Business Times in August, said that it was considering further opportunities in Malaysia. Founded in 1784, RCSI is a not-for-profit academic institution dedicated to improving human health.

Louise Loughran, its associate director of communications & events, said that since it is a not-for-profit organisation, its challenge will always be to maintain and increase our revenue by actively seeking new projects and initiatives both in Ireland and worldwide.

^^
should create new thread 4 dis...really big project...

Serdang hospital & Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Serdang, Selangor
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Ministry buys over KK medical centre
2009/09/10

PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry announced yesterday that it had bought over the Sabah Medical Centre (SMC) in Kota Kinabalu.

The ministry will renovate it to overcome a shortage of beds as the Queen Elizabeth Hospital's tower block was declared unsafe a year ago.

"It is more economical for us as the government now no longer has to rent the SMC monthly as it had been doing over the past few months," said Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai after signing the sale and purchase agreement with SMC chairman Dr Tseu Fui Loong.

Liow said: "To build a new hospital would have been time-consuming and the government wants to rectify the problems as quickly as possible."


He said it took two months of negotiations between the ministry, the Land and Mines Department and SMC before the cabinet agreed to the government buying the hospital for RM280 million.

He said the government could now provide better healthcare services in cardiology, oncology and radiotherapy for heart and cancer patients as the centre was equipped for this.

"We have planned to fit 455 hospital beds in the 41,000- square-metre building and the expansion works are expected to begin as soon as I sign this agreement."

He said the expansion was expected to cost RM90 million, adding that the ministry was in the final planning stages of building the twin towers at QEH, which is expected to have 660 beds.

He said the ministry was also working to recruit more doctors and nurses and to upgrade the medical service sector.

Better health services in 30 months – director
by Joe Leong August 16, 2010, Monday
http://www.theborneopost.com/?p=58637

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Health Director Dr Mohd Yusof Haji Ibrahim has called on the people in the state to be patient, saying that they would be able to enjoy better health and medical facilities and services in 30 months.

“I am aware that right now there are a lot of complaints, about the people being pushed here and there, but let’s be patient a little bit. Soon we are going to have a full-fetched hospital. The services will be improved,” he said in a special interview with The Borneo Post over the weekend.

Referring to the old block of Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) that is slowly being demolished, Dr Yusof added, “The 600 beds (we had), in the end, there will be over 1,000 beds. It is a matter of time, in 30 months or so.”

He disclosed that a local contractor had moved into the site since early July and started all the necessary work on the demolition of the old block and preparing the ground work for the construction of the new 10-storey twin blocks at the same locality.

“We just hope that the contractor can deliver it on time. I think the Minister of Health is very serious on this. He came and gave a warning to the contractor to deliver this on time for the people of Sabah.

“Being a Sabahan myself, I like to stress that we are doing a lot of things for the benefit of Sabah to make sure that Sabah gets equal benefit, if not better, as what the people in the Peninsula have,” said Dr Yusof, who is the first local native to be appointed a Health Department director for Sabah.

Commenting on the circumstances that prompted this development project, he recalled that the block was certified structurally unfit for occupation in July 2008.

“We were told that we had to decant. So, we had no choice but to slowly move the beds, patients and functions. I said slowly because it is not easy to move patients, equipment, doctors, nurses and all the supporting staff.

“In this decanting process, we had to use other hospitals nearby, such as the one at Likas, the Mesra Hospital at Bukit Padang, and the rental of the Sabah Medical Centre (SMC) building at Damai with 80 beds there.

“At the same time, due to the outbreak of H1N1 influenza, we also started renting the Lingzhi premises and converted it into an infectious disease ward.”

He recalled that at that time, the Health Ministry was looking for a hospital to replace the old block of QEH that has to be demolished.

Then, the ministry was negotiating to purchase the SMC building which he said was the fastest way to solve the problem faced by the need to demolish the old block.

“We can’t move into any other building and turn it into a hospital. That was why we could not consider another type of building. The set-up of a hospital is different,” explained the director.

Dr Yusof recalled that the decision to purchase the SMC was made in November 2009, an agreement that allowed the SMC, a private specialist centre, to continue renting part of the building for two more years till September 2011.

“That’s why we are coexisting with the SMC at the building,” he explained further.

“The QEH II is for the time being, for ease of reference, to be treated as part of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, an extension of the QEH services.”

According to him, the majority of the beds, previously at the old block, had been moved to QEH II.

“We are still using the hospital at Likas, Mesra Hospital at Bukit Padang and maintaining the one at Lingzhi as a ward for infectious diseases.”

Since then, the Health Ministry had approved the award of contract for the demolition of the old block and the construction of the new twin towers that would have a total of 661 beds in all.

“At the same time, the 130 beds we have at the QEH II will increase to 455 beds. This is because we are going to renovate and turn two unutilized floors at the SMC building into wards.

“When completed and when the SMC finally moves out (by September 2011), we are going to have a total of 455 beds at QEH II,” said the director.

That is not all.

In order to ease the congested parking conditions at the QEH II, the current renovation works there include the construction of a four-storey block to be used for car parking.

“All these works show that we are doing something and better services will be available to the public,” he noted.

QEH tower block demolition dangerous
Posted on October 18, 2010, Monday
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Demolition work has begun at the old tower block.

KOTA KINABALU: Demolition of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital’s old tower block is underway, but is it safe?

Members of the public have raised their concerns over the safety of two excavators, weighing more than 10 tonnes each, seen dismantling on top of the tower block everyday.

Upon receiving the complaint, Senator Paul Kong personally visited the site and pledged to bring up the issue to the Health Department.

The eight-storey building was declared structurally unsafe in October 2008, and works have started since July this year to dismantle the main building to make way for the twin tower.

“From what I can see, the situation seems to be quite dangerous,” Kong said.

“The relevant authorities should ensure that the work is being done in the safest way to prevent unfortunate incidents from happening.”

He added that it would be a risk should debris or steel rods which were dismantled on the eighth floor dropped to the ground.

“No matter how major or minor the construction is, the safety of the public should be top priority.

“We shouldn’t wait till tragedy happens and point fingers at each other.”

Kong vowed he would he bring the complaint up to the Health Department.

Turiya in RM2b healthcare project
By Vasantha Ganesan Published: 2010/10/18
http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/hopkins17-2/Article/index_html

Academic Medical Centre, 80 per cent-owned by Chase Perdana and 20 per cent-owned by Turiya, will partner Johns Hopkins and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Two companies, including a listed entity linked to businessman Tan Sri Dr Mohan Swami, will partner world renowned Johns Hopkins Medicine International and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in the RM2 billion healthcare project announced during the 2011 Budget last Friday.

It was revealed that Malaysia's Academic Medical Centre Sdn Bhd (AMC) will be involved in the project. AMC is 80 per cent-owned by Chase Perdana Bhd and 20 per cent-owned by Turiya Bhd (previously known as Sitt Tatt Bhd)(4359).

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, when tabling the 2011 Budget last Friday, announced the partnership as part of the government's effort to intensify the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) initiative.

"This project is a joint-venture between AMC and Johns Hopkins Medicine International as well as the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland. This project involves a private investment of RM2 billion," Najib said.

Late last month, it was revealed that a new medical school together with a 600-bed teaching hospital and a research centre affiliated with Johns Hopkins University will be built in Serdang, Selangor, confirming a Business Times story in August of Johns Hopkins' entry into Malaysia.

A joint-venture agreement between the local parties and Johns Hopkins will be signed in November.

Mohan Swami is Turiya's executive chairman and was previously Chase Perdana executive chairman.

Turiya, in its annual report for the year-ended March 31 2010, describes AMC's principal activity as healthcare in a proposed development of a medical school, a 600-bed teaching hospital and a Life Sciences Research Centre and Technopark.

Industry estimates that the investment in the hospital including equipment but not land could alone cost between RM600 million and RM900million depending on the technology adopted.

Chase Perdana, the substantial shareholder of AMC, was a listed construction and property developer. It was delisted from Bursa Malaysia in May 2008.

A search with the Companies Commission of Malaysia showed that AMC was registered in December 2009 with an issued capital of RM1 million. Mohan Swami is the executive director of AMC.

Other directors include Datuk Halim@Ahmad Muhamat and Datuk Seri Mohd Salleh Mohd Said.

Turiya plans to expand its healthcare business with acquisition of companies involved in healthcare with emphasis on health services portal, medical and allied health sciences research, global network of laboratory medicine systems and the provision of medical laboratory management services.

Johns Hopkins has already partnered Turiya via a stake in the US-based Amcare Labs International, which provides pathology and laboratory medicine services and operates medical testing facilities. Amcare is an affiliate of Johns Hopkins Medicine International and Johns Hopkins Medical Laboratories.

In the financial year ended March 31, Turiya made a profit of RM26.5 million on a revenue of RM46.2 million.

Meanwhile, RCSI, in an e-mail to Business Times in August, said that it was considering further opportunities in Malaysia. Founded in 1784, RCSI is a not-for-profit academic institution dedicated to improving human health.

Louise Loughran, its associate director of communications & events, said that since it is a not-for-profit organisation, its challenge will always be to maintain and increase our revenue by actively seeking new projects and initiatives both in Ireland and worldwide.

Johns Hopkins and the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland aren't usually bedfellows as they have rather different reputations. My guess, Johns Hopkins will be involved in the research facility and certain testing services while the medical school will be affiliated with the RCSI.

Federal govt agrees to second general hospital – Abg Johari
Posted on October 19, 2010, Tuesday
http://www.theborneopost.com/?p=69498

KUCHING: Overcrowding at the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) here may come to an end soon as it was announced that the federal government has agreed in principal to accept the proposal for the construction of a second general hospital.

To be built in Petra Jaya, details of the project were yet to be determined but Housing and Urban Development Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg was sure that the second general hospital has the capacity as large as SGH.

Speaking to the media after the earth-breaking ceremony of the Sungai Bedil Besar embankment project at Kampung Sungai Bedil here yesterday, he said: “I am yet to not know the details but I’m sure it would be as big as SGH at the city.

“Commencement of project was also yet to be determined. Now we have to wait for the announcement from the Ministry of Health. One thing for sure, it has been agreed in principle.”

Abang Johari explained that Petra Jaya was confirmed to be the preferred site for the second general hospital due to the size of population there.

“We have to take account the population demography. There are about 200,000 people living in Petra Jaya, so a general hospital is very much needed on that side of the city,” he highlighted.

