With 300 beds and capacity for 735 students, this impressive new facility will feature various medical disciplines including surgical and medical subspecialties such as internal medicine, surgery, oncology, cardiology, neuroscience, obstetrics, gynecology and pediatrics. It will also serve as the primary clinical and tertiary facility for the Medical Faculty of the International Islamic University Malaysia's (IIUM) teaching hospital.
The IIUM is being developed by Peninsular Medical SdnBhd (PenMedic), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ahmad Zaki Resources Berhad (AZRB).
After an open tender in May 2010 issued by the Public Private Partnership Unit (3PU), a unit under the Prime Minister's Department, AZRB was awarded the contract in September 2011. Under the 25-year concession, PenMedic will build the hospital within 3.5 years and maintain it for 21.5 years, with the responsibility for design, build, lease, maintenance and transfer, as well as asset management services.
Building work was expected to begin in January 2012 and completion expected in 2015, after which Malaysia's Ministry of Higher Education and IIUM will pay PenMedic the construction cost and maintenance services through monthly availability charges and asset management services charges.
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2 PricewaterhouseCoopers. 2012. Build and Beyond: Bridging the Gap: Meeting the Challenges of Healthcare Development in South East Asia. www.pwc.com.au/industry/healthcare/assets/Bridging-the-gap-Feb12.pdf