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Putrajaya Hospital
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Putrajaya Hospital to provide acupuncture, ayurvedic treatments soon
Sunday August 5, 2007
By SIM LEOI LEOI
TheStar

PUTRAJAYA: Acupuncture, ayurvedic medicine, massage and herbal treatment will be some of the traditional and complementary medicine to be introduced at Putrajaya Hospital later this year.

Hospital director Dr Mohd Norzi Ghazali said patients checking in at the hospital would be able to opt for such treatments when the services are launched.

“Acupuncture experts from China and other countries will be employed on a contractual basis,” he said.

He was speaking to reporters recently after receiving RM400,000 from Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.

The money will be used to construct new offices for the specialists, expand the existing car park for both visitors and hospital staff, and constructing a covered walkway for pedestrians.

Dr Mohd Norzi said Putrajaya Hospital would be one of the first few medical facilities in the country to offer these treatments besides Kepala Batas Hospital and Pandan Hospital in Johor Baru.

The hospital also implemented the “full-paying patient” concept from Wednesday, making it and Selayang Hospital the first public hospitals to do so.

The service provides patients with the option of being treated by specialists of their choice in an executive or first-class facility and be charged accordingly.

“The full-paying patient concept will provide a boost to our hospital, particularly in the field of medical tourism. We have set aside a special ward in our hospital for these patients,” he said.

He added that over the past year, the number of patients seeking treatment from the hospital had increased by 6%.

“The number of surgeries performed have also risen by 50%,” he said,

Tengku Adnan, who is also Putrajaya MP, said in his speech that he would be asking for allocations for a new community clinic to be built in the federal administrative centre, as the current one was too crowded.

“Of some 900 patients seeking treatment from our community clinic, about 80% of them are not staying in Putrajaya but are from surrounding areas like Banting, Dengkil and Puchong,” he said.

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Another burst pipe at Selayang Hospital
Monday August 6, 2007
By STUART MICHAEL

TWO burst pipes in two weeks. That is the situation at the Selayang Hospital, the most advanced and IT-enabled hospital in the country.

On July 25 at 9pm, a PVC pipe burst and water gushed out into the walkway of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) on the fifth floor of the hospital.

And on Saturday at 1am, another pipe burst on the third floor at the Cardiac Ward of the hospital.

Water gushed down to the emergency ward located on the second floor.

This time around, patients who were in the emergency ward were evacuated and sent to the other wards in the hospital.

A hospital staff, who did not want to be named, said the incident happened at about 1am and water poured down from the second floor until about 4am.

“The maintenance company for Selayang Hospital, Radicare (M) Sdn Bhd, vacuumed and mopped up the water from the second floor and third floor. All was cleared by about 5am the same day.

“The floor in the emergency ward was wet and patients as well as hospital staff were all in a daze,'' he said.

Recently, the Selayang Hospital director Dr Nor Akma Yusof had said that the hospital was about 10 years old and it was normal for old pipes to burst.

When asked about the possibility of the hospital changing the old PVC pipes, she said she did not make such decisions.

During the incident on Saturday, Dr Nur Akma could not be reached for comments.

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Assunta Hospital, PJ

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Pantai to manage Strands private hospital
24-08-2007: By Woon Wu Lin
THEEDGEDAILY


KUALA LUMPUR: Pantai Medical Centre inked a three-year agreement with Strand Hospital & Retirement Home Sdn Bhd to manage its private hospital in Sungai Petani, said Pantai Holdings in a statement on Aug 24.

“The agreement with Strand will be Pantai’s pioneering project in providing operations and management expertise to a private hospital,” said Pantai Holdings chairman Tan Sri Datuk Mohamed Khatib.

The agreement would take effect Sept 1, and would see Pantai providing manpower and operations expertise to the newly-built hospital, which will carry the Pantai name.

Pantai has also signed an agreement with PT Semen Padang for the collaboration and reviewing of a hospital design in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia. The hospital is scheduled to open in 2010.

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Al-Bukhary Hospital & Hostel, Alor Star
Copyright © 2007 Zelan Berhad. All Rights Reserved.





Masterplan

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Is Al-bukhary hospital named for the businessman Tan Sri Mokhtar?

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High-tech gift for Klang hospital
Monday September 3, 2007
By JADE CHAN
TheStar


HOSPITAL Tengku Ampuan Rahimah (HTAR), Klang, recently received a gift that would enable its radiology department to conduct faster and safer X-ray scans, and for doctors to provide increased diagnostic quality.

Canon Malaysia donated the Canon CXDI-50C portable flat panel detector system to HTAR in conjunction with the company’s 70th anniversary globally and 20th in Malaysia.

Canon CXDI-50C is a mobile X-ray unit which can also be mounted to a permanent system and is part of Canon’s CXDI digital radiography systems.

Weighing 4.8kg, it is capable of producing results within three to five seconds and reduces the dosage of radiation by as much as 50%.

The increased diagnostic quality allows doctors to come up with the best medical solutions to address the patients’ ailments.

