KPJ plans to expand hospitals network

PASIR GUDANG: KPJ Healthcare Bhd, which plans to extend its network of
hospitals soon, will open a hospital each in Muar and Johor Baru.

President
and managing director Amiruddin Abd Satar said the hospital in Bandar
Dato 'Onn, Johor Baru, was one of the six hospitals under the Economic
Transformation Programme (ETP).

"The group has invested RM814
million in the ETP which will generate a Gross National Income of
RM1.32 billion," he told reporters after the opening of the RM73
million Pasir Gudang Specialist Hospital by Johor Corporation president
and
chairman of KPJ Healthcare Bhd Datuk Kamaruzzaman Abu Kasim.

He
said besides building more hospitals, the group would also step up work
ethics, improve patient care and beef up patient safety in accordance
with international standards.

Amiruddin said half of its 22
hospitals, operating nationwide, were accorded the Malaysian
Accreditation Society for Quality in Health while two others were also
recognised by the Joint Commission International.-- Bernama