15-Sep-15 Five ASEAN private hospital associations have endorsed the “Yangon Declaration” in a bid to enhance cooperation and jointly develop medical service standards in the region. The associations from Thailand, Myanmar, the Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam reached an agreement to deepen cooperation during the Hospital Management Asia (HMA) 2015 held in Yangon. [image: Myanmar Business Times / TPHA]

22-Sep-15 Singapore's Rowsley Ltd will convert its Iskandar project in Malaysia into a healthcare hub instead of a mixed-use township, the company said on Tuesday, amid a rising supply of homes in the special economic zone. [image: Free Malaysia Today]

24-Aug-15 Telstra Health has announced several key contract wins and implementations of hospital electronic medical record systems in Malaysia and Thailand, adding to its existing customer base in Asia and its established offices in Hong Kong, Malaysia and India. [image: Telstra Health]

12-Aug-15 KPJ Healthcare Bhd, Malaysia's largest listed healthcare group, will spend RM1.5 bn (USD365 mn) to build 10 new hospitals there. The proposed hospitals will add 2,000 beds to the group, bringing the total to 5,000. KPJ currently operates 25 hospitals in Malaysia, two in Indonesia and one in Bangladesh, as well as a 23% stake in Vejthani Hospital in Bangkok. [image: KPJ Healthcare]

05-Aug-15 Malaysia's IHH Healthcare Bhd, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Parkway Holdings, is reported to have acquired a 74% stake in Hyderabad-based Global Hospitals Group for an equity value of INR1,800 crore (USD277 mn). in March 2015 IHH acquired a 51% stake in Hyderabad-based Continental Hospitals. It also already owns a 10.5% stake in India’s Apollo Hospitals. [image: IHH Healthcare Berhad]