Columbia Asia Opens Hospitals near New Delhi and Kuala Lumpur.
Expansion part of plan to build multiple facilities in urban areas SEATTLE -- Columbia Asia, a fast-growing hospital company with Pacific Northwest roots, has opened hospitals in two cities near New Delhi New Delhi (d?l`?), city (1991 pop. 294,149), capital of India and of Delhi state, N central India, on the right bank of the Yamuna River. , India, and Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (kwä`l? l m`p r), city (1990 est. pop. , Malaysia.
The first hospital is in Ghaziabad, a city of 3.3 million people east of Delhi. The city is also part of the 13,000-square-mile National Capital Region around Delhi, the fastest growing urban area in India. Columbia Asia Hospital - Ghaziabad, which cost $20 million, is the company's second hospital in the Delhi area and its eighth facility in India. The second hospital is in Bukit Rimau, a new township in Shah Alam, a city of 584,000 people west of Kuala Lumpur. Columbia Asia Hospital - Bukit Rimau, which cost $22 million, is the company's third hospital in the Kuala Lumpur area and its eighth hospital in Malaysia. Both new hospitals will provide much-needed healthcare in some of the fastest-growing urban areas in Asia. Both facilities are also important steps toward Columbia Asia's plans to build multiple facilities in major urban areas, but usually outside the central city. "The residents of Asia's urban centers are demanding quality, patient-focused medical care," said Matthew Powell, Managing Director of Columbia Asia. "By building a network of clean, efficient, affordable and accessible hospitals in an urban area, we will be able to best serve the needs of our patients."