Sunway Medical Centre (SMC), situated in Sunway City and recognized as the leading quaternary hospital within the Sunway Healthcare Group, has maintained its prestigious position as the foremost provider of pediatric care in Malaysia, according to the 2024 rankings by Best Specialized Hospitals Asia Pacific Newsweek. SMC secured the 26th spot for Pediatrics across the Asia Pacific region. Furthermore, the hospital marked its inaugural entry into the Neurosurgery and Cardiac Surgery categories, securing positions among the top 75 hospitals in the APAC region. Additionally, SMC has seen improvements in its rankings across the Oncology, Neurology, and Cardiology categories.
"We are pleased that our Paediatrics is recognized regionally, as Sunway Medical Centre operates the country's first dedicated Children's Emergency Department among private hospitals, which has received over 22,000 patient visits since 2023. This one-stop centre that caters to the healthcare needs of infants, children, and adolescents is supported by 45 paediatricians in 24 paediatric subspecialties", said President of Sunway Healthcare Group, Dato' Lau Beng Long.
Dr. Seow Vei Ken, Chief Executive Officer of SMC, said that the consistent performance and recent recognitions reflect the dedicated team's hard work and commitment to providing world-class healthcare. "The recognition underscores our continuous pursuit of excellence in healthcare. This will be a catalyst to continually enhance our healthcare services and innovate specialised medical services to meet diverse patient needs", he said. SMC is the biggest private quaternary hospital to date in the country with 724 licensed beds and the capacity to expand to 1100 beds upon the completion of the sixth block, Tower F, within the hospital campus.
The Best Specialized Hospitals Asia Pacific 2024 ranking acknowledges and celebrates the top-tier public, teaching/academic, and private hospitals specializing in Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery, Endocrinology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Oncology, Orthopaedics, Paediatrics, and Pulmonology across the Asia-Pacific region. This recognition is bestowed upon outstanding hospitals from nine countries and territories: Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand.
This recent development follows SMC's milestone accomplishment of being among the initial Malaysian hospitals listed in the top 250 hospitals globally in the Newsweek World's Best Hospitals 2024 rankings. These rankings evaluate hospitals worldwide based on criteria such as clinical excellence, research, and innovation.
