This will see the rebranding of the 220-bed hospital, located near residential areas.

“Not only will Manipal Hospitals become part of the group’s network of well-known hospitals, it will be supported by Subang Jaya Medical Centre as the integrated hub for referrals in the Klang Valley,” RSDH group chief executive officer Raymond Chong said in a statement today.

RSDH is equally owned by Sime Darby Bhd and Australia’s Ramsay Health Care. The company is buying the facility from MHEPL’s wholly-owned Singapore subsidiary, Manipal Health Enterprises International Pte Ltd.

The hospital is equipped with five operating theatres as well as 15 critical care units and intensive care unit beds.

Its other facilities include a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner, a catheterisation laboratory and 24-hour emergency service.

Manipal Hospitals’ tertiary medical care ranges from cardiology, nephrology and neurosurgery to plastic surgery, psychiatry and dental surgery.

Sime Darby group CEO Jeffri Salim Davidson said the acquisition will solidify its position in the highly competitive healthcare sector.

RSDH owns three other hospitals in Malaysia – the Subang Jaya Medical Centre, the Ara Damansara Medical Centre and the ParkCity Medical Centre – which are accredited by the Malaysian Society for Quality in Health (MSQH) and Joint Commission International (JCI).

The group also has three JCI-accredited hospitals in Indonesia and a day surgery centre in Hong Kong.