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12 September 2025

Malaysia

Sunway Medical Centre Is Top Ranked Malaysian Smart Hospital In Newsweek Ranking

The latest accomplishment builds upon SMC’s recent success in Newsweek’s World’s Best Hospital 2025 ranking, where it was ranked top hospital in Malaysia and in the Top 250 hospitals in the world for two consecutive years.

13 August 2025

Malaysia

IHH Healthcare Malaysia Hosts First-Ever Media Health Hunt Challenge

Media representatives explored six IHH Healthcare Malaysia hospitals across the Klang Valley, experiencing first-hand the innovation and patient-first care that defines each facility.

6 August 2025

Malaysia

Eight New Private Hospitals Opened In Malaysia Past Two Years

Dzulkefly Ahmad says 8 new private hospitals across the country started operations in 2023-2024, including 4 in the Klang Valley (Selangor, KL, Putrajaya), 2 in Perak, and 1 each in Penang and Kedah. The 8 private hospitals have 146 specialists in total.

29 July 2025

Malaysia

UMSC Contributes RM45,000 Towards The Sustainability Of Petaling Jaya Through CSR

In conjunction with UMSC’s 27th anniversary, the hospital extended its outreach to the Petaling Jaya community through charitable contributions and sustainable community support.

21 July 2025

Malaysia

MP Likens Rakan KKM To Profit-Oriented Private Hospitals

Kuala Langat MP Dr Ahmad Yunus Hairi likens Rakan KKM, which offers paying patients faster access to elective procedures, to for-profit private hospitals. "Rakan KKM is robbing the majority of their right to obtain public health care services," he says.

2 July 2025

Malaysia

Columbia Asia Hospital Seremban Breaks Ground On Major Expansion To Meet Rising Health Care Demand

The new development represents a transformative leap in scale, capability, and patient experience.

30 June 2025

Letter

Why Are We Using EPF To Prop Up Private Health Care? — Dr Loo Cheng Yee

A doctor says public hospitals are overwhelmed, with delayed surgeries, insufficient staff, and outdated machines. "Instead of sending EPF money into the pockets of private hospitals and insurance firms, why not use it to strengthen public health care?"

11 June 2025

Malaysia

APHM Wants Delay Of SST Expansion On Private Health Care For Foreigners

The Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia (APHM) urges the govt to delay 6% SST on private health care for foreigners from July 1, saying hospitals need time to adjust systems. It also seeks clarity on professional fees and foreign residents.

9 June 2025

Malaysia

Private Hospitals Implement Drug Price Display In Outpatient

Private hospitals have begun implementing medicine price display in outpatient settings, says APHM. The private hospitals' association also calls for the implementation of the amended Medical Act to enable Malaysian specialists to return home from abroad.

Tag: private hospitals

Sunway Medical Centre Is Top Ranked Malaysian Smart Hospital In Newsweek Ranking

IHH Healthcare Malaysia Hosts First-Ever Media Health Hunt Challenge

Eight New Private Hospitals Opened In Malaysia Past Two Years

UMSC Contributes RM45,000 Towards The Sustainability Of Petaling Jaya Through CSR

MP Likens Rakan KKM To Profit-Oriented Private Hospitals

Columbia Asia Hospital Seremban Breaks Ground On Major Expansion To Meet Rising Health Care Demand

Why Are We Using EPF To Prop Up Private Health Care? — Dr Loo Cheng Yee

APHM Wants Delay Of SST Expansion On Private Health Care For Foreigners

Taiping Hospital Medical Officers Drowning Under Cluster Expansions, Zero Housemen — Medical Officer

FDS Helicopter Crash Sparks Anger: Indemnity Form, RM30 Allowance

Taiping Hospital’s Emergency Department Is Also Drowning — Medical Officer

Hartal Demands FDS Suspension, MNU Wants Memorial For Crash Victims

Long Lellang Tragedy Triggers Calls For Dzulkefly’s Resignation