An attempt by The Borneo Post to contact Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai for further comment was however, unsuccessful.

The issue of adding another general hospital to complement SGH has been the main talking point for the people here for years.

Apart from the construction of a new general hospital, there was a suggestion earlier this year that the Sarawak International Medical Centre (SIMC) in Kota Samarahan was to be run as a public hospital within this year to help ease the congestion.

In a news report by The Borneo Post on January 9, Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Dr George Chan said that the centre would be operational as soon as the renovation work was completed.

RM690mil contract awarded to build National Cancer Institute
Wednesday November 10, 2010
http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/11/10/business/7397326&sec=business

KUALA LUMPUR: IJM Corp Bhd yesterday announced that Kiara Teratai-IJM joint venture has accepted a RM690mil contract from Kiara Teratai Sdn Bhd for the design, building and maintenance of the National Cancer Institute.

The contract will cover the construction of a hospital block comprising of one level sub-basement for radiotherapy treatment, one level of car park, four levels of oncology diagnostic and treatment services, and two blocks of seven levels in-patient wards, it said in a filing with Bursa Malaysia Securities.

The expected date of completion for the project is Aug 31, 2013.

Kiara Teratai-IJM joint venture is formed by Kiara Teratai Sdn Bhd and IJM Construction Sdn Bhd (IJMC) on a 60:40 basis. IJMC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of IJM Corp. – Bernama

Sarawak to get two hospitals under 10th Malaysia Plan
Wednesday November 17, 2010
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/11/17/nation/7445909&sec=nation

KUCHING: Two hospitals, each costing RM300mil, will be built in Sarawak next year. Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the hospitals would be built in Petrajaya in Kuching and Limbang under the 10th Malaysia Plan.

The two hospitals would enhance Sarawak’s health facilities, he said yesterday after visiting a site for a temporary clinic at Nanga Kemalih, about three hours’ drive from Pakan in the Sarikei division.

He said the ministry would also upgrade rural clinics and increase the number of medical assistants and nurses in the state.

“For bigger hospitals like those in Lawas, Sarikei, Sibu and Kapit, the ministry will hire the relevant specialists.

“It is very important that we solve congestion, for instance, in Sibu, which often gets referred cases from Sarikei, Kapit, Mukah and Betong hosipitals.

“We will engage 58 specialists from Egypt, Pakistan and India next year. They are good doctors as we applied through their governments for them instead of through advertisements,” added Liow.

On the shortage of doctors, he said the country was now training about 3,500 doctors annually, from the previous 700.

Liow, accompanied by Deputy Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Joseph Salang, senior officers from the Health Ministry and state health department, had earlier visited the Sarikei and Betong hospitals.

Hospital Annur @ Bangi Gateway
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Columbia Asia Opens New Hospital In Shah Alam
December 15, 2010 18:05 PM
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/state_news/news.php?id=550245&cat=ct

SHAH ALAM, Dec 15 (Bernama) -- Malaysia-based international healthcare provider, Columbia Asia Group Wednesday officially opened its new Columbia Asia Hospital-Bukit Rimau in Shah Alam, developed at a cost of RM67 million.

"There is an increasing demand for affordable healthcare services and we are excited to bring this new hospital to residents in Bukit Rimau and the surrounding communities," said Chief Executive Officer, Southeast Asia, Columbia Asia Group, Kelvin Tan.

"This facility will also augment our other seven hospitals in Malaysia in line with our goal of becoming the preferred choice for employers, insurance companies and middle-income families across Asia," he said in a statement here.

The hospital in Bukit Rimau is the eighth Columbia Asia community hospital in Malaysia after one each in Miri and Bintulu in Sarawak, Seremban, Taiping, Shah Alam, Puchong and Nusajaya (Johor).

It plans to open three more hospitals namely in Cheras Selatan and Setapak in Kuala Lumpur and in Seremban. These hospitals are expected to be operational in phases from early next year to 2012.

Tan said there has been an exponential increase in the number of people who are medically insured by employers and insurance companies.

In Malaysia, over 70 per cent of Columbia Asia's revenues are received from third party payers.

-- BERNAMA

4 new hospitals from KPJ

1.Bandar Baru Klang- RM100m - open 2011
2.Pasir Gudang- RM90m - 2012
3.Muar- RM70m - 2012
4.Sabah Medical Centre in Kota Kinabalu- RM200m - 2012

UM plans RM1.2b healthcare project
Published: 2011/01/11




UM Holdings Bhd, a unit of Universiti Malaya, will invest RM1.2 billion on a healthcare development in Selangor, outside of Kuala Lumpur, Prime Minister Najib Razak said in a statement in Putrajaya today. -- Bloomberg

HEALTH METROPOLIS FOR HEALTHCARE ECOSYSTEM UNDER ONE ROOF

A HEALTH Metropolis will be developed to create a healthcare ecosystem under one roof in Greater Kuala Lumpur/Klang Valley.

The construction of the world-class campus for healthcare and bioscience was one of the six entry point projects (EPP) identified for healthcare to generate RM35.5bil incremental gross national income (GNI) contribution to reach RM50bil by 2020.

This would help spur big results for healthcare, one of the 12 National Key Economic Areas (NKEA) identified in the 10th Malaysia Plan.

The goal for this EPP is to create a thriving medical ecosystem located in one large campus as a launching pad for a series of ecosystems in other locations.

Universiti Malaya would serve as the anchor of this project.

Organisations such as the National Heart Institute, Columbia Asia, Sime Darby and International Medical University have expressed interest in participating and understand the synergies of having access to trained professionals and innovative research.

An estimation of RM1.1bil investment is required to develop the metropolis.

It will be channelled towards the construction of necessary infrastructure to provide patient services, research and healthcare education.

The incremental GNI delivered from this EPP is estimated at RM986mil with 4,400 jobs by 2020.

Another EPP identified would be to transform Malaysia from a net importer to a major force in the export of generic pharmaceuticals in the RM422bil prescription and pharmaceutical drug industry.

Overall, the healthcare sector would require a cumulative funding of RM23bil from 2011 to 2020 with 99% of it is expected to come from the private sector.

4 new hospitals from KPJ

1.Bandar Baru Klang- RM100m - open 2011
2.Pasir Gudang- RM90m - 2012
3.Muar- RM70m - 2012
4.Sabah Medical Centre in Kota Kinabalu- RM200m - 2012

mcm x percaya plak kt muar dia nk wt..hehe:bash:

Parkway to run private hospital in Sabah
Published: 2011/01/29
http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/20110129095052/Article/index_html#ixzz1COLeY82e

Parkway Holdings Ltd, the Singapore hospital operator, said it will lease and operate a RM200 million (US$65 million) private hospital that will be built in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

Parkway, controlled by Malaysia’s Khazanah Nasional Bhd, signed an agreement with Jesselton Wellness Sdn Bhd, a special-purpose vehicle set up to develop the hospital that is part-owned by an investment arm of Sabah’s state government, the company said in a statement.

Danajamin Nasional Bhd, a Malaysian state bond insurer, will guarantee RM200 million of notes that will be issued to finance the project, it said. -- Bloomberg

Upgrading work for hospital to be ready by April
Posted on February 5, 2011, Saturday
http://www.theborneopost.com/?p=91592

KOTA KINABALU: The upgrading works for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) II in Luyang is expected to be completed in April, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.

He said the Federal Government hoped the works could be sped up for the good of the people and the state.

“We need more rooms for patients, and we have a few months left … so, we have to speed up.

“If possible, we want the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) II to be ready by April,” he told reporters when met at the Sabah MCA open house at the Kota Kinabalu High School Hall here yesterday.

Upon completion in about three months, the hospital will have 455 beds (from the current 171), a four-storey car park complex, two cardiac operating theatres, two invasive catheterisation laboratories, 10 cardiothoracic intensive care units and 10 coronary care units.

The two minor operating theatres, mortuary and emergency department and the doctors’ on-call complex will also be improved.

Liow said the upgrading works would be carried out under the Tenth Malaysia Plan (10MP), adding that the government also planned to upgrade the hospitals in Beaufort and Kota Marudu to specialist hospitals.

Apart from that, he said the ministry hoped to provide medical airlift service using two helicopters to ferry patients during emergencies, particularly from rural areas to the nearest hospitals in big towns such as Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan and Tawau.

“Tender for medical helicopters will be called soon, and we hope we can begin the airlift missions as soon as posible,” he said.

Meanwhile, Liow said the ministry was considering introducing boats laden with mobile clinics to ply the Kinabatangan River in Sandakan.

“This is intended to be a pilot project geared towards meeting the urgent need for healthcare, especially in the interior and remote areas,” he said. — Bernama

mcm x percaya plak kt muar dia nk wt..hehe:bash:

sbnrnyer bkn kt muau pon

dkt seberang sg dlm daerah ledang sebenarnyer.hehe

Parkway expands with RM200m hospital in KK
By Yow Hong Chieh January 28, 2011

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KOTA KINABALU, Jan 28 — Khazanah Nasional Berhad’s healthcare unit Parkway Holdings Ltd will set up a RM200 million private hospital in Kota Kinabalu as part of its plans to expand its footprint in east Malaysia.

The 200-bed tertiary-care Gleneagles Medical Centre Kota Kinabalu — Parkway’s first hospital in east Malaysia — will cater to the growing number of affluent residents in Kota Kinabalu, its surrounding areas and the Indonesian market.

Parkway CEO and managing director Dr Tan See Leng said the hospital will offer prevention, treatment and rehabilitation programmes aimed at addressing the “unabating” increase in lifestyle diseases arising from growing wealth in resource-rich Sabah.

He explained that the hospital will focus on treating cardiovascular, metabolic, orthopaedic, oncological and neurovascular diseases, in addition to providing general care.

“Quite a number of fairly complex cardiovascular procedures are some of the things that we hope to be able to bring to this particular hospital,” Dr Tan told The Malaysian Insider.

He hoped to eventually do “transplant-type” procedures at the hospital as well, subject to local regulations.

Dr Tan also said Gleneagles Medical Centre Kota Kinabalu was the first step in Parkway’s plan to increase its presence in east Malaysia in “hub-and-spoke” fashion.

“In the long-run... we want to be in Kuching, we want to be in Miri,” he said.

“As long as each city has a population that achieves a critical mass of close to about half a million people, we can put our footprint there.”

He expects the hospital to contribute strongly to overall medical tourism in Sabah by drawing cross-border clients from Indonesian cities like Balikpapan and Pontianak in Kalimantan.

