2023
4 OctTan Sri Dr Noor Hisham clocks in at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» officially
New Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Healthcare Group chairman outlines big plans for Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Hospital
PORT DICKSON: Former Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah clocked in officially at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Hospital today and detailed plans to make Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» one of Malaysia¡¯s top private hospitals.
Meeting the Hospital staff for the first time as Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Healthcare Group chairman, Dr Noor Hisham said that Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» had great potential and he was excited by a new challenge.
¡°Joining an established healthcare group is easy but my contributions at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Hospital would be far more impactful,¡± he said during his welcoming ceremony.
¡°Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» has firm foundations and the conditions are in place for us to make a huge difference in healthcare.
¡°We will work to establish Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» as a preferred brand in healthcare that offers world-class clinical service delivery. Let¡¯s make the impossible possible.¡±
Dr Noor Hisham also outlined a five-year strategic plan for the Hospital that revolves around clinical service delivery, medical education and international medical research.
This would see Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» focusing more on some of its many specialisms, standing out as a hub of medical aggregation and making a strong case to be a platform for clinical trials.
He added that Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» would also engage the public sector in a bid to reduce congestion at nearby public hospitals.
Dr Noor Hisham also paid tribute to the late Senior Prof Dato¡¯ Dr Khalid Yusoff who served as Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» University vice-chancellor.
¡°He set many things in place and the Hospital is a fitting tribute to his detailed and meticulous planning,¡± he said.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Group founder and executive chairman Dato¡¯ Peter Ng and Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Group CEO Prof Datuk Dr Siti Hamisah Tapsir were present during the ceremony.
Welcoming Dr Noor Hisham to Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³», Ng said that Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Healthcare was privileged to have a public servant of the highest order as its chairman.
¡°Dr Noor Hisham was the face of Malaysia¡¯s pandemic response and I¡¯m sure all of us remember his exemplary leadership, his calming presence and his fidelity to facts and science.
¡°We will all benefit from his wealth of experience and I look forward to working closely with him.¡±
Dr Noor Hisham joins Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» on the back of 35 years of public service. He served as director-general for a decade.
