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202101004143 (1404442-P) 1. CORPORATE DIRECTORY (Cont'd) RegistrationRegistration No No.:.: 202101004143 202101004143 (1404442 (1404442-P)-P) 1.7. CORPORATEBUSINESS OVERVIEW DIRECTORY (Cont’d) NOMINATI7.1 OURNG HISTORYCOMMITTEE Name Our Company was incorporatedDesignation in Malaysia onDirectorship 3 February 2021 under the Act as a private Dr Azrinalimited Binti Abu company, Bakar and wasChair subsequentlyperson convertedIndependent into a Nonpublic-Executive limited Director company on 2 July 2021. Kua Choo Kai Member Independent Non-Executive Director Dr ChongOur Su- Linhistorical milestonesMember are as follows: Independent Non-Executive Director RISK MANAGEMENTCommencement COMMITTEE of our medical centre operations Name Our Group is a healthcareDesignation provider started by Dato’Directorship Dr Tan Huck Joo, Emeritus Professor Dato’ Dr ChongDr Su Goh-Lin Khean Lee, Dr ChairMohamedperson Akhtar Bin MohamedIndependent Ditali Non Qureshi-Executive, Dr DirectorOng Siew Kuen, and Dr Ramesh A/L K Gurunathan, with Dr Mustafa Mohammed Taher joining subsequently, Kua Choospecialising Kai in the diagnosisMember and treatment of gastrointestinalIndependent Nonand-Executiveliver disease Directors, and obesity. Dr AzrinaOur Binti medicalAbu Bakar centre commencedMember operations in OctoberIndependent 2017 Nonat Nexus-Executive @ Bangsar Director South, Kuala Lumpur, with a built-up area of approximately 36,588 square feet. COMPANY SECRETARIES : Chong Lay Kim (SSM PC No. 202008001920) (LS No. 0008373) When our medical centre first commenced operations, our facilities included six (6) clinics, ten Yeng Shi Mei (SSM PC No. 202008001282) (MAICSA 7059759) (10) inpatient beds, three (3) endoscopy rooms, one (1) operating theatre, radiology department, accident and emergency department, a pharmacy, a laboratory and a central sterile supply department. Unit 30-01, Level 30, Tower A Vertical Business Suite, Avenue 3 Expanded medical servicesBangsar and facilities South No. 8 Jalan Kerinchi In 2018, our medical services59200 were Kuala available Lumpur for patients with coverage from insurance companies and third party administratorWilayah Persekutuan,s in Malaysia Malaysia. By partnering with insurance companies and third-party administrators,Telephone corporations No.: +603can provide2783 9191 their employees with medical card s and/or guarantee letters thatFacsimile can be used No.: at +603 our medical 2783 9111 centre. We started providing diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal related cancer and gynaecological related conditions, which were discovered in our patients when they sought treatment at our medical centre for REGISTEREDgastrointestinal OFFICE and liver :diseasesUnit 30.-01, Level 30, Tower A Vertical Business Suite, Avenue 3 In 2019, we opened an additionalBangsar one South (1) clinic and ten (10) inpatient beds . We also expanded our services to include dieteticNo.and8, Jalan physiotherapy Kerinchi services. Within the same year, we received two (2) awards, namely the 59200“Gastroenterology Kuala Lumpur Service Provider of the Year” by Global Health and Travel and the “MalaysiaWilayah Health Persekutuan and Wellness Malaysia Brand Award 2019 - Private Hospital category” by Sin Chew DailyTelephone and Life MagazineNo.: +603. 2783In the 9191 same year, we partnered with a third - party administrator, which servesFacsimilethe No.: Indonesian +603 2783 market 9111 to offer patients in Indonesia the opportunity to seek medical treatment in Malaysia. HEAD OFFICEIn 2021, we further expand: edUnitour 2 services-3 & 2-4, to Nexus include @cardiology Bangsar Southassessments (such as treadmill stress test, general cardiac No.assessment,7, Jalan Kerinchi and echocardiography ) and diagnosis and treatment of urology related conditions59200. We also Kuala opened Lumpur another operating theatre and three (3) additional clinics. Malaysia Telephone No.: +603 2242 7000 Today, we offer specialised diagnosisEmail address: and treatment [email protected] for gastrointestinal and liver diseases , and obesity facilitated by 10 clinicsWebsite:, three https://www.cengild.com (3) endoscopy rooms , twenty - eight ( 28 ) beds (which include eight (8) day care beds), special diagnostic (treadmill stress test and echocardiography) department, two (2) operating theatres, radiology department, accident and emergency PRINCIPALdepartment ADVISER,, pharmacy , laboratory: Hong Leongand central Investment sterile Bank supply Berhad department . SPONSOR, SOLE Level 28, Menara Hong Leong UNDERWRITERAs at the [LPD]AND ,SOLE we have sixNo. (6) 6,employee Jalan Damanlela consultants, five (5) resident consultants, 19 visiting BOOKRUNNERconsultants and four (4) medicalBukit Damansaraofficers, of which seven (7) are consultants specialising in gastrointestinal and liver diseases,50490 Kualaand obesity. Lumpur Our medical services also include the diagnosis and treatment of selected gynaecology,Telephone No.:urology +603 2083and 1800oncology related conditions, and also general cardiology assessments. In addition, we also offer 24-hour outpatient accident and emergency service, health screening, physiotherapy and histopathology services. 