- The Company installed the Tele Interpreter system to improve communications between physicians and patients from overseas. The system employs the videophone to provide interpreters in 26 languages. There are applications that provide interpretation of 3 major languages, namely, Japanese, Arabic and English. Interpreters are available 24 hours a day using Unified Communication technology. The system is installed on the physicians’ and interpreters’ computers for communication and exchanging of information. In the case that the interpreter is outside the hospital, the interpreter can use the Wireless IP Phone to communicate at any time. - The Spine Academy, Bangkok Hospital acquired surgical instruments to assist in providing the best spine and brain surgery. • Intraoperative CT scanner, or O-arm, photographs the spine and the surrounding areas using Computerized Tomography through X-Ray. The resulting photograph is precise and pinpoints the spine during surgery, enabling surgeons to operate on small areas or in pinning the spine with the highest accuracy. • Surgical Navigator (“Stealth 7”) an innovative instrument used in spine and brain surgery, which assists the surgeon in accurately determining the exact location of brain tumors or various points in the spine to within a fraction of a millimeter.
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2010 - The Company invested in Krungthon Hospital Public Company Limited “KDH”, a company listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand and operating a 150-bed private hospital, by acquiring shares from existing shareholders of KDH with initial investment equal to 16.82% of registered and paid-up capital of KDH. Later, the Company acquired additional shares through the Stock Exchange of Thailand, resulting in total number of shares held equal to 20.01% of registered and paid-up capital of KDH. - The Company increased capital in Greenline Synergy Company Limited, a subsidiary in which the Company holds 100%, from Baht 30 million to Baht 200 million in order to improve information technology services provided to the Group. - Wattanosoth Hospital, the cancer hospital, opened the Bangkok Hematology Center on 20th August 2010 to provide medical care to patients with blood disease by a team of hematology physicians and diagnosis laboratory which meets high standards, as well as a blood bank to store and reserve blood. The Bangkok Hematology Center provides efficient holistic medical care to patients with blood disease. - The Company went through some restructuring. On 28th October 2010, the Company executed an Entire Business Transfer of Bangkok Hospital Hua Hin Company Limited, a subsidiary in which the Company holds 100% and was established as a 60-bed private hospital in Hua Hin, Prachuabkirikhan Province. The purpose of the Entire Business Transfer was to transfer operations of the Bangkok Hospital Hua Hin from the subsidiary to Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Public Company Limited, as a branch of Bangkok Hospital in Hua Hin, in order to reduce management costs and increase flexibility in management of operations and resources, especially in management of medical personnel, which will increase operational efficiency to meet the Company’s policy.