Positioning Subang Jaya Medical Centre Among the World’s Leading Hospitals and Strengthening Malaysia’s Standing as a Trusted Healthcare Destination
SUBANG JAYA, March 10 (Bernama) — Subang Jaya Medical Centre (SJMC) has been named among the Top 250 hospitals globally and top 10 regionally in Newsweek’s World’s Best Hospitals 2026, placing it among a select group of leading hospitals worldwide. The recognition highlights SJMC’s commitment to international standards of clinical care and patient outcomes, further strengthening its position as one of Malaysia’s Top 3 private hospitals for three consecutive years.
Bryan Lin, Chief Executive Officer of SJMC and Regional Chief Executive Officer of Asia OneHealthcare, said the achievement reflects the collective effort of its clinical and operational teams. “Being named among Newsweek’s World’s Best Hospitals Top 250 is a proud moment for all of us at SJMC. It reflects the trust our patients place in us and the dedication of our doctors, nurses, and healthcare professionals who work tirelessly to deliver world-class expertise every day.”
“This recognition is not about a single milestone. It represents years of building strong clinical foundations, investing in advanced technology, and nurturing a culture where patients remain at the heart of every decision,” he added.
The annual ranking by Newsweek, conducted in collaboration with global data research firm Statista, evaluates more than 2,500 hospitals across 32 countries. The assessment is based on recommendations from medical experts worldwide, patient experience data, hospital quality metrics, and Statista’s Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) assessment.
SJMC’s inclusion in the 2026 Top 250 builds on a series of international accolades in recent years, reflecting consistent performance across specialties and service quality. The hospital has been listed among Newsweek’s Asia’s Top Private Hospitals and ranked Top 1 in Asia for Hip Surgery and Replacement for two consecutive years. It also retained its position as Malaysia’s most listed hospital in Newsweek’s Asia Pacific 2025 rankings.
These global recognitions follow SJMC’s endorsement as one of only four Flagship Medical Tourism Hospitals 2025 by the Ministry of Health Malaysia, highlighting the hospital’s growing role in representing Malaysia in regional and international healthcare. In line with the Malaysia Year of Medical Tourism 2026, SJMC continues to contribute to the country’s reputation as a preferred destination for high quality medical treatment and recovery. The hospital receives patients from across Asia Pacific and beyond, supported by its multidisciplinary expertise and comprehensive care.
Complementing these achievements, SJMC continues to uphold rigorous quality and safety standards. It is the first hospital in Asia Pacific to hold four Australian Council on Healthcare Standards International (ACHSI) Centre of Excellence certifications in Oncology, Cardiology, Gastroenterology and Paediatric services, in addition to its three Joint Commission International (JCI) and six Malaysian Society for Quality in Health (MSQH) accreditations.
Bryan Lin added, “As a Malaysian hospital recognised on a global platform, we see this as both an honour and a responsibility. We will continue to strengthen our specialised services, including building a highly experienced, multidisciplinary neurology and neurosurgery team to advance complex brain care and ensure patients receive treatment aligned with global benchmarks.”
With more than four decades of experience, SJMC remains committed to expanding medical excellence and advancing innovation to further elevate person-centred care, while supporting Malaysia’s healthcare goals.
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ABOUT SUBANG JAYA MEDICAL CENTRE (SJMC)
SJMC is part of Asia OneHealthcare (A1Health), a leading healthcare provider in the region. With an impeccable reputation as one of Malaysia’s most trusted private medical centres, SJMC is best known for its clinical outcomes. The hospital is an award-winning 442-bed multi-disciplinary tertiary hospital providing comprehensive and complex care in all specialities.
It is one of the few internationally accredited Joint Commission International (JCI) hospitals in Malaysia and Malaysian Society for Quality in Health (MSQH) accredited. SJMC’s laboratory is also an internationally recognised MS ISO 15189 accredited since 2009. In 2024, SJMC Oncology (Cancer), Cardiology, Gastroenterology and Paediatric Services are certified by Australian Council of Healthcare Standards International (ACHSI) as a Centre of Excellence, making it the first in Asia-Pacific.
