Y.A.B. Tuan Chow Kon Yeow
Chief Minister of Penang
Y.A.B. Tuan Chow Kon Yeow
Chief Minister of Penang
As human beings, someday we shall fall sick and grow old. On the sickbed, what we wanted most is a friendly comforting care that give us the ‘feel-good-experience’ to help us recover. Upon recovery, it would be good if there is some form of follow-up encouragement and facility to help us achieve optimal health and prevent diseases.
I am glad to know that we now have H Ambulatory Care Centre and BeFit Wellness Hub in Penang to provide both the curative and preventive healthcare modalities to the people of Penang. From the conversation I had with Mr Bipul, the founder of H Ambulatory Care Centre, I could feel his strong passion in his vision to create a state of the art innovative facilities to provide excellent human friendly services to his clients. After inspecting the facilities and feeling the ambience, I saw with my own eyes that the design of the centre truly rejects what he had told me: “It is exquisitely beautiful and comfortable”. Every area impressed me so much. I could imagine that many of the patients walking in such a pleasant ambience would immediately feel better.
Apart from the design, his strong emphasis on building a team of passionate doctors and supportive staffs with the mindset that says, “We love to serve, and our patients love our service” are all very impressive. Cost is everybody’s concern. The thought of using more human-touch approach in patient care and judicious use of expensive high-tech certainly reflect well on his attempt to contain cost to make the facilities more affordable.
What impressed me most was his perception that a lot of good can be achieved by educating his clients on preventive healthcare to empower them to prevent diseases by adopting a healthy lifestyle and good eating habits. This will help our population to achieve a longer healthspan and lifespan. I certainly agree with him that we are largely what we eat, and how we live our life. I understand that while H Ambulatory Care Centre provides curative care to cure the sick, BeFit Wellness Hub is created to continue the non-medical and non-surgical work to enhance their clients’ health in an attempt to prevent further onset or recurrence of the diseases. Certainly preventive healthcare is one step ahead and better than curative care. If we can prevent a disease we negate the need for a cure, thus saving lots of money and suffering.
These twin facilities certainly augur well with their motto: From SICK-CARE to HEALTHCARE. I am truly impressed by this very holistic concept of disease management.
The establishment of such an innovative holistic human-centred approach to patient care certainly set a new milestone in The healthcare industry in Penang. As the Chief Minister of Penang, I feel very proud and honoured to be invited to officially grace the opening of the first one-of-its-kind twin curative and preventive healthcare facilities at Setia SPICE.