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Gleneagles Flexes Its Wings Eastward
Into Kota Kinabalu
Dr Tan See Leng, Group Chief Executive Officer
and Managing Director of Parkway Pantai Limited
addressing the ceremony
Guest of Honors and officials marks the topping a success
A
brand that is synonymous
with excellent private
healthcare in the
South East Asian region, the
Gleneagles Hospitals will soon
be available to the people of
Sabah via its latest addition,
Gleneagles Kota Kinabalu.
The latest addition to the
skyline of Kota Kinabalu city,
Gleneagles Hospitals hosted a
topping up ceremony today at
the hospital’s construction site,
which is due to open its’ doors
in the 1st Quarter of 2015.
The commemorative event
was officiated by YB Datuk Seri
Panglima Masidi Manjun, the
Minister of Tourism, Culture
and Environment Sabah, who
was here to represent the
Guest of Honour Datuk Seri
Panglima Haji Musa Aman, the
Chief Minister of Sabah.
The ceremony was attended
by top management from
Gleneagles Hospitals, IHH
Healthcare Berhad, Pantai
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Holdings Berhad, Parkway
Pantai Limited, as well as over
200 local representatives from
both the government and the
private sector.
Dr Tan See Ling, Managing
Director and CEO of IHH
Healthcare Group and Group
CEO of Parkway Pantai Limited
mentioned in his opening
speech that Sabah was the
obvious and natural choice
to establish the brand in this
region, due to its strategic
location being the gateway to
Borneo.
Dr Tan also added : “regardless
of where we are, our emphasis
has always been on the
local population, bringing
international standards
of healthcare to the local
communities”. In fact, the
Gleneagles Kota Kinabalu
committed to recruit
local talents thus creating
employment opportunity.
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Datuk Khairil Anuar bin Abdullah, Chaiman of Pantai
Holdings delivering his welcome speech
On the other hand, the
Minister of Tourism, Culture
and Environment Datuk Seri
Panglima Masidi Manjun
expressed his gratitude
towards the establishment
of Gleneagles Kota Kinabalu
as it contributed towards
the development of medical
tourism in the state.
Masidi commented not only
that the people of Sabah no
longer have to endure the
travel to KL or overseas for
medical treatment, the city
of KK can now attract foreign
visitors to the state to seek
medical treatment.
When opened in 2015,
Gleneagles Kota Kinabalu
will have a starting capacity
of 130 beds and 80 doctors’
suites. Key facilities include 24
hours Accident & Emergency
Department with Trauma and
Intensive Care Centre and
Cardiac Cath Lab.
Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun and Datuk Khairil Anuar
starting the topping of concrete cement, witnessed by
Dr Tan See Leng
Important guest and delegates, local and
international