SJMC is recognised as a finalist for the Flagship Medical Tourism Hospital Programme 2023 – 2025 by Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) to establish Malaysia as a globally renowned icon for healthcare travel, delivering exceptional end-to-end patient experiences anchored on medical excellence, service excellence, and international branding. It receives both local patients across Malaysia and international patients across the Asia Pacific with over 47,000 admissions and almost half a million outpatient visits annually.
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XSOLLA PROMOTES WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP IN GLOBAL GAMING INDUSTRY
KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 (Bernama) — Xsolla has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting women across the global gaming ecosystem through curated community initiatives, industry events, and thought leadership platforms in key growth markets, including Türkiye, Dubai, and Cyprus.
“By fostering mentorship, creating visible role models, and building meaningful connections between regional talent and global networks, Xsolla helps create real pathways for the next generation of women entering the industry.
“A more inclusive ecosystem drives stronger innovation, better decision-making, and long-term growth for the entire ecosystem,” said Xsolla Vice President of Business Development EMEA, Ilayda Bayari in a statement.
As the gaming industry continues to expand across emerging and high-growth markets, Xsolla is focused on empowering developers globally by fostering an inclusive ecosystem that provides women founders, studio leaders, publishers, and entrepreneurs with greater access to visibility, networks, and opportunities.
Through targeted industry gatherings and community-led discussions, Xsolla has also supported conversations around women in leadership in gaming. Recently, the company hosted an event in Dubai that brought together women founders and senior leaders from across the Middle East and neighbouring markets.
In 2025, Xsolla co-organised the Women in Games Cyprus conference, which gathered more than 70 senior leaders for panels, roundtables and workshops designed to help women and allies connect, collaborate and grow professionally and personally.
With a rapidly growing gaming ecosystem that generated US$1.01 billion in revenue in 2025, Türkiye represents another key focus market. Xsolla sees significant opportunities to support the market by connecting regional talent to the global gaming industry through its international network and sector expertise. (US$1=RM3.95)
Xsolla aims to increase visibility for women leaders and founders in gaming, encourage mentorship and peer-to-peer collaboration, facilitate cross-border connections between regional studios and global markets, and support sustainable growth across emerging gaming hubs.
A global video game commerce company, Xsolla is also championing female leaders within the organisation and across the wider industry through roles in legal, human resources, office leadership, business development, training and customer success.
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INTERSYSTEMS APPOINTS TIM FERRIS AS VP, HEALTHCARE PRACTICE
KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 (Bernama) — InterSystems, a creative data technology provider powering over one billion health records globally, announced the appointment of Tim Ferris as vice president (VP), Healthcare Practice.
In a statement, InterSystems said the announcement was timed to coincide with healthcare leaders gathering for the 2026 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition.
InterSystems President, Don Woodlock said Dr Ferris’s experience as a physician, healthcare executive and policy leader makes him well positioned to help develop technology solutions that support stakeholders across the healthcare ecosystem.
In his new role, Dr Ferris will help guide the clinical and strategic direction of the company’s healthcare solutions worldwide. He will also advise global health systems and governments while supporting the development of technology solutions, including those involving artificial intelligence (AI) in care delivery.
Most recently, Dr Ferris served as president of healthcare at Red Cell Partners, a technology incubator and investment firm. Prior to that, he was national director of transformation at England’s National Health Service (NHS), where he oversaw digital transformation initiatives, including expanding the NHS app to more than 40 million users and migrating national data services to the cloud.
Before the NHS, Dr Ferris was chief executive officer and chair of the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization and senior vice president for population health at Mass General Brigham.
In those roles, he oversaw 3,000 physicians and led an accountable care organisation that generated over US$1 billion in cumulative cost savings for taxpayers while achieving top national performance on quality metrics. (US$1=RM3.94)
Dr Ferris is a Harvard-trained physician and professor of medicine at Harvard University. He has authored more than 120 publications on quality measurement, health information technology, and population health and currently serves in an advisory role for Stanford University.
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Synchronoss Unveils App For Shared Celebrations In India
KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 (Bernama) — Synchronoss Technologies Inc (Synchronos), a global leader and innovator in personal cloud platforms, has launched Jelly Toast in India, a new app designed for shared celebrations and group memories.
According to Synchronoss in a statement, Jelly Toast enables users to create event invitations, collect photos and help groups relive shared moments in one dedicated space for occasions such as birthdays, weddings, festivals, office outings, concerts and weekend trips.
