MANIPAL HEALTH ENTERPRISES
into Malaysia . Of course , there are challenges inherent in this kind of expansion , as Rekhi explains .
“ To do this , you need two ways to expand : greenfield projects and brownfield projects ,” he states . A greenfield project is one that can be created without the constraints of a pre-existing construction , whereas a brownfield project is one based on prior work where a building already exists and simply needs renovation sometimes . Brownfield projects are preferable for hospital expansions , but Malaysia unfortunately does not contain many of them .
“ Our expansion will primarily be greenfield ,” says Rekhi . “ We currently have a mixture of greenfield and brownfield projects which had taken us to 220 beds , and we have greenfield projects planned that will bring us up to 1,000 beds in Malaysia
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