Citing public opposition, conglomerate Sime Darby Berhad today announced that it would not pursue its ambitious plan to take over the National Heart Institute (IJN).In a statement issued later in the day, the multinational company said that the decision was made after taking into consideration the "public sentiment and feedback" on the matter.
The group's chief executive officer and president Ahmad Zubir Murshid said that the company has to respect the "wishes of the rakyat" for IJN to remain in its present structure
"We believe that continued investment in cardiovascular care is critical because it is a leading cause for hospital admissions and one of the major causes of deaths in Malaysia.
"A partnership with IJN would have been a winning proposition for us, IJN, stakeholders and the public and it was on this basis that we approached the government on a possible partnership with IJN,'' he added.
"But we are a company whose shareholders represent more than 10 million Malaysians and we have to respect the wishes of the rakyat for IJN to remain in its present structure," he said.
The company also said that it had written to the government in August expressing interest in a partnership that would be "mutually beneficial in extending the scope and scale of operations of Sime Darby Healthcare and IJN".
The government however, although initially agreed in principle with the proposal, said that it had deferred its decision to allow Sime Darby to begin negotiations with the Finance Ministry on taking a 51 percent stake in IJN.
A strong public outcry, including from the specialists working in IJN, is believed to have reversed the government's decision. Among the main concerns raised included the possibility of Sime Darby increasing the fee structure at the institute.
On Dec 19, deputy premier Najib Abdul Razak said the deal has been put on hold until an in-depth study is conducted by the relevant ministries.
The institute was carved out of the Kuala Lumpur general hospital in 1992. Specialising in cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery, it has provided speedy, efficient and affordable treatment.
Sime Darby in its statement today said that the partnership with IJN would have brought together IJN's leadership in cardiovascular and thoracic care and Sime Darby Healthcare's expertise in private tertiary care.
"Sime Darby Healthcare's plan was to set up centres of excellence in various medical fields, such as cancer, heart and neurology, in Malaysia and overseas," it said.
It added that it was also well aware of IJN's role in providing excellent and affordable medical treatment, particularly to pensioners, low-income earners and the poor.
It said that the cornerstone of the proposal was aimed at ensuring that the rakyat would not be deprived of top-class medical care.
It also added that its proposal included a guarantee that poor patients, pensioners and those from the lower and middle-income groups would continue to enjoy excellent medical treatment without change to the status quo.
It revealed that based on its proposal and assurance, the government gave it the green light to conduct due diligence on IJN and put together a comprehensive business plan.
Ahmad Zubir said that he remained upbeat about the prospects of the healthcare sector and would continue to look for opportunities for expansion and to turn Sime Darby Healthcare into a gold standard healthcare provider in the region.
The company is nevertheless pursuing a plan with budget carrier AirAsia to build a new low-cost terminal, to be called "KLIA East @ Labu".
It will be built on a 2,800 hectare site (6,919 acres) under a private finance initiative, costing RM1.6 billion.
The project will also anchor Sime Darby's developments in Labu, Negri Sembilan, which include five new townships that will offer education, health, sports, high technology, recreation and entertainment services.
tunku : it is good that SD(Sime Darby) will not take over IJN after the eople has rejected the proposal but what about the other "crazy deal" of building LCCT for Airasia in Labu,Negeri Sembilan. First of all it will cause inconvenience for the passengers as it would be very far away from the existing one.It is just because SD has a big township project in Labu, they have to build a LCCT to boom up the area. Again is all about RM, not the people. Why would SD want to operate an airport? Let the airport be managed by MAHB which has been managing airports and they are best at it and had received many recognition.If the government (Pak Lah) is saying that it is because SD would finance the project that is why the government supporting the idea, MAHB too can finance the project by itself without any single cent from the government.pak lah and musa hitam should stop making "crazy deals." Tun Mahathir too has voiced out about this crazy deal.I guess this is why pak lah insist on staying as pm for a while, for the"crazy deals."
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many people just laugh at our politicians...
Does NOT make sense , how can a smart corporate men be so naive in financial viability sense?
WHo is behind?
pak lah terbukti sapu habis sebelum march, dia telah mencuba utk IJN tapi gagal, sekarang lcct airasia. ini kerana lcct airasia adalah perniagaan yg amat menguntungkan.sebab itu dia mahu dok sampai march supaya sapu apa yg dapat sebelum dia berambus.
so far it's good news for us IJN lovers.let's just hope that Sime Darby stay 100 feet from IJN.and no dont ever Sime Darby ever think to evaluate again their decision on taking ova IJN after the by-election in KT.
i hope that Sime Darby and also the govt stick to their words and not to change their mind after the upcoming by-election.or else the people in IJN and also the public gonna get really furious over SD and govt.
i dont know who really kickstart the idea of selling 51% share to Sime Darby.but all i know is that once an institution becomes privatised,then things gonna changed in that institution.perhaps the fees gonna hike up and this is a burden to the less-fortunate people.
crazy means gila.hehehe
betul tu jgn lepas election kt mereka kata nak jual balik ijn.
untuk kaki sapu duit ijn BAWA-BAWA LA BERTAUBAT.
kenapa dalam hal ni 4 dalang dalam ijn berdiam diri dan menafikan. nak tutup kisah lama ke. yang dah mauk hospital tu bawa-bawa la mengucap, nasib baik tak mati asmatikus je.
carilah croni yang nak ambik duit ijn ni. hantar je dalam penjara.. dasar mata duitan dah soglap tempat lain suka2 je datang buat kacau kat ijn. sapa yang minta gaji lebih cakap orang lain, sendiri yang minta duit lebih tapi tak ngaku. dah lah datang ijn sekali sekala duit minyak bukan main lagi claim... orang lain bertungkus lumus kerja dia dalang ni suka2 je makan hasil peluh orang lain. melancong sana sini.. bukan kali ni je setiap kali timbul soal duit melibatkan staf ha... lari la dia. pergi tokyo la... ada pula tu pergi umrah ...napa la manusia ni tamak haloba.
hari awak sihat esok awak sakit baru tahu.... tapi orang macam ni memang liat nak sakit. agaknya sekali sakit mati terus kot.
rasanyanya sejak regim zionis ni yang memerintah duit gaji plus bonus selalu je delay... alasan tak ada untung... bangunan baru banyak pakai duit... kementerian kewangan tak luluskan... habis tu yang kata berjuta2 keuntungan sampai ada company lain nak beli tu apa bendanya kertas kosong je ke.. pastu cap duit kat situ.
cubalah bpr masuk sekali lagi.. manalah tahu kalau kali ni boleh sepak je manusia jahat ni... kalau bercerita sampai bila pun tak habis
kalau betul sime darby nak jadi pusat kesihatan yang terkenal kat dunia ni... naikkan aje lah nama sjmc tak payah nak ambik orang lain punya... kalau dah bagi duit kat sapa..minta je balik.. pandai sogok pandai la tanggung.
ijn mapu berdiri dengan kakinya sendiri tak payah beli lah... tapi kalau nak beli chairman, ceo, assistant and gm boleh. itu bila-bila pun boleh... depa ni pandai buat duit dan habiskan duit. banyak untung oooo kalau beli depa ni.
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