The Chang Gung Medical Foundation has signed memorandums of understanding (MOU) with the University of Malaya and Sunway Medical Center in Malaysia.
Through a Ministry of Health and Welfare project formulated under the framework of the New Southbound Policy, the three institutions would cooperate in the areas of medical technology, professional talent training, medical research, and two-way referral services for international patients, foundation chairman Cheng Wen-chun (程文俊) said.
The foundation has been active in exchanges in Malaysia since 2019, and the MOU would be the latest in a series of cooperative projects in the country, he said.
Photo courtesy of Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
The MOU was signed at the university on Aug. 23 by Cheng and University of Malaya vice chancellor Noor Azuan Abu Osman.
Then, Cheng and Sunway Medical Center general manager of hospital and medical operations Khoo Chow Huat signed another MOU on Aug. 24.
“The University of Malaya and its affiliated hospital to the University of Malaya have a long history, and are among the world’s leading medical research institutions,” Cheng said.
“The goals of the university, and of Sunway Medical Center, align with ours at the Chang Gung Medical Foundation,” he said.
Sunway Medical Center is the largest private medical institution in Malaysia. Established in 1999, it has gained reputation in Malaysia for its advanced medical equipment, modern facilities and professional medical team, Cheng said, adding that the center regularly attracts patients from other countries.
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital International Medical Center chairman Feng Szu-chung (馮思中) said that the upcoming exchange would be “Advanced Medical Technology: Current Situation and Future Prospects.”
The most recent exchange was a seminar co-organized with the University of Malaya, during which Chang Gung Memorial Foundation experts shared a number of cutting-edge medical technologies, Feng said.
Technologies demonstrated at the seminar included the Da Vinci robotic surgery system, proton therapy, artificial intelligence applications and immune cell therapy, he said.
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