25-Jun-15 DKSH is to provide marketing, sales, distribution and logistics services for Omron Healthcare's business with pharmacies and personal care stores in Malaysia and Thailand. In Vietnam, the companies also extended the geographic coverage of their existing collaboration. [image: DKSH]

14-Jun-15 A rural e-Health programme developed in Sarawak will be implemented in Peninsular Malaysia soon. The ‘Rural ICT-Guided Home-Based Technopreneur Community Healthcare Advancement Nurturing For Growth Ecosystem’ (RiGHT CHANGE) aims to provide rural people with easier access to e-Health services, allowing them to have online health checks instead of having to visit a city. [image: Wikicommons]

28-May-15 Malaysia's KPJ Healthcare is eyeing potential growth in the senior living care business and looking into the right model to serve demand in the local market. Managing Director Datuk Amiruddin Abdul Satar said the company is assessing the potential market. He said the contribution from the segment is small, but the right concept would make the market more receptive. [image: Kinibiz]

21-May-15 The 11th Malaysia Plan (2016-2020) has an ambitious target of a 1:400 doctor to population ratio by 2020. The plan will also see the ratio of hospital beds reach 2.3 per 1,000, enabling more people to have access to quality healthcare, either in public or private facilities. [image: Free Malaysia Today]

16-May-15 Ramsay Health Care will enter the Western China market through its partnership company Ramsay Sime Darby Health Care, which has signed a JV with hospital operator Chengdu Jinxin Healthcare Investment Management Group Ltd. The JV's five hospitals with about 2,300 beds will focus on women’s health, mental health and TCM. [image: Ramsay Sime Darby]