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#270 ·
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.
 
#272 ·
Columbia Asia, Bintulu, Sarawak

Private Healthcare Hospital
by carzae

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.
 
#273 ·
Non-profit hospital for Sandakan
Saturday June 28, 2008



Artist’s impression: A model of the new Fook Kuin
Medical Centre that will begin construction soon.

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.








 
#276 ·
First nursing university opens door
Sun, 07 Jun 2009



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.



An artist’s impression of IUCN’s campus
at Bandar Sri Sendayan.

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).
 
#277 ·
Nursing the world



An artist’s impression of the International University College
of Nursing’s main campus in Bandar Sri Sendayan, Seremban.
International University College of Nursing (IUCN)
Bandar Sri Sendayan, Seremban
http://www.iucn.edu.my/university/campus





Main Entrance to IUCN / Chancellery / Library & Nursing Skills Laboratories



R&D Incubator / Sports Complex / Student Services Centre



Halls of Residence (Student Hostels) / Academic Centre
 
#278 ·
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.
 
#318 · (Edited)
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.


From http://www.ijn.com.my/



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.
 
#279 ·
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.
 
#280 ·
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.
 
#281 ·
RECENTLY COMPLETED :
Sarawak International Medical Centre



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

by George Fricker

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.



-- BERNAMA
 
#282 ·
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.
 
#284 ·
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.
 
#285 ·
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.
 
#457 ·
Melaka Straits Medical Centre

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.:)
 
#290 ·
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.
 
#291 ·
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.
 
#293 ·
New hospital for Shah Alam
Azira Shaharuddin


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
From http://www.johawaki.com.my/



 
#294 · (Edited)
Columbia Asia
Columbia Asia website

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



Bintulu



Bukit Rimau



Kota Damansara



Nusajaya



Setapak


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

Planned facilities:
Binh Duong

Indonesia
Gleni International Hospital - Medan
 
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