HOSPITALS & MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS | General Thread

[triple-j]

image hosted on flickr


image hosted on flickr

[nazrey]

Assunta Hospital
by Veritas Architects Sdn. Bhd.



A new 7-storey hospital located in Petaling Jaya. Once completed, the hospital will be equipped with consulting clinics, operating theatres, an executive ward facilities and a new 7- storey car park. The project also covers up grading and refurbishment of the existing building which will eventually tie in with the new block.

[triple-j]

formerly know as general hospital, KL

image hosted on flickr


image hosted on flickr

[nazrey]

Originally Posted by nazrey

Putrajaya Hospital
by AngeliCiou$



by Dany'06

Putrajaya gets cancer centre
Saturday October 27, 2007
TheStar


PUTRAJAYA: Information on cancer, notably breast cancer, is now readily available at the Putrajaya Hospital with the setting-up of a resource centre.

The centre will provide knowledge and support to those stricken with the disease and family members.

The Putrajaya Hospital Cancer Resource Centre, the first of its kind in the country, has up-to-date reading material on various cancers, treatments and other vital information.

The centre also provides networking with cancer survivors offering emotional support via Cancer Network Association (KanWork).

Hospital director Dr Mohd Norzi Ghazali said the centre’s role was also to provide general information on cancer to educate the public on cancer, including treatment, medication and post-treatment care.

“What is also important is that it is a platform for those with cancer to come together and share their experience and knowledge,” he said.

“It is also an avenue for partners, family members and friends of patients to get advice and support on how to deal with a cancer patient.”

Dr Norzi said cancer was the second-highest killer in the country after road accidents, with 30,000 new cases detected annually.

Putrajaya Hospital head of breast and endocrine surgical department and consultant surgeon Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the hospital received between 150 and 200 breast cancer cases each year.

“It is important to create greater cancer awareness. According to census, 60% of cancer patients only realised they had cancer at a late stage,” he said.

[nazrey]

Columbia Asia sees 25% revenue from Puchong hospital
by Woon Wu Lin, 26 Oct 2007 11:06 PM
THEEDGE




KUALA LUMPUR: Healthcare company Columbia Asia Sdn Bhd expects its new RM55 million hospital in Puchong to contribute 25% of the company’s revenue in its financial year ending March 31, 2008.

Its Southeast Asia chief executive officer Kelvin Tan said the annualised revenue from the Columbia Asia Medical Centre (CAMC) Puchong could be as high as RM30 million based on the estimated RM13 million for the second half of the current financial year. Columbia Asia is projecting its group revenue to hit RM51 million for FY08.

Speaking to reporters at the official opening of the company’s seventh hospital yesterday, he said: “We have already achieved about half so far and our profit margin would be about 10% to 15%.”

Columbia Asia is 30% owned by the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and the rest by Columbia Pacific Healthcare Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of International Columbia US LLC, which also has operations in India, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Tan said another three hospitals would be opened soon beginning with its CAMC in Taiping in six months, Kota Damansara in a year and Nusajaya in 2009.

“The cost is about the same (as CAMC Puchong), the only variation is the cost of land,” said the company’s group medical director Dr Mohd Arrifin Ali.

Tan said CAMC Puchong took 15 months to build and is one of Columbia Asia’s model hospitals with similar infrastructure, process and hospital management software.

It has 20 resident doctors and visiting consultants, and is equipped with 78 beds to serve a population of over 280,000 from Puchong and the surrounding neighbourhoods.

Tan said the hospital uses a proprietary software operating system, which coordinates medical records, billing and queuing of patients to enable a paperless environment.

He said the initial cost of the system was US$2 million (RM6.8 million) but had risen to US$3 million.

“It will continue to rise as we find certain needs from doctors,” Tan said, adding that RM15 million from the total cost was spent on medical equipment to ensure up-to-date diagnostic, ancillary and surgical facilities.

With the efficiency of the system and the company’s focus on reducing a patient’s stay in the hospital, he said treatment costs could become more affordable.

He added that 60% to 70% of the cases admitted to Columbia Asia hospitals were insurance-related, indicating its affordable pricing.