“Jelly Toast is built on the same secure and scalable cloud architecture that powers our global personal cloud platforms.
“We are bringing that reliability and intelligent content organisation to everyday celebrations. Our goal is simple—to make it easy for people to gather, share, and keep the moments that matter,” said Synchronoss Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President, Pat Doran.
With Jelly Toast, hosts can create a celebration in seconds and generate a shareable link for guests to join instantly via a browser, upload photos in real time and contribute to a continuously updated memory stream, without requiring any app download or installation.
The platform offers three pricing options, including a Free plan supporting one event with up to five gigabytes (GB) of storage for seven days, an Event Pro pay-per-event option supporting between 50 and 500 guests, and a Memory Saver monthly subscription for frequent hosts that includes unlimited events and ongoing storage.
Optimised for India’s mobile-first environment and engineered to perform reliably across varying network conditions, the platform is initially launched in Bangalore, with expansion to Mumbai and Delhi planned later this year.
As part of its broader strategy to expand its consumer cloud footprint, Synchronoss plans to explore partnerships and integrations across the events ecosystem.
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Xsolla Expands Global Payment Coverage Across 18 Markets With 6 Trusted Local Payment Methods to Help Developers Reach New Players Worldwide
Amazon Pay Japan, Zain Cash, Tamara, M-Pesa, Zamtel, and the Aircash app and vouchers are now available through Xsolla
LOS ANGELES, March 4 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — Xsolla, a global video game commerce company that helps developers launch, grow, and monetize their games, today announced a major expansion of its global payments portfolio across 18 markets in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. As developers continue to expand into high-growth and emerging markets, this expansion enables developers to reach new paying users, improve conversion rates, and deliver payment experiences tailored to local player preferences.
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The newly supported payment methods include:
- Local Amazon Pay in Japan, with over 100 million registered Amazon Japan accounts, provides fully localized checkout experiences in Japanese Yen
- Zain Cash in Iraq is expanding access to mobile-first payment options in a rapidly growing economy, where mobile numbers serve as primary digital identities and mobile adoption is broad across a population of 40+ million
- Tamara operates in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, offering flexible buy now, pay later (BNPL) options that serve more than 15 million users in two of the Middle East’s highest-spending markets, where BNPL adoption rates reach 31–42% among consumers, making it a preferred online payment method
- M-Pesa in Tanzania, unlocking access to the country’s leading mobile money ecosystems with over 26 million accounts – representing about 40% of the market
- Zamtel in Zambia supports mobile money transactions in an increasingly connected market, reaching over 4.3 million subscribers and accounting for a 20.5%+ market share, helping bring digital payment access to broader parts of the population
- The Aircash app and vouchers are available across 12 European countries, including Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, and Austria, offering localized digital wallet and voucher options. With a leading ~12.6% market share in Croatia and a network of 200,000+ cash-loading points across Europe, Aircash is expanding across CEE and key European markets to reach new users in digital finance
These integrations provide a localized, frictionless checkout experience, enabling players to pay in familiar currencies and with trusted local methods, thereby increasing confidence and improving conversion rates for in-game purchases. For game developers, this translates into expanded global reach across emerging and high-growth markets while simplifying operations and removing the need for local infrastructure or custom payment integrations.
“Localized payments are one of the most powerful drivers of conversion and growth for video game developers,” said Chris Hewish, President at Xsolla. “By expanding our payment coverage across 18 markets, we’re giving developers all the things they need to reach players with the payment methods they already trust without adding complexity to their operations.”
For more information about Xsolla Payments, please visit: xsolla.pro/rn26payments
About Xsolla
Xsolla is a global commerce company with robust tools and services to help developers solve the inherent challenges of the video game industry. From indie to AAA, companies partner with Xsolla to help them fund, distribute, market, and monetize their games. Grounded in the belief in the future of video games, Xsolla is resolute in the mission to bring opportunities together, and continually make new resources available to creators. Headquartered and incorporated in Los Angeles, California, Xsolla operates as the merchant of record and has helped over 1,500+ game developers to reach more players and grow their businesses around the world. With more paths to profits and ways to win, developers have all the things needed to enjoy the game.
For more information, visit xsolla.com
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