23-Sep-15 GE Healthcare has announced a new business unit, Sustainable Healthcare Solutions, that will develop high-value, low-cost technologies and healthcare delivery solutions, investing USD300 mn as part of a multi-phase effort to develop a more robust affordable healthcare portfolio for its customers. The unit will combine GE Healthcare’s operations in India, South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia. [image: GE Healthcare]

22-Sep-15 Koe Koe Tech, a healthcare systems provider in Myanmar, created the country's first mHealth app. In a nation of 4 doctors per 10,000 citizens, mobile can overcome state capacity issues by providing healthcare information, advice and feedback in rural and urban areas. “Healthcare is broken in Myanmar and we are going to fix it." explains co-founder Michael Lwin. [image: Michael Lwin]

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]