03-Aug-15 KPJ Healthcare Bhd will be building two new specialist hospitals in Sarawak, East Malaysia, in anticipation of an increase in demand: KPJ Kuching Specialist Hospital and KPJ Miri Specialist Hospital. KPJ Kuching Specialist Hospital's chairman said it was expected to be operational in 2017 and would have 150 beds for the first phase. [image: KPJ Healthcare Bhd]

03-Jul-15 Australia's Orion Health has secured two new strategic deals in Vietnam, building its market presence in Southeast Asia. It will provide its enterprise software solution to Vinmec International Hospital, a premium healthcare provider headquartered in Hanoi. The company has also signed a strategic partnership with VIT Corporation to improve hospital efficiency across several Vietnamese provinces. [image: Orion Health]

03-Jul-15 Singapore's Perennial Real Estate is expanding into healthcare for the first time through 40% in a China joint venture with China Boai Medical Group, a private hospital operator, that will develop hospitals and medical services. Perennial said the JV will focus on oncology, fertility, obstetrics, gynaecology, plastic surgery and aesthetic medicine. [image: Channel News Asia]

02-Jul-15 IHH Healthcare, owner of Southeast Asia's largest private healthcare provider Parkway Pantai, has secured a license to establish and own 70% of Parkway Health Shanghai Intl Hospital Co Ltd in Shanghai. The remaining 30% of the company, which is licensed to provide multi-specialty hospital in-patient and out-patient services, is owned by IHH's partner Shanghai Hongxin Medical Investment Holding Co Ltd. [image: 15 Minute News]

30-Jun-15 The Chinese government will support domestic hospitals in promoting Chinese medicine worldwide, the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council has said. It is encouraging domestic hospitals to foster ties with hospitals in other counties run by overseas Chinese and to set up Chinese medicine centres abroad. [image: UPI / Stephen Shaver]