872 86 RegistrationRegistration No No.:.: 202101004143 202101004143 (1404442 (1404442-P)-P) 1.7. CORPORATEBUSINESS OVERVIEW DIRECTORY(Cont’d) (Cont’d) NOMINATI7.2 KEYNG ACHIEVEMENTS,COMMITTEE MILESTONES AND AWARDS Name Our key achievements/milestonesDesignationare as follows:Directorship Dr Azrina Binti Abu Bakar Chairperson Independent Non-Executive Director Kua ChooYear Kai Key achievementsMember and milestonesIndependent Non-Executive Director Dr Chong2017 Su-Lin CommencedMember operations at NexusIndependent @ Bangsar Non South-Executive, Kuala Director Lumpur with six (6) clinics, 10 inpatient beds, three (3) endoscopy rooms, one (1) operating theatre, a RISK MANAGEMENT radiologyCOMMITTEE department, an accident and emergency department, a pharmacy, a laboratory and a central sterile supply department Name Designation Directorship Dr Chong2018 Su-Lin . BecameChair partperson of a corporate Independentpanel with insurance Non-Executive companies Director and third party Kua Choo Kai administratorsMember Independent Non-Executive Director Dr Azrina Binti Abu Bakar Member Independent Non-Executive Director . Expanded our services to include gastrointestinal related oncology and gynaecology services. COMPANY SECRETARIES : Chong Lay Kim (SSM PC No. 202008001920) (LS No. 0008373) Yeng Shi Mei (SSM PC No. 202008001282) (MAICSA 7059759) 2019 . Expanded our medical centre where we added one (1) clinic and 10 inpatient beds. Unit 30-01, Level 30, Tower A Vertical Business Suite, Avenue 3 . Received Bangsarthe “Gastroenterology South Service Provider of the Year” aw ard by Global Health andNo. Travel. 8 Jalan Kerinchi 59200 Kuala Lumpur . ReceivedWilayahthe “Malaysia Persekutuan, Health Malaysiaand Wellness Brand Award 2019 – Private Hospital category”Telephone by No.: Sin +603Chew 2783 Daily 9191 and Life Magazine . Facsimile No.: +603 2783 9111 . Became part of a corporate panel with a third-party administrator which serves the Indonesian market to offer patients in Indonesia the opportunity to seek : Unit 30-01, Level 30, Tower A REGISTERED OFFICE medical treatment in Malaysia. Vertical Business Suite, Avenue 3 Bangsar South 2021 . ExpandedNo. our8, service Jalan sKerinchito include cardiology and urology services . 59200 Kuala Lumpur . ExpandedWilayah our medical Persekutuan centre where Malaysia we added one (1) operating theatre and three (3) clinics.Telephone No.: +603 2783 9191 Facsimile No.: +603 2783 9111 HEAD OFFICE : Unit 2-3 & 2-4, Nexus @ Bangsar South No. 7, Jalan Kerinchi 59200 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Telephone No.: +603 2242 7000 Email address: [email protected] Website: https://www.cengild.com PRINCIPAL ADVISER, : Hong Leong Investment Bank Berhad SPONSOR, SOLE Level 28, Menara Hong Leong UNDERWRITER AND SOLE No. 6, Jalan Damanlela BOOKRUNNER Bukit Damansara 50490 Kuala Lumpur Telephone No.: +603 2083 1800 882 87 RegistrationRegistration No No.:.: 202101004143 202101004143 (1404442 (1404442-P)-P) 1.7. CORPORATEBUSINESS OVERVIEW DIRECTORY(Cont’d) (Cont’d) NOMINATI7.3 DENGSCRIPTIONCOMMITTEE OF OUR MEDICAL CENTRE BUSINESS Name We are a healthcare serviceDesignation provider operatingDirectorshipa medical centre specialising in the diagnosis Dr Azrinaand Binti treatmentAbu Bakar of gastrointestinalChairpersonand liver diseasesIndependent, and obesity Non-Executive. Our business Director activities are set out below: Kua Choo Kai Member Independent Non-Executive Director Dr Chong Su-Lin Member Independent Non-Executive Director Cengild RISK MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Name Designation Directorship Dr Chong Su-Lin Chairperson Independent Non-Executive Director Medical Consultant Kua Choo Kai Member Independent NonManagement-Executive Director Services Dr Azrina Binti Abu Bakar Member Independent NonServices-Executive Director COMPANY SECRETARIES : Chong Lay Kim (SSMNursing PC No. 202008001920)Clinical(LS Support No. 0008373) Yeng Shi Mei (SSM PCServices No. 202008001282) (MAICSAServices 7059759) Unit 30-01, Level/~------ 30, Tower.------, A Resident and Visiting Endoscopy Pharmacy Consultants that provide: Vertical Business InpatientSuite, Avenue 3 Medical record Gastrointestinal and Bangsar South Operating theatre Dietetics Physiotherapy Hepatobiliary Endoscopy No. 8 Jalan KerinchiCentral sterile supply Gastrointestinal and department Laboratory Hepatopancreaticobiliary 59200 Kuala LumpurOutpatient Special diagnostic Surgery (colorectat Wilayah Persekutuan,Accident Malaysia and Radiology
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