He pointed out that a “significant number” of Indonesians already made use of Parkway’s healthcare services in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore.

Work on Gleneagles Medical Centre Kota Kinabalu, part of a RM500 million integrated mixed development located next to Sutera Harbour, will start in mid-2011 and is due to be completed by 2014.

Parkway will lease the hospital building from Jesselton Wellness, a joint venture between Riverson Corporation, Saham Murni and state investment authority Warisan Harta, which has been tasked to develop the medical tourism sector in Sabah.

Parkway will be responsible for all operations, profits and losses, training, renovations and upkeep while retaining a call option to buy the property from Jesselton Wellness after several years.

Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund bought up Parkway last July for US$3.3 billion (RM10.2 billion) in a furious bidding war with India’s Fortis Healthcare.

RM200m private hosp
Published on: Saturday, January 29, 2011
http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=76884

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Kota Kinabalu: A new 200-bed private hospital costing RM200 million will be built this year beside the Sutera Harbour Resort, here, that will further boost Sabah's medical tourism potential.

Jesselton Wellness and Parkway Holdings Limited on Friday signed a Master Collaboration Agreement to build the premium hospital named Gleneagles Medical Centre, Kota Kinabalu.

It would be positioned as a premium tertiary care hospital under ParkwayHealth - a brand synonymous with quality patient care and excellent clinical outcomes in the region.

The hospital would be equipped with state-of-the-art medical facilities and the latest medical technology to deliver quality patient care and comprehensive healthcare services that are of international standards.

In addition to inpatient, radiology, ancillary and ambulatory services, the hospital would offer specialities such as obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, orthopaedics, general surgery, heart and vascular as well as internal medicines.

The groundbreaking ceremony is due in the middle of the year while construction is slated for completion by early 2014. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman witnessed the signing ceremony.

Jesselton Wellness was represented by Warisan Harta Chairman Datuk Ramlee Marhaban while Parkway by its CEO-cum-Managing Director, Dr Tan See Leng.

Under the terms of the agreement, Parkway would lease as well as operate the completed hospital building owned by Jesselton Wellness.

The entire development has an approximate gross development value (GDV) in excess of RM500 million.

"The hospital will be financed through a proposed RM200 million bond. "Danajamin Nasional Berhad, Malaysia's first financial guarantee insurer, has made an offer to guarantee the bonds.

"With this guarantee, the proposed bonds will be wrapped by Danajamin's AAA rating when issued," he said.

He said the medical landscape in Sabah right now is still limited in both options and capabilities. Hence, the Gleneagles Centre he is a critical move to address the urgently rising demand and needs of the population in Sabah.

He said Parkway was the right partner, being one of Asia's leading private healthcare providers with a strong pan-Asian presence and solid industry fundamentals that Sabah can leverage on.

"The successful completion of this project will be another step towards the benchmarks our visionary Chief Minister is setting to develop Sabah.

And with his support, this project has become a reality," he said.

Dr Tan on the other hand said with 40 years of experience and track record in providing hospital management services, clinical expertise and healthcare technology solutions, Gleneagles would continue to work closely with its partners in Sabah to contribute to development of the healthcare sector.

Parkway Holdings Limited has a network of 16 hospitals with more than 3,400 beds throughout Asia, including Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, India and China.

In Malaysia, it has 12 branches such as in in Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Ipoh and Klang.

TDM To Build Private Specialist Hospital In Kuantan
March 14, 2011 17:02 PM
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KUALA TERENGGANU, March 14 (Bernama) -- Terengganu Development Management (TDM) Berhad, a company owned by the Terengganu state government, will build a RM120 million private specialist hospital in Kuantan.

Its chairman, Datuk Roslan Awang Chik said construction of the seven-storey hospital which is expected to be completed next year, will be equipped with the latest medical technology facilities.

"The new hospital will replace the existing Kuantan Medical Centre which has limited space," he said here Monday.

Roslan said the new hospital will also emerge as the biggest private specialist facility on the east coast.

Apart from the Kuantan Medical Centre, TDM owns two other medium-sized hospitals, the Kuala Terengganu Specialist Hospital in Terengganu and the Kelana Jaya Medical Centre in Selangor.

Roslan said TDM's objective is to stay medium with the concept of a community speciality hospital that offers medical care without the elements of luxury.

"Or in other words, the services offered will give emphasis to the customer or patient, and is affordable to the public to enjoy," he added.

He also said the services at TDM hospitals are on par with those in developed countries.

-- BERNAMA

Kuantan Medical CentreKuantan Medical Center
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Kuantan Medical Centre located in Bandar Indera Mahkota, Kuantan.
The 7 storey building will commence its operations in early 2013 with 150 beds.

Estimated Project Value : RM150 million

Estimated Completion Period : October 2012

SOURCE: http://www.vstgroup.com.my/kuantan-medical-centre.html

Pantai Medical Centre, Melaka
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Prince Court Medical Centre, KL
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Private Specialist hospital - COLUMBIA ASIA HOSPITAL BINTULU, Sarawak

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Columbia Asia Medical Centre, Nusajaya, Johor
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Columbia Asia Hospital – Taiping

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Columbia Asia Hospital – Puchong
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Columbia Asia Hospital – Bukit Rimau
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Hospital Kuala Lumpur
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Sultan Ismail Hospital
Johor Bahru : 2004
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WARMTH IN TECHNOLOGY. The Sultan Ismail Hospital was commissioned to supplement the existing Sultanah Aminah Hospital in Johor Bharu. As an electronically managed specialist centre, effort was put into the coordination of design with the information system (THIS) employed to achieve its ends. With the other facilities including radiotherapy and oncology, haematology, mammography and burns care units, the design imaged on healthcare as raised to a technological level which was state-of-the-art without losing the most basic of human needs: that of natural daylight and the well being that comes from “dwelling”.

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The hospital with its 704 beds is organized around a great courtyard, a garden of commensurate proportion. The entry atrium and plaza with their associated lobbies, assembly and waiting areas all connect at the arrival level to this forested garden. Circulation has been kept clean and clear on the edges of the garden with vertical travel by lift or stairs designed to maximize security and minimize public movement at the upper levels. With a structural grid of 7.5 meters, construction modularity and systemized components from external façade & details to the internal finishes and fittings are prioritized so as to effect greater balance between repetition and customization. The hospital has been designed to be technologically advanced, yet mindful of lessons from vernacular architecture. Friendly and warm at the same time, it is practical & efficient, and environmentally responsive while providing ambient comfort appropriate to a health care facility.

LAND AREA
50.58 Acres

DEVELOPMENT COMPONENTS
Main Hospital Block (10 Storeys)
Government Quarters Blocks (8 & 9 Storeys)
Nurses & Sisters Quarters Block ( 8 Storeys )

GROSS FLOOR AREA
144,515 m
WARDS
17 Wards , 1st class wards

CRITICAL CARE
HDU
Burns
ICU
CCU

TERTIARY CARE
Oncology and Radio Therapy

RM460m for new hospital in Petra Jaya
2011/04/07
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KUCHING: The Health Ministry will allocate about RM460 million to build a specialist hospital and a polyclinic in Petra Jaya following the rising population in this city.

Its minister, Datuk Seri Dr Liow Tiong Lai said currently the ministry was in the process of identifying the site and the project was expected to be completed in 2014.

"With the existence of the new hospital and clinic, congestion at the Tanah Putih Health Clinic and Sarawak General Hospital could be reduced. The construction plan for the hospital had been approved under the 10th Malaysia Plan.

"For the moment, we have no information on its cost because the structural plan had not been released. So, the actual allocation cannot be announced. After the design and requirements are ready, I feel the cost will be between RM300 and RM460 million," he told reporters after a working visit to the Tanah Putih Health Clinic, here today.

He was accompanied by the candidate from the Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) for the Pending state constituency, Professor Dr Sim Kui Hian, who is also a heart specialist.
-- BERNAMA

Hospital baru dibina di Sri Aman tahun ini, siap 2013
11/04/2011 7:41pm ARKIB : 11/04/2011
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SRI AMAN 11 April – Pembinaan hospital baru di Sri Aman bagi menggantikan hospital sedia ada yang telah digunakan sejak 1959 akan dilaksanakan tahun ini dan dijangka siap pada 2013.

Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak berkata, hospital itu perlu dibina memandangkan hospital sedia ada sudah tidak sesuai dan kerajaan bersetuju memberi peruntukan RM200 juta untuk pembinaan hospital itu.

Katanya, tapak bagi hospital baru itu telah dikenal pasti dan kerja-kerja tanah akan dilakukan pada tahun ini juga.

"Hospital sedia ada pula akan dijadikan poliklinik,” katanya kepada pemberita selepas melawat Hospital Sri Aman di sini hari ini.

Katanya, Menteri Kesihatan, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, yang turut hadir pada majlis itu, akan berusaha menempatkan sekurang-kurangnya seorang pakar di hospital itu dengan kadar segera.

"Bagi kes-kes serius, mereka (pesakit) dihantar ke hospital Kuching. Perjalanannya tiga jam... ini mendedahkan pesakit kepada risiko yang begitu tinggi jika mereka perlu dirawat segera,” katanya. – Bernama

KPJ Healthcare to expand number of hospitals
Written by Sheikh Al-Zaquan of theedgemalaysia.com
Wednesday, 13 April 2011 12:39
http://www.theedgemalaysia.com/business/185017-kpj-healthcare-to-expand-number-of-hospitals.html

KUALA LUMPUR: KPJ HEALTHCARE BHD [] plans to increase the number of hospitals by another one to two from the 20 now.

A company official said on Wednesday, April 13 said the healthcare group had also identifies sites in Malaysia for a proposed retirement home focusing on providing care for the elderly. The feasibility for such a project was underway.

In September, 2010, KPJ Healthcare’s unit Kumpulan Perubatan Johor Sdn Bhd (KPJSB) announced it was acquiring a 51% stake in Australian retirement village operator Jeta Gardens Waterford Trust (JGWT) for RM19 million cash.

Simultaneously, the AL-AQAR KPJ REIT [], of which KPJ is the largest unit holder with a 49.4% stake, has proposed to acquire JGWT’s real property assets located on 64 acres (25.6 hectares) of land in Bethania and Waterford in Queensland, Australia.

JGWT operates a retirement village while its unit, Jeta Gardens Aged Care Waterford Trust (JGACWT), operates an aged care facility.

