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Klinik dalam bas

Oleh ANDIKA WAHAB
pengarang@utusan.com.my



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.

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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

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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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Columbia Asia Medical Centre (CAMC) Puchong

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KL General 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.

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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.

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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

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Originally Posted by 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...

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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,

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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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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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