AsianScientist (Jan. 3, 2014) – JGC Corporation has announced that it will be developing a hospital business in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, incorporating Japanese medical technology and hospitality.
Package export of total medical care is one growth strategy that is now being implemented by the Cambodian government, and JGC’s business will be the first to fall under the auspices of this initiative.
Currently, the number of patients who travel outside the country for medical treatment each year is estimated at 210,000, a number which JGC hopes to reduce. In particular, the company hopes to offer high-level services and technology in neurosurgery, a field in which Cambodia’s current medical services are lacking.
About 52 percent of the joint venture will be owned by JGC, 46 percent by INCJ, a public-private investment fund, and two percent by Kitahara Medical Strategies International.
According to the Japan Times, JGC will start operating an emergency medical center in Phnom Penh with 50 beds by the end of 2015, staffed largely by Japanese doctors and nurses.
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Source: JGC Corporation; Photo: Official U.S. Navy Imagery/Flickr/CC.
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