UiTM has expertise to set up resort hospital — Agong
May 21, 2010, Friday

SHAH ALAM: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin said yesterday that Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), as a comprehensive university that has unique expertise in various fields, is capable of merging the medical, hotel and business sectors to set up the best Resort Hospital in the Asian region.“I’m confident the UiTM can set up the best Resort Hospital in the Asian region. Besides promoting the university’s image, the UiTM will also be able to contribute to the country’s efforts to become the best Medical Centre Hub in Asia,” he said at the first session of the 72nd Convocation of the UiTM at the Dewan Sri Budiman, UiTM campus, here, which was also graced by the Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Nur Zahirah.

Tuanku Mizan, who is also the UiTM Chancellor, said that with the consistent weather in Malaysia, he was confident that the country could become famous in the industry if more serious focus were given.

“As such, I suggest that the industries concerned can cooperate with the university to develop the industries and human capital in the country,” he said.

He said the industries must realise that the universities merely provided basic knowledge to open up the graduates’ mind so that they would be more critical and innovative while the industries must provide the time to train the graduates in specific skills to suit the current needs of the industry.

The King said he was proud that 15,117 individuals would be receiving their degrees and diplomas at the 72nd convocation, of whom, 24 would be receiving their doctorate or PhD.

At the convocation, Tuanku Mizan presented the honorary Doctorate in Human Capital Development to former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. — Bernama

Another resort hospital >>
Melaka plans resort style hospital
Published: 2011/04/22
http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/20110422172948/Article/index_html

A specialist hospital with a resort concept, Hospital Pakar Hang Tuah, will be built in Ayer Keroh here with an estimated cost of RM150 million.

Melaka Chief Minister, Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam, said work on the 12-storey hospital with 120 rooms will soon start on an one-hectare site with the completion date due in 2013.

The hospital will be built by Anggun Diversified Sdn Bhd, a Sarawak based property developer.

"Besides the various facilities of a specialist hospital, the building will also feature a swimming pool, recreational park and a rooftop helicopter pad," he told reporters.

He earlier witnessed the signing of a sale and purchase agreement for the acquisition of the land for the hospital between the Melaka State Development Corporation (PKNM) and Anggun Diversified.

PKNM was represented by its Chief Executive Officer Datuk Yusof Jantan while Anggun Diversified was represented by its Managing Director Jeffery Lai Upeng.

Mohd Ali said the hospital would be able to attract more medical tourists to the state.

Meanwhile, Anggun Diversified's Chairman Datuk Yahya Bujang said that among the considerations made for the building of the resort-like hospital was accommodation for caretakers who accompany patients checking into the hospital.

The hospital would offer various specialist services including cardiology. - Bernama

A specialist hospital with a resort concept, Hospital Pakar Hang Tuah, Melaka

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[QUOTE=rizalhakim;38649076]Oriental in RM200m hospital venture
By Vasantha GanesanPublished: 2009/06/23



The auto and plantation group will hold a controlling 51 per cent stake in the specialist hospital in Malacca

Auto and plantation group Oriental Holdings Bhd (OHB)(4006) plans to open a RM200 million specialist hospital in Malacca in 2012 to strengthen its healthcare division.

Called the Melaka Straits Medical Centre, OHB will hold a controlling 51 per cent stake in the hospital that will be located in the new reclaimed coastal tourist township of Klebang in Malacca.

Boon Siew Sdn Bhd, the controlling shareholder of OHB, will hold another 20 per cent, followed by Bagan Specialist Centre with 29 per cent.

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Any new news for this project or project board? TQ.:)

Mitrajaya wins RM46m hospital project
Published: 2011/05/24





MITRAJAYA Holdings Bhd has bagged a RM46.4 million project to build a private hospital in Rawang, Selangor, which is expected to be completed in 18 months.

In a statement yesterday, Mitrajaya said its wholly-owned subsidiary Pembinaan Mitrajaya Sdn Bhd had accepted the letter of award from Rawang Specialist Hospital Sdn Bhd yesterday.

It will build an eight-storey hospital with two-storey basement at Section 16, Rawang. The contract will start on June 6 , Mitrajaya added.

Zecon receives letter of intent for hospital construction
By Bernama
Tuesday, 07 June 2011 18:31

KUALA LUMPUR: Zecon Bhd has received a letter of intent from Public Works Department for the proposed construction of the Petra Jaya Hospital in Kuching, Sarawak.

In a filing to Bursa Malaysia, Zecon said the Ministry of Finance would appoint the company for the implementation of the proposed project by way of direct negotiation on the "design & build" basis.

"The company was requested to proceed with the survey works, soil investigation and all related works and subsequently submit the design and funding proposals for the proposed project within 90 days upon receipt of the pre-award documents," it said. — Bernama

Sime Darby Medical Centre ParkCity
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Sime Darby Specialist Hospital - Sime Darby Medical Centre Ara Damansara (SDMC AD)
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Sime Darby Healthcare Group is investing in the establishment of the specialist hospitals - Sime Darby Medical Centre Ara Damansara (SDMC AD). The establishment of the specialist hospitals supports EPP4 : Reinvigorating Health Travel through Better Customer Experience, Proactive Alliances and Niche Marketing.

Sime Darby Medical Centre Ara Damansara is a 220-bed specialist hospital dedicated to the management and treatment of heart, brain, spine and joint diseases. It is expected to commence operations in Q3 2011 and will feature three centres of excellence, namely the brain centre, heart centre and the spine & joint centre.

The brain centre will feature a stroke clinic and an epilepsy clinic. There is no comparable comprehensive epilepsy treatment and management programme in the country at present although up to 0.8% of the population suffers from epilepsy. The paediatric and adult heart centre is powered by heart specialists whose reputation for outstanding heart care is built on decades of leading-edge medical practice and innovations.

The spine & joint centre is a specialized healthcare facility providing access to a fully equipped rehabilitation centre that includes a hydrotherapy pool and musculoskeletal rehabilitation facilities. The rehabilitation centre will also feature a child development centre with Snoezelen and speech therapy for paediatric patients with autism, intellectual or mental disabilities, post-traumatic stress disorders or brain injury.

Investment
RM240 million

Jobs created
1,539 (by 2020)

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Sime Darby Specialist Hospital - Sime Darby Medical Centre ParkCity (SDMC ParkCity)
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Sime Darby Healthcare Group is investing in the establishment of the specialist hospitals - Sime Darby Medical Centre ParkCity (SDMC ParkCity). The establishment of the specialist hospitals supports EPP4 : Reinvigorating Health Travel through Better Customer Experience, Proactive Alliances and Niche Marketing.

Sime Darby Medical Centre ParkCity (SDMC ParkCity) is expected to start operations by the third quarter of 2012. The 300-bed hospital will be positioned as a centre of excellence dedicated to comprehensive women's and children's healthcare with focus on breast oncology, child development and the treatment of chronic diseases such as diabetes.

Investment
RM40 million

Jobs created
1,539 (by 2020)
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Sime unit to invest RM280m in two new hospitals
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KPJ to build specialist centre in Iskandar
By Syed Umar Ariff Published: 2011/06/17
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JOHOR BARU: A new specialist hospital on a 500,000 sq ft of land will be built in Bandar Dato' Onn in the Iskandar Malaysia development region in Johor Baru.

Specialist hospital operator KPJ Healthcare Bhd will collaborate with Johor Land Bhd to build the modern hospital.

The project will be undertaken in two phases, KPJ chairman Kamaruzzaman Abu Kassim said yesterday.

The hospital will have the capacity of 400 beds, encompassing 280,000 sq ft. The first phase of the construction with 150 beds, is expected to start by the end of 2012.

Its total invesment has yet to be determined, but an average of RM1,000 is budgeted for a bed.

"Approval for zoning has been obtained from the Health Ministry and the details are being finalised," Kamaruzzaman said.

Kamaruzzaman, who is also Johor Corp chief executive and president, said the new hospital will house a "Centres of Excellence" featuring a heart centre, a geriatric centre, cancer centre and a cosmetic and reconstructive centre, among others.

"It will serve as a one-stop centre for all medical services of the highest standards to cater to both local and foreign patients to promote health tourism," he told a press conference yesterday.

At the same time, the group is currently developing new specialist hospitals in Bandar Baru Klang, Muar, Pasir Gudang and Kuantan.

KPJ is investing between RM50 million and RM80 million for each hospital.

It recently completed a deal to buy Sibu Specialist Medical Centre and Sibu Geriatric Health and Nursing Centre in Sarawak at RM28 million on April 6.

Kamaruzzaman expected the new project in Bandar Dato' Onn to further sustain its consistent financial growth in the coming years.

For the year ended December 31 last year, KPJ posted a total revenue of RM1.65 billion, up 13 per cent, compared with RM1.46 billion previously.

Group pre-tax profit improved16 per cent from RM143.89 million to RM166.69 million.

On another note, KPJ is venturing into the retirement and aged care market following its agreement to buy 51 per cent interest in Australian operator Jeta Gardens Waterford Trust for RM19 million.

The deal is expected to be completed by September this year.

"There is a huge market for retirement and aged care. We are in the midst of studying the business and is planning to build several retirement villas around the country," Kamaruzzaman said.

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Alamak ...the most modern hospital in the region I think! :uh::eek:
TTTTTTThumbs up to KPJ!!!

Mahkota Medical Centre to expand
By Vasantha Ganesan Published: 2011/06/20
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KUALA LUMPUR: Mahkota Medical Group, a unit of Singapore-listed Health Management International Ltd (HMI), will spend between RM250 million and RM300 million to expand the Mahkota Medical Centre in Malacca.

The medical centre, which is now a 280-bed facility, wants to add another 220 beds. The expansion is expected to be ready by end-2014.

"We are in midst of planning and should start development in mid-2012," chief executive officer Timothy Chang said, adding that it has 1.22ha of undeveloped land located next to the hospital and across the road from the hospital.

"We are targeting to have a total of 500 beds," Chang told Business Times in a phone interview.

Chang said the 500-bed capacity will be able to cater for the needs of the hospital for between 10 and 15 years.

The investment will include equipment.

Currently, the average occupancy at the hospital is around 65 per cent. It is fully occupied during the peak months of medical tourism.

Mahkota Medical is centrally located within the Malacca city and now has some 40 clinics. As it expands, it hopes to have 100 clinics and to handle more complex cases.

The hospital aims to establish itself as a one-stop medical centre with centres on sub-specialties. The population in Malacca alone will not be able to support the hospital.