[adzmierz_azizan]

<a href="http://img255.imageshack.us/my.php?image=04042006003ef9.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/4099/04042006003ef9.th.jpg" border="0" alt="Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.us" /></a>

[adzmierz_azizan]

[adzmierz_azizan]

[adzmierz_azizan]

[adzmierz_azizan]

][/URL][img=http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/43/kedahmedicalcentrezd9.th.jpg]

[adzmierz_azizan]

[img=http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/43/kedahmedicalcentrezd9.th.jpg]

[nazrey]

Isyoda bags deal to build Shah Alam hospital
Published: 2007/11/19 BusinessTimes

ISYODA Corp Bhd said it has won a RM451.2 million sub-contract to build a 300-bed hospital in Shah Alam. The contract was given by Sunshine Fleet Sdn Bhd to its unit, Isyoda (M) Sdn Bhd, it said in a statement to Bursa Malaysia yesterday. The contract is for 33 months and work must be completed by August 14 2010.

[nazrey]

Sarawak International Medical Centre (SIMC), Kuching
by George Fricker

Medical centre ready next year
Friday November 23, 2007
TheStar

KUCHING: The Sarawak International Medical Centre (SIMC) is expected to be ready by the middle of next year, Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr George Chan told the Sarawak State Assembly yesterday.

He said the project, which commenced in July 2003, initially had a contractual completion period of 36 months.

“However, due to inclement weather, shortage of critical construction materials, revision of design to meet new requirements under the Private Health Care Facilities and Services Act and delay on the part of the civil works contractor and sub-contractors, the new completion date is now expected to be in the middle of 2008,” he told Chong Chieng Jen (DAP – Kota Sentosa).

He said the contract sum for the project’s building works, design and consultancy fees was RM288.56mil, with an additional 36.3mil euros (RM180.4mil) for specialist medical and IT equipment.

Assistant Minister of Land Development Naroden Majais told the House that the state government had yet to determine the viability of cultivating jatropha and bamboo on a commercial scale.

“There is no policy or plan for planting the two trees or for developing an industry out of these crops,” he said in reply to Peter Nansian (BN – Tasik Biru) and Dr Abdul Rahman Ismail (BN – Bukit Kota).

He also said that the Land Development Ministry was identifying research institutions in the state to carry out research and development on jatropha as it was a relatively new crop.

“Although there are five institutions carrying out R&D on the crop in Peninsular Malaysia and their findings may be relevant to us, we still have to undertake intensive research on the feasibility of cultivating jatropha on a large scale under Sarawak conditions,” he said.

Jatropha can be used to produce biodiesel.

[liping_t]

So, if the Sarawak Int Med Center is chiefly owned by the State Gov, will that make it a Public or a Private hospital?

[nazrey]

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

Before facelift
by doumbojo

[rizalhakim]

tawakal hospital 15/12/07

[rizalhakim]

[TWK90]

Source : http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story...8&sec=business

Indian investment for dental college hospital

By EUGENE MAHALINGAM

KUALA LUMPUR: India's Vinayaka Mission's University will invest RM55mil to set up Penang International Dental College (PIDC), expected to be one of the largest dental college hospitals in South-East Asia.

To be completed by Sept 2010, the facility will be built on 10 acres of land worth RM4.5mil in Kepala Batas and have a built-up space of 150,000 sq ft. Construction will begin September, 2008.

PIDC chief executive officer and managing director Dr S. Sharavanan said that the facility would serve both as a college and a dental hospital.

"PIDC, with 250 dental chairs, is expected to be one of the biggest state-of-the-art dental hospitals in South-East Asia," he said at a press conference on Tuesday.

He said one of the reasons for the set up in Kepala Batas was because Malaysia had the potential of becoming a regional hub for dental studies and treatment.

He also said that cost was another reason for setting up the facility on Malaysian soil.

"Tuition fees for a complete dental programme in Australia would cost as much as RM500,000 while a similar programme at PIDC would cost just RM175,000," he said.

[nazrey]

Since once Penang is a hub for education in ASEAN..Great news!

[nazrey]

Hospital Serdang
Sepang



Hospital Sungai Buloh
Gombak



Hospital Ampang
Hulu Langat