National Heart Institute of Malaysia

National Heart Institute

Industry	Heart Specialist Hospital
Founded	September 1992
Headquarters	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Key people	Tan Sri Datu Dr. Mohamad Taha Arif, Chairman Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dr. Robaayah Zambahari, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer
Website	www.ijn.com.my

National Heart Institute of Malaysia (Malay: Insitut Jantung Negara, abbreviated as IJN), is Malaysia’s premier heart centre. Established in September 1992, IJN provides cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery services for both adult and paediatric cases. As the national referral centre for cardiovascular disease, IJN sees new cases referred from all over the country and abroad as well as follow-up cases at the outpatient clinics.

The only centre specialising in treatment and management of heart diseases, IJN offers a comprehensive range of services for cardiovascular medicine with all types of interventions; both diagnostic and therapeutic and cardiac surgeries for open heart, closed heart, thoracic and transplants are performed.

Since its establishment, IJN has kept abreast with the latest medical advances from just handling a simple hole in the heart to heart and lung transplantations. Today, we have a highly competent team of cardiologists, paediatric cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, cardiac anaesthesiologists, support staff to handle emergencies and even the most complicated cases. We are ready to provide our patients with the expertise they acquired with kindness, care and comfort at anytime.

IJN is currently expanding to increase the facilities and is expected to complete by 2nd quarter of 2009. Upon completion, IJN will have a total of 432 beds specially dedicated for heart treatment and will be one of the largest heart centres in the region.

History

• 1960’s - Cardiology and Cardiothoracic services are only available in missionary hospitals in Malaysia
• 1970’s - Cardiology and Cardiothoracic services available in University Hospital
• 1981 - Establishment of Cardiology Department in General Hospital Kuala Lumpur
• 1982 - Establishment of Cardiothoracic Surgery Department in General Hospital Kuala Lumpur
• 1992 - Establishment of Institut Jantung Negara (IJN), Malaysia’s premier heart centre and the first medical services corporatised in the country
• 2005 - Institut Jantung Negara was placed under IJN Holdings Sdn Bhd
• IJN is a limited company with 99.99% equity ownership by the Malaysian Government under the Minister of Finance Incorporated

Background

IJN Holdings Sdn Bhd

• Owned by Ministry of Finance
• Incorporated in 2005
• Investment holding company for the IJN Group
• Responsible for strategic development, corporate development and capital resource management for Institut Jantung Negara

Institut Jantung Negara Sdn Bhd

• Operates under Institut Jantung Negara (IJN) or the National Heart Institute a regionally and globally known tertiary heart care centre
• Incorporated on 1 August 1992
• Responsible for hospital operations and research

IJN Capital Sdn Bhd

• Special purpose vehicle for fund raising
• Protection of risk and liabilities of fund raising from the hospital operations

IJN College Sdn Bhd

• Incorporated in January 2007
• Owns IJN College / College of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Sciences
• Nation’s first (1st) post basic training and education centre, specializing in cardiac care.

IJN Foundation

• Established in 1995
• To raise philanthropic support for IJN
• Raises and manages private funds for:
  • Cutting edge research
  • Scholarship,education and training
  • Patients’ welfare

Patient Volumes & Revenues

• Over 150,000 total patients treated per year
• Government referred patients are the main contributor
• Over 100,000 total Government patients treated per year
• Average Rate of Patient Growth from year 2002–2006 is 5.5 %
• Average Rate of Turnover Growth from year 2002–2006 is 13.2 %

Track Record

IJN Nurse

• Total number of patients treated: More than 200,000
• Total number of surgeries (open heart, closed heart and thoracic) performed: 38,518
• Total number of Invasive Cardiology procedures performed: 87,092
• Total number of non-invasive investigation tests performed: 573,847
• Total admission: 143,202
• Total outpatient attendance: 1,135,110
• Average length of stay (2007): 6.1 days
• Average bed occupancy rate (2007): 76.7%

Human Resources

• The largest medical team with 85 qualified consultant, cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, pediatric cardiologists and anesthetists in the country
• Over 1,000 employees
• Almost 500 nurses