Accordingly, it is eyeing patients from Negri Sembilan and the northern part of Johor.

Chang, meanwhile, expects the return on investment (ROI) on the new wing to take half the time that a new hospital will normally take. New hospitals, generally, take eight to 10 years to recover their ROI.

However, the Mahkota Medical Centre expects to see ROI within five years as it is already an established hospital.

Moreover, since the opening up of its beds will be done in stages, some of the space may be temporarily used as lodging for relatives accompanying the foreign patients.

Mahkota Medical Centre started operations in 1994 under the Lion Group.

Lion, which restructured and sold its non-core businesses during the 1997/98 financial crisis, sold the hospital in September 2001.

Mahkota Medical Group is 48.95 per cent owned by HMI, while Bumiputera group Maju Medik Sdn Bhd holds 38.42 per cent and 12.36 per cent is held by doctors located all over Malaysia.

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KPJ Pahang
-Location at Tg Lumpur Kuantan
-RM 90M
-180 beds
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Perlis Specialist Hospital
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RM45 juta ganti peralatan usang di HKL
31 Ogos 2011
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TIONG LAI (kiri) menyampaikan sumbangan kuih raya kepada
petugas Jabatan Kecemasan HKL di Kuala Lumpur semalam.

KUALA LUMPUR – Kementerian Kesihatan akan menggantikan kelengkapan perubatan yang usang di beberapa unit di Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) sebaik sahaja permohonan peruntukan RM45 juta diluluskan kerajaan.

Menterinya, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai berkata, antara unit terbabit ialah Unit Rawatan Rapi dan Unit Penjagaan Koronari.

“Permohonan peruntukan itu sudah dipanjangkan kepada Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak untuk pertimbangan,” katanya kepada pemberita selepas melawat warga HKL sempena sambutan Aidilfitri di sini semalam.

Selain itu, Tiong Lai berkata, HKL kini dalam proses naik taraf meliputi antaranya pembinaan tempat letak kereta bertingkat dan blok baru bernilai RM600 juta bagi Hospital Ibu dan Anak.

“Blok baru Hospital Ibu dan Anak ini akan dibina tahun depan. Sekarang ini kita dah ambil tender dan kita juga akan tempatkan 400 buah katil tambahan untuk blok ini,” katanya.

Selain itu, HKL juga bakal mempunyai pusat jagaan harian iaitu Ambulatory Care Centre (ACC) bernilai kira-kira RM90 juta yang menempatkan semua pakar bagi pesakit mendapatkan rawatan harian, rujukan dan susulan.

NEWS IN ENGLISH: http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=611050

Pantai plans 3 more hospitals
Published: 2011/09/13
http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/20110913173115/Article/index_html

Pantai Holdings Bhd plans to expand its foothold in the country by expanding its hospital network through three new hospitals with an total investment of RM720 million.

Chairman Khairil Anuar Abdullah said the three new hospitals, scheduled to be operational within three years, would be in Iskandar Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu and Manjung in Perak.

"With the purchase of 15 acres of land in the mixed development area of Medini, Iskandar, the Gleneagles Medini will be built in phases.

"In East Malaysia, a new Gleneagles Hospital will be opened in Kota Kinabalu, a 200-bed tertiary hospital.

"And in the next few years, we will see the completion of our 10th Pantai Hospital, a 100-bed community hospital in Manjung, Perak," he said at the launch of a heart centre in Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur.

Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin graced the occasion today. The company is also focusing on promoting its services abroad.

On overseas expansion which lies under the jurisfication of its parent company, Parkway Pantai Ltd, Khairil said the parent entity was interested in opening hospitals in countries such as United Arab Emirates, India, Vietnam and Brunei.

"To-date, our promotional activities, including participation in
international expositions, have yielded results, with health tourists visiting our facilities from around the world.

"Last year, we welcomed an increase of such tourists to our hospitals in the group and we hope to see continuous growth in the number of patients especially those visiting Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur," he said.

Khairil said the group was now constructing a new block with an investment of RM230 million. It is set for completion in the first quarter of 2014.

"After the completion of the new block, we are anticipating medical tourists from Indonesia, Middle East and also from Singapore," he said.

He said the group's hospitals in Melaka and Penang also recorded a heavy flow of medical tourists. Healthcare group Pantai Holdings has a network of 11 hospitals throughout Malaysia under two brands -- Pantai Hospitals and Gleneagles Hospitals.

Collectively, the group has more than 1,800 beds, with over 100,000 admissions a year, powered by more than 700 doctors and 2,000 nurses. -- Bernama

A specialist hospital with a resort concept, Hospital Pakar Hang Tuah, Melaka
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RM250m resort-style Malacca medical centre
2011/09/16 By Jason Gerald John
http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/28fir/Article/

MALACCA: The state is set to be the first in Southeast Asia to have a resort-style specialist medical centre.

To be known as the Hang Tuah Jaya Resort Specialist Centre, the RM250-million project will be developed by Sarawak-based Anggun Diversified Sdn Bhd at a 1.6-hectare area next to the Melaka International Trade Centre.

The specialist centre is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2013.

Anggun Diversified chairman Datuk Yahya Bujang said the modern and sophisticated hospital would be located within the World Heritage City of Malacca and help further boost the state as a centre for health tourism.

"The construction of the Hang Tuah Jaya Resort Specialist Hospital will be divided into two zones, the first involving a cost of RM150 million," he said.

"In the first phase, we will be building the main hospital block while the second phase, known as zone two, will comprise a recovery and rehabilitation centre as well as a wellness centre costing a total of RM100 million."

The specialist centre will have 150 rooms with 390 beds. Fifteen of the 150 rooms will be deluxe type, 15 others will be for patients who want to enjoy their privacy in a single-bed facility.

Sixty rooms will have two beds each while the remaining 60 rooms will have four beds each.

Yahya said the specialist centre would also have other facilities such as incubators, recovery rooms, isolation rooms, high dependency unit (HDU), intensive care units (ICU) and observation rooms.

He said this after the groundbreaking ceremony for the specialist centre at the project site in Ayer Keroh by Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam on Wednesday.

The specialist centre will be built with close cooperation between Anggun Diversified and the Malacca State Development Corporation (PKNM), with PKNM acting as the project manager.

Yahya said the specialist centre would be a unique structure as it would incorporate resort-like architecture in its buildings and facilities, and would be designed to be environment friendly.

"This will involve proper planning of the landscape to keep the buildings cool and well ventilated, the building orientation to be facing East and West, insulation on the roofs and rooftop gardens."

Ali said the specialist centre would play an instrumental role in providing first-class healthcare services to the increasing number of tourists coming to Malacca from neighbouring countries to seek treatment.

"At present, we have three specialist centres -- Putra Specialist Hospital, Mahkota Medical Centre and the Pantai Hospital.

"The three hospitals are providing 1,200 beds and on average get some 11,000 patients seeking medical treatment every month. The majority of those seeking treatment here are from Indonesia," he said.

AZRB to build teaching hospital in Kuantan
By Rupinder SinghPublished: 2011/09/22
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PUTRAJAYA: Ahmad Zaki Resources Bhd (AZRB) has signed a 25-year concession agreement with the government to build a teaching hospital in Kuantan, Pahang.

The deal marks the first hospital project to be developed under the government's private finance initiative programme.

AZRB's unit Peninsular Medical Sdn Bhd inked the agreement with the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) and International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM) for the design, build, lease, maintenance and transfer of IIUM Teaching Hospital.

"The project valued at RM412.6 million will be built in Bandar Indera Mahkota, Kuantan, Pahang. The IIUM Teaching Hospital, with 300 beds for inpatients, has the capacity for 735 students," AZRB's chairman Raja Datuk Seri Aman Raja Haji Ahmad said at the signing ceremony here yesterday.

The event was witnessed by Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Tan Sri Nor Yakcop and Minister of Higher Education Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin.

Under the concession agreement, Peninsular Medical will build the hospital within three-and-a-half years and maintain it for 21-and-a-half years.

After completion, MOHE and IIUM would pay the construction cost and maintenance services to Peninsular Medical in the form of monthly availability charges and asset management services charges.

Construction is expected to begin in January 2012 and be completed in June 2015. The hospital will house various medical disciplines, which include surgical and medical sub-specialities in the areas of Internal Medicine, surgery, oncology, cardiology, neuroscience, obstetrics and pediatrics, among others.

Nor Yakcop said the project came about in May 2010 via an open tender issued by the Public Private Partnership Unit (Ukas) under the Prime Minister's Department.

On September 28 2010, Ukas selected AZRB based on its competitive proposal and strong track record.

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Pantai plans 3 more hospitals
Published: 2011/09/13
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Pantai Holdings Bhd plans to expand its foothold in the country by expanding its hospital network through three new hospitals with an total investment of RM720 million.

Chairman Khairil Anuar Abdullah said the three new hospitals, scheduled to be operational within three years, would be in Iskandar Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu and Manjung in Perak.

"With the purchase of 15 acres of land in the mixed development area of Medini, Iskandar, the Gleneagles Medini will be built in phases.

"In East Malaysia, a new Gleneagles Hospital will be opened in Kota Kinabalu, a 200-bed tertiary hospital.

"And in the next few years, we will see the completion of our 10th Pantai Hospital, a 100-bed community hospital in Manjung, Perak," he said at the launch of a heart centre in Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur.



^^Why no one consider to open in Sandakan ? Sandakan also having quite similar population as KK!! :ohno:

Serdang hospital & Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
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Proposal to turn Serdang Hospital into UPM teaching hospital
2011/09/30
http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/ProposaltoturnSerdangHospitalintoUPMteachinghospital/Article/

SERDANG: The proposal to turn Serdang Hospital into a teaching hospital for University Putra Malaysia (UPM) will be discussed at the Cabinet meeting.

Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said he understood that the Ministry of Higher Education had completed a working paper on the matter to be submitted in the near future.

"No doubt the matter is important for UPM, but at the moment it should be studied carefully.

"If we want to build, it will be costly and if taken over what will be the implication," he said in his speech during a visit to UPM here today.

UPM had requested that the government approve its wish to have its own hospital to help increase productivity, especially in medical research.

Muhyiddin also announced a RM5mil allocation for UPM Veterinary Hospital to help the hospital conduct research and development (R&D).

"The allocation will be given in the second phase of the Tenth Malaysia Plan (10MP)," he said. - Bernama

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rehabilitation center memg mcm tu la...xboley bina tinggi..