HTAR is the first hospital in Malaysia to have the advanced X-ray scanner, which is valued at about RM350,000.

According to HTAR director Dr Yahya Baba, HTAR is the third busiest hospital in Malaysia and receives about 160,000 outpatient and casualty patients per year.

“The Canon CXDI-50C will help improve and enhance our delivery system and benefit those who need treatment at the hospital.

“It will also inspire us to provide the best service to people in Klang, Selangor and even Malaysia,” he said.

“With so many of our staff living in the vicinity of Shah Alam and Klang, we wanted to donate the Canon CXDI-50C that will not only benefit our staff and their families but the patients of HTAR,” said Canon Opto Malaysia Sdn Bhd managing director Kazuaki Tanaka.

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Pantai to spend over RM300m to develop medical centre
by Lee Yu Tang, 07 Sep 2007 11:42 AM
THEEDGEDAILY


KUALA LUMPUR: Pantai Holdings Bhd, which was delisted early this year, will be investing over RM300 million to develop and rebuild two of its hospital blocks at the Pantai Medical Centre.

Its chairman Tan Sri Mohamed Khatib said the rebuilding of the two blocks would include the development of a clinical centre of excellence to cater to medical tourism in Malaysia.

“We expect to complete the development by 2010,” he told reporters after the company’s EGM here yesterday.

At the EGM, minority shareholders approved its proposed selective capital repayment (SCR) exercise involving a capital reduction of RM117 million, equivalent to RM2.63 per share for about 44.5 million shares after accounting for a two sen dividend which was paid out on July 13.

Mohamed said the SCR, which is expected to be completed by year-end, would allow majority shareholder Pantai Irama Ventures Sdn Bhd to fully own Pantai from its current 91% stake. After the SCR, he said Khazanah Nasional Bhd and Parkway Holdings Ltd would own 60% and 40% of Pantai respectively via Pantai Irama.

Asked about their business strategy overseas going forward, Mohamed said the company, which currently manages nine hospitals in Malaysia, had signed a memorandum of understanding with PT Semen Padang in Indonesia to manage a private hospital in Padang, West Sumatra.

He said both parties were now at the pre-feasibility stage and Pantai would advise its Indonesian counterpart on the construction and design aspects. “The next markets we are looking at are Vietnam and China,” he said.

On the company’s expansion plan in Malaysia, he said the company intended to build a hospital in the eastern part of Peninsular Malaysia to add its presence in the other three regions in the north, central and south. He said Pantai was also planning to venture into Sabah and Sarawak.

Pantai’s group managing director Faisal Ismail said apart from its two concessions in Malaysia held by Fomema Sdn Bhd and Pantai Medivest Sdn Bhd, the company would be making an initial investment of US$10 million (RM35 million) in Bandung, Indonesia with the West Java provincial government to treat medical waste.

“We hope to set up the treatment plant in June next year after our partner (West Java provincial government) has secured approval from the Indonesian central government,” said Faisal.

Its executive director Dr Tan See Leng said the company was expecting double digit growth in healthcare tourism next year, which is presently growing below 10%.

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Manipal to invest in Malaysia
By Zaidi Isham Ismail
September 12 2007
BusinessTimes

The largest healthcare management group in Asia will set up its first hospital in Penang and a stem cell research and development centre in Bukit Jalil Technology Park

THE Manipal Education and Medical Group International of India, Asia's largest healthcare management group, is coming to Malaysia next month.

It will set up its first hospital in Penang and a stem cell research and development centre in Bukit Jalil Technology Park.

Malaysian Biotechnology Corp Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Datuk Iskandar Mizal Mahmood said the group will invest an initial US$5 million (RM17.6 million) for phase one and subsequent investments for the later phases will depend on the requirements at that time.

"Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Dr Jamaluddin Jarjis will be officiating at the ground breaking ceremony on October 17," Iskandar told reporters in Kuala Lumpur yesterday after launching a biotechnology entrepreneurship conference.

Iskandar said the business deal was a result of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed during BIO 2007, the world's largest annual biotechnology convention and exhibition held in Boston, the US, in May.

The Malaysian delegation to BIO 2007 was led by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. Under the MOU, a Manipal Group subsidiary will be established in Malaysia to spearhead stem-cell research.

The deal follows a deal forged last month between the Malaysian government and US biotechnology firm Actis Biologics Inc which will invest as much as US$400 million (RM1.41 billion) to set up operations in Malacca.

Malaysia wants to become a regional biotechnology hub to get a slice of the lucrative market. The world's 5,000 biotech firms, of which 70 per cent are in the US, are forecast to make over US$1 trillion (RM3.52 trillion) of revenue by 2015.

The Manipal Group of companies, named after a university town in southern India, is a major financial and industrial group managing 11 hospitals, eight teaching hospitals, seven rural maternity and child welfare homes and also has activities spread over financial services and manufacturing.

The Manipal Healthcare Group owns internationally renowned hospitals such as the Manipal Hospital in Bangalore and Kasturba Hospital in Manipal.

