{"id":39304,"date":"2023-01-09T13:54:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T05:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/new-era-of-smart-healthcare-centre-now-established-in-penang\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T13:50:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T05:50:01","slug":"new-era-of-smart-healthcare-centre-now-established-in-penang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/new-era-of-smart-healthcare-centre-now-established-in-penang\/","title":{"rendered":"New Era of Smart Healthcare Centre Now Established in Penang"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221; el_class=&#8221;sec-inner-banner&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1703741584745{background-image: url(https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/contact-banner-bg.jpg?id=20253) !important;}&#8221; z_index=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;inner-banner-row&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">New Era of Smart Healthcare Centre Now Established in Penang<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=&#8221;normal&#8221; el_class=&#8221;red-separator&#8221; color=&#8221;#ee4023&#8243; transparency=&#8221;1&#8243; thickness=&#8221;2&#8243; up=&#8221;15&#8243; down=&#8221;15&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;white-text&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">7 January 2023<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1703764846254{background-color: #f3f5f8 !important;}&#8221; z_index=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column el_class=&#8221;fade-in animate&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;120px&#8221; el_class=&#8221;height-x120&#8243;][vc_row_inner row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=&#8221;30213&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; qode_css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;single-featured-image&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;60px&#8221; el_class=&#8221;height-x60&#8243;][vc_row_inner row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;content-row&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]January 7, 2023 &#8211; \u00a0Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (CGMH), Taiwan&#8217;s largest non-government hospital group, has established its first medical technology (MedTech) centre, Taiwan Advance Medtech Centre (TAMC), in Penang.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan Advance Medtech Centre Sdn Bhd executive director, Datuk Dr Lee Toong Chow said that TAMC is a joint endeavor between Pulau Pinang technopreneurs and CGMH.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;TAMC emphasises on smart solutions, Al (Artificial Intelligence)-empowered healthcare, advanced robotics and cost-effective medical devices that are appropriate for the local needs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The challenge for Malaysia&#8217;s national healthcare system, like that of any other country, developed or developing, is to have a healthcare system that is inexpensive and accessible to all,&#8221; he told reporters at the launching of TAMC today.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, he stated that the establishment of TAMC will result in the formation of close links with CGMH&#8217;s MedTech partners, allowing Malaysian healthcare practitioners to leverage the technology and solutions already in use at CGMH.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;TAMC aims to be the conduit between Malaysia and Taiwan, especially in monitors, robotic arms and cell therapies.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463538766750-0\" class=\"ad-unit mx-auto text-center\" data-google-query-id=\"CN2Mg5rRufwCFTkmtwAdXQAGBQ\">\n<p>&#8220;TAMC&#8217;s formation will prove to be a positive investment for Penang. TAMC will lead to an enhancement of Penang&#8217;s medical device industry, ushering them into a new era of smart healthcare,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Lee said that TAMC will enable telemedicine or long-distance clinics to be held regularly for further knowledge sharing on a local level.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the moment, we want to make sure that TAMC in Malaysia is doing well and later on we will consider other countries like Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Besides, TAMC&#8217;s existence is an eye opener to what the rapidly expanding and ever-innovative healthcare industry has to offer,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013- Bernama<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernama.com\/en\/news.php?id=2154154#:~:text=GEORGE%20TOWN%2C%20Jan%207%20(Bernama,(TAMC)%2C%20in%20Penang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.bernama.com\/en\/news<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;120px&#8221; el_class=&#8221;height-x120&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"events-time-box\">\n<h2>09<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Mon<\/p>\n<p>January \u201823<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":5119,"featured_media":30213,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[316],"tags":[],"news_year":[220],"news_month":[199],"local_insights_alphabet":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39304"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39304"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39326,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39304\/revisions\/39326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39304"},{"taxonomy":"news_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_year?post=39304"},{"taxonomy":"news_month","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_month?post=39304"},{"taxonomy":"local_insights_alphabet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/local_insights_alphabet?post=39304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}