Hospital Showcase – Malaysia | Tuesday,01 Jun 2010
Gleneagles Hospital Kuala Lumpur
Launched in 1996, Gleneagles Hospital Kuala Lumpur is now jointly owned by Khazanah Nasional Berhad (the investment holding arm of the Malaysian government) and Parkway Holdings Ltd., one of South Asia’s leading healthcare providers. Located in the heart of metropolitan Kuala Lumpur, this 330-bed tertiary-care hospital provides a complete range of medical specialties with more than 100 physicians, state-of-the-art facilities, multilingual staff, and five-star ambience. An in-house risk- and quality-assessment team continually supervises and maintains Gleneagles’ modern, high-quality healthcare delivery with an emphasis on patient safety.
Gleneagles Hospital Kuala Lumpur is a truly international facilty, with patients being treated from more than 30 countries, ranging from the US and UK to Japan, and the Middle East. Its International Business Development Department provides a broad range of assistance with the specific needs of an ever-increasing number of medical travelers, starting before arrival, including:
- No-obligation pre-trip review of treatment options
- Visa assistance
- Language interpretation (Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Arabic and French.)
- Coordination of post-treatment tours and sightseeing
Gleneagles Hospital Kuala Lumpur which launched its highly digitised services and facilities worth more than RM18 million recently will be able to provide safer and more holistic care for patients seeking treatment at the hospital. Chief Executive Officer, Amir Firdaus Abdullah commented that, “The digitization process reaffirms our commitment towards the comfort, care and safer treatment that our patients look for in Gleneagles ever since its inception. Such commitment has always been our utmost priority.”
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Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur
Pantai Hospitals, one of the premier hospital groups in Asia, currently operates 9 hospitals in Malaysia, with the flagship hospital, Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur (PHKL), strategically located amidst lush greenery in the affluent neighbourhood of Bangsar, home to a sizeable expatriate population and just a stone’s throw away from the nation’s capital, Kuala Lumpur.
As a key provider of healthcare to the expatriate community in the capital and to enhance appeal to international patients, PHKL’s International Ward, the first Medical Ward and Lounge in Malaysia specially dedicated to foreign patients and expatriates, was officially launched on the 25th September 2007. It offers a range of in-hospital accommodations and has an international lounge on the same floor, providing club floor facilities to patients and their guests. International patients are also able to benefit from the personalised services provided by the Pantai International Call Centre - a medical referral centre for foreign patients, which offers support services such as medical referrals and appointments, travel and accommodation, currency exchange, transfer from airport and hotel, visa extensions, interpreter services, tour of the facility and other patient related assistance.
The Joint Commission International accreditated hospital places an emphasis on quality and innovation, using the latest healthcare amenities and equipment. It is able to offer value-for-money services through its highly trained and experienced medical personnel who for many years have been providing quality healthcare to Malaysians, the expatriate community and international patients in the region for many years.
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