KPJ Healthcare Berhad

Collaboration to enhance healthcare industry

Responding to the government's call to promote the healthcare industry

Responding to the government's call to promote the healthcare industry as a main­
stream contributor to economic growth, private healthcare provider KPJ Healthcare Bhd has
taken the initiative to coordinate and help improve the collaboration of the industry's
public­private institutions.

The collaboration, according to KPJ, is also hoped will strengthen the commitment of
healthcare services, in terms of promoting quality, safety, 
effective and efficient as well as timely services to patients.

At the company's annual two­day medical conference last weekend, KPJ managing
director Datin Paduka Siti Sa'diah Sheikh Bakir said the smart partnership between
public and private healthcare providers is expected to boost patient satisfaction through
sharing of best practices.

"Better partnership and collaboration of services can be fostered, where the best of
each system can be harnessed for the betterment of our citizens," said Siti Sa'diah at the
11th KPJ Medical Conference themed "Transforming Healthcare: Public­Private Collaboration".

"This is an opportune time to ensure that the mechanisms for better partnership between
public and private healthcare sectors be forged to facilitate closer and more meaningful
collaboration," she said.

One such mechanism, Siti Sa'diah highlighted, is the Malaysia Healthcare Travel 
Council (MHTC), established under the purview of the Ministry of
Health. The MHTC is to galvanise public­private sector collaboration to formulate strategic

plans for the developmentand promotion of healthcare travel services as well as to co­
ordinate promotional activities for Malaysian healthcare providers.

Meanwhile, in the conference's keynote address, chief secretary to the government
Datuk Seri Dr Ali Hamsa said the nation's healthcare sector needs are expected to rise in
the coming years.

"To address the growing healthcare demand, the government is investing heavily in
the expansion of Malaysia's public healthcare infrastructure," said Dr Ali.

The investments, he said,among others, include an allocation of RM19.3 billion for
operating and development expenditure; RM20 million for the establishment of addition­
al 70 new IMalaysia clinics in 2013; RM100 million to upgrade 350 clinics nationwide;
and providing additional 150 dialysis machines across the country.

Aside from investments by the government, Dr Ali also cited KPJ's effort in contribut­
ing to healthcare provision and medical tourism by building six more hospitals for about
RM815 million.

This includes KPJ Klang Hospital; Sabah Medical Specialist Centre; Bandar Dato
Onn Specialist Hospital; KPJ Pahang Specialist Hospital;Pasir Gudang Specialist Hos­
pital; and KPJ Perlis Specialist Hospital.