Services

Outpatient Services

IJN Surgeon Performing Cardiothoracic Surgeries

• Cardiology
  • new case referral
  • follow up cases
  • non invasive investigations
  • Executive Screening Programme (ESP)
  • 24 hour emergency services
• Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • new case referral
  • pre & post surgical consultations
• Allied Health Services
  • diet counseling
  • cardiac rehabilitation
  • patient counseling
  • CT Scan

Inpatient Services

• Cardiology
  • management of unstable angina, heart attack, heart failure
  • invasive procedure : diagnostic (catheterization, angiogram, electrophysiology study (EPS))
  • therapeutic procedure : (angioplasty, Radio Frequency Ablation, Arterial/Ventricular Septal Defect by Occluder)
• Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • open heart surgery
  • closed heart surgery
  • thoracic surgery
  • heart transplant
  • lung transplant

Notable and famous patients

• Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi- Former Prime Minister of Malaysia
• Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamed - Former Prime Minister of Malaysia
• Cabinet Ministers of Malaysia
• The Malaysian Royalties
• Anak Agung Gde Agong Bharata – highest priest from Indonesia
• Tee Hui Yee

Infrastructure

Current Building

• One of the largest medical institutions in Malaysia; 82,000 square meters
• 270-bedded hospital comprises suites, Junior Suites, Executive Deluxe, Standard Single, Double-bedded, Three-bedded, Five-bedded and six-bedded rooms
• Eight general wards for cardiology and cardiothoracic cases
• 18-bedded Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
• 12-bedded Coronary Care Unit (CCU)
• 10-bedded Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
• 5 Operating Theatres
• 4 Invasive Cardiovascular Laboratories
• 11-bedded day care ward
• 6-bedded 24-hour Emergency Department

New Building (Open in 2009)

• New facilities with a total addition of 192 beds
• 158 beds for Phase B & C with a space provision of 34 beds for future expansion
• New Invasive Cardiovascular Laboratories (6 units)
• New Operating Theatre Complex (4 OTs)
• New Intensive Care Unit (30 beds)
• New Coronary Care Unit (24 beds)
• Dialysis Centre
• Health Screening Centre<
• Cafes and shops

Awards & Accomplishments

• 1992
  • Performed 1st Open Heart Surgery & Angioplasty
• 1996
  • Performed 1st Automatic Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator
• 1997
  • Best Presentation Award (pediatric Cardiology Team) at the Royal Children’s Hospital International Symposium in Melbourne, Australia
  • Performed 1st Heart Transplant in the country
  • Performed 1st ASD Occlusion
• 2002
  • Paper entitled “Bilateral Aorta Iliac Occlusion won 1st prize in “Best of Asia Interventions” competition
  • Won an award in the Technical Services Improvement Project category at Asian Hospital Management Award held in Bangkok, Thailand
• 2003
  • Performed 1st awake CABG in the nation and regionally
• 2004
  • Awarded ISO 9000:2001 Certification
  • Awarded UKAS Quality Management Certification
  • Performed 1st stem cell transplantation which is reckoned to be the 1st in the region
• 2005
  • Awarded Malaysian Society for Quality in Health Accreditation (MSQH)
  • Performed 1st Single Lung Transplant
  • Awarded the International Dietetic Network Star Award by the American Overseas Dietetics Association (AODA) – Dietetic and Dietary Manager, the first Asian and Malaysian to receive this award from AODA for year 2005 nutriweb.org.my/article.php?sid=107
  • Performed Implanted IVAD, a mechanical heart
  • Performed single lung transplant
• 2006
  • Performed 1st Double Lung Transplant
  • Performed Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

IJN in the News

• Collaboration partners:

Hospital

- Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital, India (2005)

- Papworth Hospital, United Kingdom (2005)

- Herz-Diabeteszetrum Nordrein Westfalen, Germany (2005)

- Sabah Medical Centre (2005)

- Hanoi Heart Centre, Vietnam (2006)

- Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (HUKM) (2006)

- Saudi German Hospital (Saudi Arabia) (2006)

- Pusrawi Hospital, Malaysia (2007)

University

- Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom (2006)

- Kansai Medical University, Japan (2006)

- University of South Australia (2007)

- University of Hasanuddin, Makassar, Indonesia (2007)