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Fajarbaru rises on RM166.4m medical suite job
Written by Surin Murugiah of theedgemalaysia.com
Wednesday, 19 October 2011 09:51

KUALA LUMPUR: Fajarbaru Builder Group Bhd shares rose on Wednesday, Oct 19 after it secured a RM166.4 million contract for the CONSTRUCTION of Ampang 210 Medical Suite in KL.

At 9.52am, Fajarbaru added four sen to 96 sen with 14,000 shares done.

The company said on Oct 18 that its unit Fajarbaru Builder Sdn Bhd would jointly undertake the project with Aztabina Sdn Bhd.

RHB Research in a note Oct 19 said that this was the first key contract Fajarbaru had secured in FY06/12, boosting its outstanding construction orderbook by 32% from RM524 million to RM690 million.

Assuming EBIT margin of 8-10%, the contract will fetch RM13.3 million-RM16.6 million EBIT over the construction period, said the research house.

“Forecasts maintained as we have assumed Fajarbaru to secure RM250 million worth of new jobs in FY06/12.

“Fair value is RM1.13. Maintain Outperform,” it said.

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UEM, Najcom to build hospital?
By Jose Barrock of theedgeproperty.com
Wednesday, 19 October 2011 17:00

KUALA LUMPUR: Privately-held Najcom Sdn Bhd and its joint-venture partner UEM Group Bhd are understood to have bagged the contract to build the women and children's hospital in Kuala Lumpur costing between RM700 million and RM900 million, sources said.

It is understood that the two parties had won the award, which is slated to be via a private finance initiative, in an open tender. It was earlier speculated that IJM Corp Bhd was the frontrunner to bag this job, but Penang-based Najcom and UEM are believed to have secured the job after clearing the last hurdle.

Company officials declined to comment when contacted by The Edge Financial Daily.

While UEM Group is a government-linked company wholly-owned by Khazanah Nasional Bhd, little is known of Najcom and the parties behind it.

A check with the Companies Commission of Malaysia reveals that Najcom is 52.5% controlled by Zainabbi Abubacker and 47.5% by Datuk Haja Najmudeen Kader.

Najcom's financials were not available as a certificate relating to exempt the private company was lodged. The company is not known as a top-tier contractor but it has done quite a few restoration jobs in Penang — repairing and refurbishing old buildings.

According to the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) website, the company has a paid-up capital of RM750,000 and the most recent job it undertook was to build the Institut Farmaseutikal Dan Nutraseutikal Malaysia in Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2008 for RM80 million. The contract was reportedly awarded by Ketua Pengarah Kejaya Raya.

In 2005, it was awarded a RM11.15 million contract to renovate Kompleks Mahkamah Pulau Pinang.

Apart from these two projects, Najcom's other contracts were mostly below RM10 million, and largely for renovation and restoration works, according to the CIDB website.

The exact location of the new hospital is not known, but it will be in Kuala Lumpur. Nevertheless, the women and children's hospital was mentioned in both the 2011 and 2012 budgets.

When announcing Budget 2012 earlier this month, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak kept it brief and said the women and children's hospital would be built through a government-and-private-sector joint venture.

UEM Group has built an empire dealing in expressways, township and property development, engineering and construction, among others.

Some of the larger companies under its stable include PLUS Expressways Bhd, UEM Land Holdings Bhd, UEM Builders Sdn Bhd, Faber Group Bhd, Time Engineering Bhd and Time dotCom Bhd.

The group has several large construction contracts, including the second Penang bridge along with a Chinese party, and was active in the merger and acquisition scene over the past year.

Late last year, it proposed to privatise PLUS Expressways (together with the Employees Provident Fund) for RM23 billion, while UEM Land took over property developer Sunrise Bhd for RM1.4 billion and Time dotCom announced the acquisition of several companies to boost its income.

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Hospital group’s new HQ

KPJ Healthcare Bhd, with 21 private hospitals in Malaysia and two in Indonesia, is in the process of expanding its networks of private hospitals locally and across Asia. As such, the company is building a corporate headquarters.

The six-storey corporate office will be located at Lot 21 and 22, Section 86A, Persiaran Titiwangsa 3, Kuala Lumpur.

It will be a dedicated office purely as the headquarters for the company and can house about 50 executives.

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Amid greenery: A computer generated image of KPJ Healthcare’s six-storey corporate office in Persiaran Titiwangsa.

Under the Kuala Lumpur Development Control Plan 2008, the premises was gazetted as a commercial zone with a plot ratio of two.

The corporate office will solely be used by KPJ and not for leasing to public.

To-date, the application has fully complied with DBKL’s planning standards and technical requirements, with all processing fees and development charges paid.

The corporate office will have a 24-hour security surveillance both during and after construction stages. This security service will enhance the quality of security in the vicinity of Titiwangsa.

In order to minimise disruption for the surrounding residents, various measures will be taken during the construction period.

“Industrialised Building System” (IBS) will be used to accelerate the construction scheduled to be completed within a year.

During the construction process, injection piling will be used to avoid noise and vibration.

Construction activities will be done during office hours with Sundays and public holidays as off days.

In planning and design, the architect is sensitive enough to recognise Titiwangsa as the green lung of the city, thus they are dedicating the entire ground floor as a garden setting car-park to ensure the building will be harmoniously integrated into the community as a friendly new member.

The completion of this KPJ corporate office will re-vigourise and enhance the value of the surrounding properties.

It is set to become a landmark and install a fresh-look for the Titiwangsa community.

For enquiries regarding this project, call 03-7876 1899.

Proposal to turn Serdang Hospital into UPM teaching hospital
2011/09/30
http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/ProposaltoturnSerdangHospitalintoUPMteachinghospital/Article/

SERDANG: The proposal to turn Serdang Hospital into a teaching hospital for University Putra Malaysia (UPM) will be discussed at the Cabinet meeting.

Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said he understood that the Ministry of Higher Education had completed a working paper on the matter to be submitted in the near future.

"No doubt the matter is important for UPM, but at the moment it should be studied carefully.

"If we want to build, it will be costly and if taken over what will be the implication," he said in his speech during a visit to UPM here today.

UPM had requested that the government approve its wish to have its own hospital to help increase productivity, especially in medical research.

Muhyiddin also announced a RM5mil allocation for UPM Veterinary Hospital to help the hospital conduct research and development (R&D).

"The allocation will be given in the second phase of the Tenth Malaysia Plan (10MP)," he said. - Bernama

Serdang hospital & Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
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UPM Veterinary Hospital to be upgraded into centre of excellence
Posted on November 2, 2011, Wednesday
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SERDANG: The Veterinary Hospital of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) is to be upgraded into the Higher Education Centre of Excellence (HiCOE) in the services category, Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said yesterday.

He attributed the selection of the hospital to the importance of the veterinary sector and the recognition the institution had garnered.

“Although some quarters regard veterinary medicine as minor compared to conventional medicine pertaining to humans, it has great potential,” he said when opening the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Complex of UPM, here.

The complex houses the veterinary hospital comprising a unit for large animals, a unit for pets, surgical facilities, 12 diagnosis laboratories, seven operating theatres, mobile clinics, a pharmaceutical unit as well as a radiology and imaging unit.

Mohamed Khaled said veterinary medicine can help the country in terms of research and food security, besides generating income for the university and helping to check the spread of animal-borne infectious diseases. — Bernama

KPJ to build 5 more hospitals to meet needs
Minderjeet KaurPublished: 2011/11/11
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KUALA LUMPUR KPJ Healthcare will build five hospitals in the next three years to address medical needs and expand its healthcare travel business.

Its managing director Datin Paduka Siti Sa'diah Sheikh Bakir said the projects, which are part of the government's Economic Transformations Programme (ETP), will cost RM763 million and create 3,160 jobs by 2020.

"We want to expand our facilities to make Malaysia a medical hub regionally and in the world. It will benefit the country," Siti Sa'diah said after the announcement of 13 new ETP projects here by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak yesterday.

The five hospitals - KPJ Klang Specialist Hospital, Sabah Medical Centre, Pasir Gudang Specialist Hospital, KPJ Pahang Specialist Hospital and Datuk Oon International Specialist Hospital - will have a total of 822 beds once completed.

KPJ hopes to expand its healthcare travel business by allocating 25 per cent of its beds at each hospital, up from the present 15 per cent, to healthcare medical.

Siti Sa'diah said tapping that sector would not only create new job opportunities but also skill enhancement and wealth to the country.

At present, KPJ serves two million patients a year at more than 20 hospitals nationwide and two more in Indonesia.

It currently has 800 medical specialists and more than 8,000 employees.

KPJ to invest RM763m on 5 hospitals
Published: 2011/11/10
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KPJ Healthcare Bhd will invest RM763 million to build five hospitals in Malaysia over the next three years, the country’s government said in a statement today. They will be located in Johor, Sabah, Selangor and Pahang states offering a total 822 beds, it said. -- Bloomberg

Parkway expands with RM200m hospital in KK
By Yow Hong Chieh January 28, 2011

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KOTA KINABALU, Jan 28 — Khazanah Nasional Berhad’s healthcare unit Parkway Holdings Ltd will set up a RM200 million private hospital in Kota Kinabalu as part of its plans to expand its footprint in east Malaysia.

The 200-bed tertiary-care Gleneagles Medical Centre Kota Kinabalu — Parkway’s first hospital in east Malaysia — will cater to the growing number of affluent residents in Kota Kinabalu, its surrounding areas and the Indonesian market.

Parkway CEO and managing director Dr Tan See Leng said the hospital will offer prevention, treatment and rehabilitation programmes aimed at addressing the “unabating” increase in lifestyle diseases arising from growing wealth in resource-rich Sabah.

He explained that the hospital will focus on treating cardiovascular, metabolic, orthopaedic, oncological and neurovascular diseases, in addition to providing general care.

“Quite a number of fairly complex cardiovascular procedures are some of the things that we hope to be able to bring to this particular hospital,” Dr Tan told The Malaysian Insider.

He hoped to eventually do “transplant-type” procedures at the hospital as well, subject to local regulations.

Dr Tan also said Gleneagles Medical Centre Kota Kinabalu was the first step in Parkway’s plan to increase its presence in east Malaysia in “hub-and-spoke” fashion.

“In the long-run... we want to be in Kuching, we want to be in Miri,” he said.

“As long as each city has a population that achieves a critical mass of close to about half a million people, we can put our footprint there.”

