New hospital in Bumi Serpong

New hospital in Bumi Serpong

JAKARTA (JP): PT KPJ Medica, an Indonesian-Malaysian joint venture company, will build a 100-bed hospital in Bumi Serpong Damai, 50 kilometers west of here, in August.

The company's chief commissioner, Rahmat Ismail, said the hospital, which will require a US$11 million investment, is expected to start operation by early 1997.

The hospital will be 75 percent owned by Kumpulan Perubatan Johor (KPJ) Sdn. Bhd. of Malaysia and 25 percent by PT Optima Dipa Medica of Indonesia.

The two companies -- members of the communication forum for business people of the same origin (Fokus), which groups mostly Malay businessmen from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore -- signed the joint-venture agreement on Saturday.

The hospital will be built on a 12,000 square meter plot.

Dato' Mohammad Ali of the KPJ said the construction, facilities and management of the planned hospital will follow the international quality standardization applied to all of KPJ's hospitals.

KPJ, the health-care division of Johor State Economic Development Corporation, owns and manages seven hospitals in Malaysia. (rid)