Manipal is also a centre of academic learning, comprising two universities, 24 professional colleges, affiliated institutes and numerous primary and high schools with 70,000 graduate students.

It is also home to Syndicate Bank, a leading bank in India and hi-tech industries like Manipal Dot Net and the Karnataka Microelectronics Design Centre.

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New private hospital for Kepala Batas
Wednesday September 19, 2007
TheStar


INDIA’S Manipal Health Systems and Sri Arunanesh Sdn Bhd have agreed to set up a hospital in Kepala Batas, Penang.

Malaysia Nanban reported that the 200-bed hospital, which is expected to start operations by 2009, would be located near Kepala Batas town.

The hospital will offer a range of services, including general medicine, general surgery, obstetrics, gynaecology and paediatrics, cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery.

Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon said the hospital would also help to promote health tourism.

Manipal Education and Medical Group managing director Dr Ranjan Rai said the group had been educating doctors for the past 50 years.

He said they had access to a large pool of doctors working in some of the finest hospitals in the world.

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KL Hospital to get RM1.5bil facelift
Wednesday September 26, 2007


KUALA LUMPUR: The Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) will be redeveloped under a RM1.5bil facelift programme to transform it to the country’s best medical and healthcare facility.

The redevelopment – slated under the Ninth Malaysia Plan – would focus on specific specialised medical and health disciplines, said hospital director Datuk Dr Zaininah Mohd Zain.

Under the plan, the number of hospital beds would be halved to 1,200 from the current 2,400 to allocate more funds to specialised expertise and professional services.

Dr Zaininah said that basically, the hospital would have a spanking new premises without having to relocate to another place.

She said the facelift would be implemented in stages.

Speaking to reporters after receiving Raya goodies from the Federal Territory Islamic Religious Council yesterday, Dr Zaininah said the hospital treated about a million patients last year, of whom 380,000 were outpatients.

Meanwhile, the council has allocated more than RM2mil this year to provide medical equipment and financial aid to patients at HKL, University Malaya Medical Centre and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Hospital in Cheras.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Dr Abdullah Md Zin said the council extended the aid during Ramadan every year.

Abdullah, who is the council’s chairman, handed RM250,000 to the HKL Hospital Welfare Fund and medical equipment worth about RM96,300. – Bernama

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Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL)

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Originally Posted by triple-j

hospitals nowadays are just fine looking!!

And make you want to stay there.

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Originally Posted by nazrey

KL Hospital to get RM1.5bil facelift
Wednesday September 26, 2007


KUALA LUMPUR: The Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) will be redeveloped under a RM1.5bil facelift programme to transform it to the country’s best medical and healthcare facility.

The redevelopment – slated under the Ninth Malaysia Plan – would focus on specific specialised medical and health disciplines, said hospital director Datuk Dr Zaininah Mohd Zain.

Under the plan, the number of hospital beds would be halved to 1,200 from the current 2,400 to allocate more funds to specialised expertise and professional services.

Dr Zaininah said that basically, the hospital would have a spanking new premises without having to relocate to another place.

She said the facelift would be implemented in stages.

Speaking to reporters after receiving Raya goodies from the Federal Territory Islamic Religious Council yesterday, Dr Zaininah said the hospital treated about a million patients last year, of whom 380,000 were outpatients.

Meanwhile, the council has allocated more than RM2mil this year to provide medical equipment and financial aid to patients at HKL, University Malaya Medical Centre and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Hospital in Cheras.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Dr Abdullah Md Zin said the council extended the aid during Ramadan every year.

Abdullah, who is the council’s chairman, handed RM250,000 to the HKL Hospital Welfare Fund and medical equipment worth about RM96,300. – Bernama

Gosh, about time this happened. Poor HKL, too large, too sprawling, too old! I remember tales of my colleagues who were there witnessing rats roaming the corridors, WW2 era room conditions etc etc.

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Originally Posted by triple-j

Just checked the site this morning.

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Pandan Hospital
Johor Bahru, Johor Darul Takzim (704 Beds).

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Perdana Specialist Hospital



Hospital Pakar Perdana (PERDANA) is the 11th hospital under KPJ Healthcare Berhad, the largest healthcare provider in Malaysia. It has a maximum capacity of 126-beds. Located at the heart of Kota Bharu Bandar Raya Islam with an aim to bring quality healthcare nearer and accessible to patients. In addition to outpatients and inpatients care, the multi-disciplinary care provided by PERDANA includes a host of up-to-date support facilities.

PERDANA was opened for outpatient treatment on 28th December 2001 and inpatient on 2nd April 2002. We are committed to meet your needs and to serve you in an ethical, efficient, professional and caring manner.

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Cameron Highlands Hospital
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Temerloh Hospital
This hospital is to serve the central Pahang region and once completed will be the most advanced hospital in the state. The cost of this complex is astronomical and the sheer size of it is massive.





Temerloh Resident

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Hotel Putra KL just beside hospital pusrawi
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