At least 17 new private hospitals by 2015

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia could see at least 17 new private hospitals by 2015, with licence to operate some 4,500 beds, involving investments to the tune of RM4.5 billion.

At least three other hospitals have applied to expand its facility and will add another 770 beds.

Industry sources say that based on various reports, this would bring the total number of new beds close to 5,300.

An industry expert contacted by Business Times, said that the average cost of new hospitals (based on number of beds) is around RM1 million, while for extension it is about RM500 million.

Total investment in private hospitals by 2015 would translate roughly to as much as RM4.8 billion, including extending the hospital facility.

Previous reports indicate that Gleneagles has a goal of operating 2,000 beds by 2020 from 380 beds at its two hospitals in Kuala Lumpur and Penang.

Apart from the Pantai Parkway group, which operates the Pantai and Gleneagles hospital, and KPJ which operates the largest hospital chain in Malaysia, Sime Darby Healthcare is one of the hospital groups that is expanding.

Meanwhile, the state of Johor alone is expected to have some five hospitals with a 1,140 beds.

The Performance Management and Delivery Unit has projected that by 2020, the hospital bed requirement - between 5,000 and 6,000 beds - set to meet both domestic and overseas demand. Of this, 1,900 beds are for foreign patients.

In a recent interview, the Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council chief executive officer Dr Mary Wong Lai Lin said the bed occupancy rates in Johor and the Klang Valley are at 70 per cent.

And once hospitals reach 80 per cent or 90 per cent, it is considered maximum capacity as a certain percentage is usually kept for emergency cases.

She also added that the whole of Malaysia, particularly Sabah, needs more private hospitals.

Malaysia's private hospitals always full, Tung Shin, Sunway Med, UH, etc all long Q... so many many ppl not healthy in this country

may 17 also not enough

sun wrote:may 17 also not enough

who is that little girl in your profile pic? can intro ?

almost as leng lui as mine

inQic wrote:

sun wrote:may 17 also not enough

who is that little girl in your profile pic? can intro ?

almost as leng lui as mine

My girl

yours so big already, hair so long some more

sun wrote:

inQic wrote:

sun wrote:may 17 also not enough

who is that little girl in your profile pic? can intro ?

almost as leng lui as mine

My girl

how old is she? your first kid?

mataseri wrote:

sun wrote:

inQic wrote:

sun wrote:may 17 also not enough

who is that little girl in your profile pic? can intro ?

almost as leng lui as mine

My girl

how old is she? your first kid?

she is turning 3 years old in August.

Yes, the one and the only one

sun wrote:

mataseri wrote:

sun wrote:

inQic wrote:

sun wrote:may 17 also not enough

who is that little girl in your profile pic? can intro ?

almost as leng lui as mine

My girl

how old is she? your first kid?

she is turning 3 years old in August.

Yes, the one and the only one

good, intro me first .. 10+ yrs later can become like the girl in my profile pic
good investment hahaha

very cute a

inQic wrote:

sun wrote:

mataseri wrote:

sun wrote:

inQic wrote:

who is that little girl in your profile pic? can intro ?

almost as leng lui as mine

My girl

how old is she? your first kid?

she is turning 3 years old in August.

Yes, the one and the only one

good, intro me first .. 10+ yrs later can become like the girl in my profile pic
good investment hahaha

very cute a

sure, no problem

sun wrote:

mataseri wrote:

sun wrote:

inQic wrote:

sun wrote:may 17 also not enough

who is that little girl in your profile pic? can intro ?

almost as leng lui as mine

My girl

how old is she? your first kid?

she is turning 3 years old in August.

Yes, the one and the only one

ahh.. sure very talkative one at this age.

mataseri wrote:

sun wrote:

mataseri wrote:

sun wrote:

inQic wrote:

who is that little girl in your profile pic? can intro ?

almost as leng lui as mine

My girl

how old is she? your first kid?

she is turning 3 years old in August.

Yes, the one and the only one

ahh.. sure very talkative one at this age.

yes, she is, very chi cha... although she still couldn't form a proper sentence when talking.