The purpose-built
159-bed KPJ
Rawang Specialist Hospital,
opened
in March, is the only private hospital
in Rawang district.
KPJ is geared towards continuous
expansion, undertakings several
greenfield projects on home ground and
overseas. Two new hospitals were
opened in 2014, namely KPJ Rawang
Specialist Hospital and KPJ Bandar
Maharani Specialist Hospital.
The purpose-built 159-bed KPJ Rawang
Specialist Hospital, opened in March, is
the only private hospital in Rawang
district. Not only will it serve Rawang,
one of the fastest growing townships in
Selangor, which had an estimated
population of 120,500 in 2012), but also
the surrounding townships of Kuala Kubu
Baru, Bukit Beruntung, Batang Berjuntai,
Sungai Choh, Selayang, and even Tanjung
Malim in Perak and Tanjung Karang in
Selangor. Taken together, the hospital
has a catchment population of
approximately 415,000 people, mostly
from the middle and upper-middle
classes. Ongoing development and
increased economic activity add to the
hospital’s positive outlook.
In June 2014, the KPJ Bandar Maharani
Specialist Hospital in Muar, Johor
commenced operations. This project
began when KPJ acquired a partially
completed seven-storey building situated
along Jalan Stadium in Muar, Johor for
RM22 million in 2010. Four years later,
the 200,000 sq ft hospital with more than
100 beds and almost 200 car park bays,
has been completed, at a cost of around
RM40.7 million. It offers general services
in orthopaedic, surgical, 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 towards meeting the expected
upsurge in demand from health tourism
that the Malaysia Healthcare Tourism
Council (MHTC) envisages will reach
1.9 billion patients by 2020. Together,
they add another 259 beds to our current
capacity, bringing the Group total to
3,229 beds as at the end of 2014.
EXPANDING OUR NETWORK, STRENGTHENING CAPACITY
KPJ plans to roll out a minimum of two new hospitals per annum to
meet high market demand and ensure continued growth in our
performance. Accordingly, plans are in the pipeline to roll out another
10 hospitals over the next five years. Three of these have been
identified for development under the Healthcare National Key Economic
Area of the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP), which augurs
well for KPJ’s performance going forward, particularly on the health
tourism front.
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KPJ Healthcare Berhad annual report
2014