He expects the hospital to contribute strongly to overall medical tourism in Sabah by drawing cross-border clients from Indonesian cities like Balikpapan and Pontianak in Kalimantan.

He pointed out that a “significant number” of Indonesians already made use of Parkway’s healthcare services in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore.

Work on Gleneagles Medical Centre Kota Kinabalu, part of a RM500 million integrated mixed development located next to Sutera Harbour, will start in mid-2011 and is due to be completed by 2014.

Parkway will lease the hospital building from Jesselton Wellness, a joint venture between Riverson Corporation, Saham Murni and state investment authority Warisan Harta, which has been tasked to develop the medical tourism sector in Sabah.

Parkway will be responsible for all operations, profits and losses, training, renovations and upkeep while retaining a call option to buy the property from Jesselton Wellness after several years.

Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund bought up Parkway last July for US$3.3 billion (RM10.2 billion) in a furious bidding war with India’s Fortis Healthcare.
Gleneagles to open two hospitals by 2014
Published: 2011/11/14
http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/20111114165559/Article/index_html#ixzz1dgPfFX8T

KUALA LUMPUR: Gleneagles Hospital under its parent company, Parkway Pantai Ltd, is set to open two more hospitals by 2014 in Malaysia at an approximate cost of RM700 million.

In addition to the new openings, the hospital operator is in a continuous lookout for more landbank in the East Coast region, its Regional Chief Executive Officer of Gleneagles Hospital cum chief executive officer of Gleneagles Kuala Lumpur, Amir Firdaus Abdullah said.

He said the two new hospitals, located in Iskandar Malaysia and Kota Kinabalu, are now seeing earthworks development and by 2014, should be fully operational.

"We have the aim of establishing at least 2,000 more beds by 2020 from the current 380 at the Gleneagles Kuala Lumpur and Gleneagles Penang.

"The hospital in the Iskandar region will host an initial 150 beds but boast a total capacity of 300, while that in Kota Kinabalu, will have 200," he told Bernama in an interview, here today.

Both the Gleneagles medical centres are part of Pantai Holdings Bhd, the operator of private hospitals in the country under the Pantai and Gleagles-brands.

Amir said the hospital operator is also in the midst of identifying new landbank in the East Coast region to open hospitals.

"We are also looking to acquire smaller hospitals in the region," he said, without naming any company under Gleneagles' consideration.

On the Gleneagles Kuala Lumpur, Amir said the company has started the ground works to build a RM140 million, 10-storey block, specially designed for a comprehensive suite of modern healthcare facilities.

"Construction has started and completion is projected for 2014.

The new building will host 100 more beds and an additional 40 consultant suites.

"This brings the total number of beds in the Kuala Lumpur branch to 430," he added.

The Gleneagles Kuala Lumpur boasts a total of 1,200 outpatients and 300 inpatients daily.

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New Permai Hospital - Balai Pelawat
Johor

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Hospital Kuala Lumpur

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HEALTH METROPOLIS UNIVERSITI OF MALAYA

(Part of National ETP)

FIRM PERKINS+WILL

PROGRAM 300 Beds Hospital, Specialty Clinic, Research Labs, Bioseum, Medtrade and Hotel – 2,000,000 SqFt

YEAR 2011

LOCATION Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia

STATUS Competition

TEAM James Stafford, Kyu Hwang, Crystal Wang, Scott Allen, Juan Carlos Portuese

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Oh my! me so curious that how HEALTH METROPOLIS UNIVERSITI OF MALAYA looks like !!! MANY THANKS!

Malaysia plans RM1.1b health metropolis
By Boo Su-Lyn October 25, 2010
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/malaysia-plans-rm1.1b-health-metropolis/

KUALA LUMPUR Oct 25 — Malaysia has ambitious plans to create a world-class health metropolis based at Universiti Malaya UM to serve as a critical part of the Asean healthcare ecosystem.

The entry point project EPP under the Economic Transformation Programme ETP — requiring an estimated investment of RM1.1 billion — aims to create a medical ecosystem comprising patient services research and healthcare education located at a large campus benchmarking global examples like Harvard University’s Longwood Medical Area and Stanford University’s Bio-X Centre.

Private sector tenants will fund 90 per cent of the investment while 10 per cent will come from the Economic Planning Unit’s EPU facilitation fund.

Prime Minister Najib Razak Announces 19 ETP Progress Updates (11 Jan 2011)
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131 EPPs (#64)
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hah...Seems like it will be sit next to existing UM Hospital..or may be behind it.....

dats really cool.....

Some new iconic hospital projects around Malaysia!

HEALTH METROPOLIS UNIVERSITI OF MALAYA, Kuala Lumpur
Sime Darby Medical Centre ParkCity, Desa ParkCity, Kuala Lumpur
Gleneagles Kota Kinabalu Medical Centre, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Gleneagles Medini, Nusajaya, Johor
Dato Onn International Specialist Hospital, Bandar Dato' Onn, Johor
National Cancer Hospital, Putrajaya
Hang Tuah Jaya Resort Specialist Centre, Ayer Keroh, Malacca
Kuantan Medical Centre, Kuantan, Pahang


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Dato Onn International Specialist Hospital
Johor Bahru, Malaysia
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Nightingale Associates is currently designing a luxury private hospital in Malaysia. The 400-bed Specialist Hospital, for KPJ Healthcare Berhad, will provide a range of one-stop ‘Centres of Excellence’ catering for both local and international patients.

The unique design is inspired by the concept of ‘the healing hand’. Its curved ‘palm’ accommodates a central atrium and a ‘hot core’ that includes central imaging, endoscopy, pharmacy, theatres, intensive care, emergency, restaurant and teaching facilities. The main concourse houses two levels of retail space.

The Centres of Excellence protrude through a glazed atrium to form ‘fingers’. These are oncology, cardiology, orthopaedics, general and elderly medicine, cosmetic and reconstructive, and woman and children.

The first phase is scheduled to start on-site in mid-2012.

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Gleneagles Kota Kinabalu Medical Centre
200 bed

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Riverson's maiden foray into bond mart
Published: 2011/12/16
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The first tranche of Riverson Corp Sdn Bhd’s five-year RM200 million Private Debt Securities programme, which is guaranteed by Danajamin Nasional Bhd, has been issued.

In a statement today, Danajamin said that the AAA(fg) rated issuance amounting to RM50 million with a three-year maturity, was fully subscribed.

"This issuance marks Riverson’s maiden foray into the bond market," it said.

A developer based in Sabah, Riverson, will be using the funds raised to finance construction of its mixed integrated commercial development project in Kota Kinabalu, Danajamin said.

The proposed development consists of an international standard purpose built medical centre that will be operated by Parkway Holdings under the name of Gleneagles Medical Centre, Kota Kinabalu, it added.

Parkway, whose controlling shareholder is Khazanah Nasional Bhd, is a leading private healthcare group in Asia.

The hospital in Sabah will be their first in East Malaysia.

With the issuance of the bonds by Riverson today, Danajamin has provided guarantees for RM3.9 billion bond programmes from various sectors including plantation, utilities, education, retail and manufacturing.

Hong Leong Investment Bank is the lead arranger for the bond programme. --Bernama

IIUM Kuantan Hospital ground breaking to commence January 2012
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Private hospital set to open in Teluk Intan by 2013
By IVAN LOH Friday December 23, 2011
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It’s official: Liow (second left) releasing balloons to mark the ground-breaking
ceremony for the Anson Bay Medical Centre in Teluk Intan. With him is Perak
Health Committee chairman Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon (left).

THE setting up of a new hospital is a clear indication that a particular town is growing.

Come 2013, folks in Teluk Intan would no longer need to travel some two hours to Ipoh to seek medical treatment at a private hospital.

Instead, private healthcare would be right at their doorstep with the district’s first private hospital, Anson Bay Medical Centre, opening its door to serve the public in the first quarter of 2013.

Healthlink Service Sdn Bhd managing director Dr Goh Boon Kwai said it was a norm for Teluk Intan folk to travel to Ipoh seeking private healthcare services.

“We had taken into consideration the distance between both districts when setting up the hospital.

“In cases of emergency, the travelling time and distance can make a difference between life and death,” he said, adding that construction on the RM50mil hospital had started in September.

On Nov 24, Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai had performed the ground-breaking ceremony for the hospital.

It will offer services such as obstetrics, paediatrics, radiology, cosmetic surgery and dermatology.

Dr Goh said the hospital would have about 10 specialists and equipped with modern medical facilities to cater to the needs of its patients.

“We have also obtained an approval to set up 100 beds.

“However, we will begin operations with 50 beds initially and add on the remaining number of beds in stages within a five-year time frame,” he said.

Dr Goh added that a team of specialist consultants had started training its nurses and other medical staff.

“We hope to have them ready at least six months before the hospital is fully operational,” he added.

Insurance agent Kok Yon Yin, 55, said the hospital would be a great advantage to the town’s people.

“I know of many of my customers who travel to Ipoh to seek treatment.

“It is especially troublesome when there is an emergency and medical attention is needed right away,” he said.

Office worker Alice Yong said the hospital would not only serve Teluk Intan folk but also people living in nearby areas including Bagan Datoh, Coldstream, Bidor and Hutan Melintang.

ANSON BAY MEDICAL CENTRE. Design Stage.
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Tawakkal Specialist Hospital.Completed 2010.
The new 180 bed hospital replaces an existing ‘shop-lot’ type development in Kuala Lumpur. It is located on a very tight 2 acre site with 12 storeys of clinical and diagnostic facilities (including 36 consultant suites), support services, carparking and inpatient wards.

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Sime Dayby Medical Centre, Ara Damansara. Expected Completion 2011.
Proposed refurbishment to an existing completed but unoccupied medical centre to provide specialist neuro, cardiac and joints care services. The 1st phase will provide for 89 inpatient beds including 26 ICU/CCU beds. The centre is anticipated to expand to 220 beds.

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Arunamari Specialist Medical Centre. Expected Completion 2013.
Proposed 150 bed specialist medical centre on a 2.5 acres site in Klang, Selangor. The proposal include 24 consultants suites, 4 Operating Theatres, ICU/CCU and a Labour Delivery Suite. 2 floors of covered carparking are also provided. Involvement up to design stage.

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UCSI UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE. Construction Stage.
Proposed private teaching hospital and faculty of medical sciences to be located at Bandar Springhill, Negeri Sembilan. Scope of project include the provision of a 400 bed teaching hospital with the capacity to increase to 1000 beds in the future. Health facility advisory services only. Planning and architecture by Kun Lim Architect.

