02-Oct-15 Malaysia is further positioning itself as a healthcare travel destination for Vietnamese, as the Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) strengthens its presence in Vietnam, offering a unique healthcare system providing quality care, ease of accessibility and affordability. The new healthcare office shall serve as a medical travel assistance and information centre providing end-to-end facilitation service. [image: Vietnam Investment Review]

02-Oct-15 Portea Medical, India’s largest medicalised homecare group has just expanded to Malaysia and is actively looking at other South East Asian markets, linking up to hospitals, labs and potentially insurers. “We do provide medical services in retirement communities, but we... want to remain focused on homecare, post-operative care and chronic disease management,” said CEO Meena Ganesh. [image: TechCrunch].

22-Sep-15 The Kuantan Specialist Hospital (KSH), a subsidiary of KPJ Healthcare Bhd, will open a RM100 mn (USD23 mn) hospital to upgrade its services and meet increased demand. The construction of the hospital started in 2012 and it is expected to start operations by year-end. It will have 188 beds. [image: Astro Awani]

25-Sep-15 GN ReSound, a leader in hearing technologies, has inaugurated a manufacturing and distribution facility in Johor, Malaysia. “The search... included a number of factors, including a favourable economic and political climate, a modern infrastructure that provides easy access to global markets, a well-educated and high performing workforce," the company said. [image: ScandAsia]

19-Sep-15 Columbia Asia is one of the more efficient hospitals in terms of cost because of its model and philosophy. The healthcare provider is now looking at building more hospitals in Klang, Johor Baru and Penang. Columbia Asia has 28 hospitals in the region, including 11 in Malaysia, with the rest spread across India, Indonesia, Vietnam and China.
[image: Columbia Asia]