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Annual Report 2013
KPJ HEALTHCARE BERHAD
105
Business
Review
New Hospital Developments
throat care. Itwill alsobeequippedwithastate
of the art Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory,
a dedicated Cardio-Thoracic Operation
Theatre, Cyto-toxic Drug Reconstitution
(CDR) Isolator, and Radiotherapy Linear
Accelerator (Elekta Linac Machine) for
Oncology Services. The facilities for Cardiac
Surgeries and Radiation Therapies will
make KPJ Sabah the only private hospital in
the whole of Sabah to provide tertiary care
in Cardiology/Cardiothoracic surgery and
Radiation Oncology.
This RM200 million hospital accommodates
86 consultants, incorporates the latest
equipment and facilities for patient comfort
and better clinical outcomes, and has 500
parking bays to ensure easy accessibility to
the facilities.
In March 2014, the 159-bed KPJ Rawang
Specialist Hospital began operations. This
new purpose built hospital is the only private
hospital in Rawang district and nearby areas.
Rawang town is one of the fastest growing
townships in Selangor (it had an estimated
population of 120,500 in 2012) and this facility is
expected to serve the surrounding townships
of Kuala Kubu Baru, Bukit Beruntung, Batang
Berjuntai, Sungai Choh, Selayang, and as
far as Tanjung Malim in Perak and Tanjung
Karang in Selangor. The total population in
these areas is approximately 415,000 people,
mostly from the middle and upper-middle
classes. This area is fast developing and
more developments are planned which will
lead to increased economic activities in this
area, all of which bode well for our operation
in Rawang.
By the rst half of 2014, the KPJ Bandar
Maharani Specialist Hospital (KPJ Muar
Specialist Hospital) in Muar, Johor is set to
commence operations. This development
project began when KPJ rst acquired a
partially completed seven-storey building
situated along Jalan Stadium in Muar, Johor
for RM22 million in 2010. The hospital building
has been completed at a cost of around RM26
million. The KPJ Bandar Maharani Specialist
Hospital will comprise more than 100 beds on
a oor space of more than 200,000 sq. ft. and
almost 200 car park bays. It will offer general
services in orthopaedic, surgery, medical,
obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatric,
ophthalmology, anaesthesiology, radiology
and haemodialysis treatment.
Our hospitals in Rawang and Muar are of
international standard and will go a long way
in meeting the expected upsurge in demand
from medical tourism activities that the
Malaysia Healthcare Tourism Council (MHTC)
envisages will reach 1.9 billion patients
by 2020. Together these two hospitals will
add another 259 beds in total to our current
capacity and by the end of 2014, KPJ’s
capacity will have risen to 3,229 beds from
2,720 currently.
Expanding Our Network, Strengthening
Capacity
For the long-term, we plan to roll out a
minimum of two new hospitals per annum to
meet high market demand and plans are in
the pipeline to roll out another nine hospitals
over the next four years. This plan is expected
to evolve in tandem with market demand.
3 of these hospitals have been identi ed
for development under the Healthcare
National Key Economic Area of the Economic
Transformation Programme (ETP) and this
augurs well for KPJ’s performance going
forward, particularly on the medical tourism
front.
KPJ Sabah
Specialist Hospital