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Permai Hospital.Expected Completion: 2011.
Turnkey development of a 1228 beds psychiatric hospital in Tampoi, Johor, for the Ministry of Health, Malaysia. It is designed to provide a communal, non-institutional environment to support, maintain and improve the healing process. The low-rise, ‘village’ cluster planning also provides environments that are both familiar and comforting.

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Alor Gajah Hospital.Expected Completion: 2011.
Turnkey development of a 78-bedded district hospital in Alor Gajah, Melaka for the Ministry of Health, Malaysia. It provides basic secondary care services and comprise of a low rise hospital and staff residential quarters, with capacity to expand to 108 beds. Health facility planning only. Architecture by Arkivocab Architects.

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Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah,Alor Setar,Kedah. Completed 2007.
Turnkey development of a 730 beds hospital in Alor Setar, Kedah, for the Ministry of Health, Malaysia. It provides secondary and tertiary care services including a Cardio-thoracic Unit. It provides a human-scaled environment that is user friendly for both staff and patients. Health facility planning only. Architecture by GDP Architects.

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Hospital Sultan Ahmad Shah,Temerloh, Pahang.Completed 2005
Turnkey development of a 498 beds hospital in Temerloh, Pahang, for the Ministry of Health, Malaysia. It provides secondary and tertiary care services, with a capability to expand to 700 beds. The scope of works included masterplanning, facilities planning, architecture, landscaping and interior design.

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Hospital Sultan Ismail, Pandan, Johor. Completed 2004
Turnkey development of a 704 beds hospital in Pandan, Johor, for the Ministry of Health, Malaysia. It provides secondary and tertiary care services including Oncology. The planning is focused around a central courtyard that provides a green lung for patients and staff. Health facility planning only. Architecture by GDP Architects.

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Columbia Asia Setapak open soon....

Columbia asia setapak done, up and running..

anybody get any update on padang besar, perlis, hospital project anot?

Hi, can anyone tell me is HEALTH METROPOLIS UNIVERSITI OF MALAYA already start to build or still under discussion?? I'm taking this project as my thesis topic. I would to know the details, if available. I will make my appointment with UM regarding to this project soon. Hope to get any reply for you guys, thank you.

Don't think so..but i think the development are spearhead by EPU not UM

Hospital UIA & Hospital Wanita & Kanak2
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^^
old proposal...currently, ITAAC architects responsible for the latest design..

WCT gets RM331m contract for mixed devt project in KK
By Joseph Chin of theedgeproperty.com
Wednesday, 22 February 2012 19:39

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 22): WCT Bhd has secured a RM331 million contract for a mixed commercial project with a medical centre in Kota Kinabalu.

It said on Wednesday that its unit WCT Construction Sdn Bhd had accepted the contract from Riverson Corporation Sdn Bhd for the project.

WCT said the scope of works comprised of the construction and completion of a nine-storey hospital with 200 beds, a 10-storey complex with small office-home office, office suites and three levels of retail space and one level of basement car park.

"The works are expected to be completed in August 2014. The contract is expected to contribute positively to the group's earnings and net assets for the financial years from 2012 to 2014," it said.

renderin - http://riversoncorp.com

RizalHakim, thanks for this great info..

Queen Elizabeth Hospital (KK) Twin Tower blocks construction progress.

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Its the first time seeing developers using a luffing jib tower crane in KK.

UM Health Metropolis

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Transforming Section 12 PJ
In a strategic location straddling Petaling Jaya and Kuala Lumpur meanwhile, Universiti Malaya would like to convert 30 vacant bungalows on Jalan 12/5, once used as staff quarters, club and alumni house into the site of a health research, education and facilities centre, the UM Health Metropolis. The project benchmarks Harvard University's Longwood Medical Area and Stanford University's Bio-X Centre and if successful, would be worth more than RM1 billion.

Companies reported to be interested to participate include MAHSA University-College, Pantai Group, International Specialist Eye Centre, Kumpulan Perubatan Johor, Gribbles, Forest Medical Centre and General Electric.

Section 12 residents have protested against this project although the Selangor government has publicly expressed support for it.

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Health NKEA generated RM4.65 bil GNI last year - Liow

News 2012-03-12 10:43
KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 (Bernama) -- The six entry point projects (EPP) under the National Key Economic Area (NKEA) for Healthcare successfully achieved 224 percent, above the target set since it was launched last year.

Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said total investment generated from the six EPP was RM3.1 billion, contributing to RM4.65 billion (Gross National Income) GNI.

Total job creation from the EPP was 18,059 jobs, he added.

"We are doing very well in all the six EPP for the past one year. We had achieved 224 percent, above the 100 percent target set for all the six EPP," he told reporters here, today.

The six EPP launched are foreign worker health insurance scheme, clinical research and diagnosis hub, pharmaceutical exports, health tourism, diagnosis services nexus and developing a health metropolis.

He added that the seventh EPP, namely the medical devices manufacturing, would be launched in two months.

"I hope to encourage more Malaysians to go into manufacturing medical device. It is a big industry that can create a lot of job and creating lots of economic value," he said.

Liow said all the seven EPP would generate revenue of RM42 billion by year 2020.

"We have already put up all the plans. We are very confident we will achieve the target before year 2020," he said.

Earlier when opening the 1Malaysia Youth Business Expansion Strategies (1MYBest) Expo, Liow said youth should seize opportunities and the conducive environment for doing business in Malaysia by venturing into entrepreneurship.

He added that youths who comprise up to 40 percent of the 28 million Malaysian population, should also participate constructively in the nation's aspiration of becoming a high-income nation by 2020.

The 1MYBest, organised by United Movement of Youth Malaysia (GBBM) and Young Malaysians Movement (YMM), was aimed to provide a platform for aspiring youth entrepreneurs to start up business or to expand their business.

UM Health Metropolis
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anyone heard HUMS teaching hospital in sabah b4?

At least 17 new private hospitals by 2015
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another Skybridges!

Sime Darby Specialist Hospital - Sime Darby Medical Centre Ara Damansara (SDMC AD)
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Sime Darby Healthcare Group is investing in the establishment of the specialist hospitals - Sime Darby Medical Centre Ara Damansara (SDMC AD). The establishment of the specialist hospitals supports EPP4 : Reinvigorating Health Travel through Better Customer Experience, Proactive Alliances and Niche Marketing.

Sime Darby Medical Centre Ara Damansara is a 220-bed specialist hospital dedicated to the management and treatment of heart, brain, spine and joint diseases. It is expected to commence operations in Q3 2011 and will feature three centres of excellence, namely the brain centre, heart centre and the spine & joint centre.

The brain centre will feature a stroke clinic and an epilepsy clinic. There is no comparable comprehensive epilepsy treatment and management programme in the country at present although up to 0.8% of the population suffers from epilepsy. The paediatric and adult heart centre is powered by heart specialists whose reputation for outstanding heart care is built on decades of leading-edge medical practice and innovations.

The spine & joint centre is a specialized healthcare facility providing access to a fully equipped rehabilitation centre that includes a hydrotherapy pool and musculoskeletal rehabilitation facilities. The rehabilitation centre will also feature a child development centre with Snoezelen and speech therapy for paediatric patients with autism, intellectual or mental disabilities, post-traumatic stress disorders or brain injury.

Investment
RM240 million

Jobs created
1,539 (by 2020)

Sime Darby Medical Centre Ara Damansara
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Sime Darby Specialist Hospital - Sime Darby Medical Centre ParkCity (SDMC ParkCity)
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Sime Darby Healthcare Group is investing in the establishment of the specialist hospitals - Sime Darby Medical Centre ParkCity (SDMC ParkCity). The establishment of the specialist hospitals supports EPP4 : Reinvigorating Health Travel through Better Customer Experience, Proactive Alliances and Niche Marketing.

Sime Darby Medical Centre ParkCity (SDMC ParkCity) is expected to start operations by the third quarter of 2012. The 300-bed hospital will be positioned as a centre of excellence dedicated to comprehensive women's and children's healthcare with focus on breast oncology, child development and the treatment of chronic diseases such as diabetes.

Investment
RM40 million

Jobs created
1,539 (by 2020)
Sime Darby Medical Centre ParkCity
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Sime Darby Healthcare looks at regional expansion
By SHARIDAN M. ALI Wednesday March 21, 2012
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Bakke: ‘At the moment, we are looking at Jakarta.’

PETALING JAYA: Sime Darby Bhd plans to expand its healthcare business under the Sime Darby Healthcare Group with a few more hospitals by 2016.

Sime Darby president and group chief executive Datuk Mohd Bakke Salleh said their five-year strategic blueprint had come out with a guideline for the division to grow the business not just within the country but to expand it in the region as well.

“We are currently looking at a few countries in the region to add on more hospitals or to take equity stakes in existing hospitals.

“At the moment, we are looking at Jakarta where we have been discussing with a few market players but nothing firm has come out.

“For our expansion in the country, we are looking at locations outside the Klang Valley, for example, Penang,” he told reporters after the official opening of Sime Darby Medical Centre, Ara Damansara officiated by the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah yesterday.

On the acquisition of stakes of existing hospitals, Bakke said it should be guided by substance over form.

“I think it is important to have a significant stake but at the same time be an active partner.”

He added that the group did not intend to publicly list its healthcare division for the time being.

On the progress of its healthcare division based on the five-year blueprint launched last year, Bakke said it was on track.

“We plan to have another two hospitals by the end of 2013. Early next year we will launch Sime Darby Medical Centre Parkcity,” he said.

These two hospitals are in addition to its Sime Darby Medical Centre Subang Jaya, the 393-bed flagship tertiary care and Sime Darby Specialist Centre Megah.

On the outlook of the industry, Sime Darby Healthcare chairman Tan Sri Dr Wan Mohd Zahid Mohd Noordin said a recent study indicated that the private hospital services market in Malaysia was expected to reach RM13.8bil in 2015.

“This figure paints an optimistic picture of the future of the sector and underscores our optimism on the prospects of the private healthcare,” he said.

Bakke said the local demand, for example in Selangor, was very good.

“In terms of foreign patients we hope to increase the percentage to 20% in four years from the current 5%,” he said.

As of the last financial year ended June 30, Bakke said the contribution of the healthcare division to the group was still quite small.

“In terms of pre-tax profit the healthcare division managed to record RM25mil from the group's total of RM5.4bil,” he said.