UEM Edgenta : Expands its Sustainable Healthcare Solutions to the Global Market

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UEM Edgenta seals MOBE partnership with WAS, with the purpose of improving patient care to support Malaysia's Ministry of Health (MoH), as well as other regions simultaneously, including Middle East and Asia. (from left) Andreas Plöger, Managing Director/Chief Strategy Officer of WAS with Syahrunizam Samsudin, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of UEM Edgenta.

UEM Edgenta seals MOBE partnership with First Ambulance Services, to provide solutions to elevate the healthcare services in Malaysia, and other regions simultaneously. (from left) Steven Penafort, Managing Director of First Ambulance Services with Syahrunizam Samsudin, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of UEM Edgenta.

(from left) Florian Degenhardt, Sales Engineer of WAS, Shaiful Subhan, Managing Director of Edgenta Mediserve, Rais Imran, Chief Strategy Officer of UEM Edgenta, Asrul Ab Rahim, Khazanah representative, Andreas Plöger, Managing Director/Chief Strategy Officer of WAS, Syahrunizam Samsudin, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of UEM Edgenta, Steven Penafort, Managing Director of First Ambulance Services, Yang Berbahagia Tuan Fadly Amri, Consul General of Malaysia to the United Arab Emirates, Hillary Chua, Chief Financial Officer of UEM Edgenta and Megat Iskandar, Trade Commissioner of MATRADE.

UEM Edgenta seals MOBE partnership with Optima Technic, to provide better access to safer and fast-built facilities in the healthcare infrastructure. (from left) Ismail Tamer, Chief Executive Officer of Optima Technic and Shaiful Subhan, Managing Director of Edgenta Mediserve.

KUALA LUMPUR, 3 February - UEM Edgenta Berhad ("UEM Edgenta" or the "Company"), the region's leading Asset Management and Infrastructure Solutions company, through Edgenta Healthcare Support, has entered into three Memorandum of Business Exploration ("MOBE") partnerships with WAS, First Ambulance Services and Optima Technic, to strengthen its position in the international healthcare business.

UEM Edgenta's Healthcare Support division is a market leader in non-clinical healthcare support services in Southeast Asia, providing services to over 300 hospitals in Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and India.

WAS is a German based company and one of the world's leading manufacturers for special vehicle and ambulance with over 20 years of experience. Taking advantage of the technological advances and innovative concepts for ambulances and patient transport vehicles, WAS provides emergency services with a safer, more efficient, and enhanced user-friendly emergency vehicles with a goal to strengthen emergency services offered, making it more sustainable for the future.

First Ambulance Services ("FAS") is a Malaysian private ambulance outfit, providing integrated, high quality, pre-hospital emergency and medical care, patient transport, and medical retrieval services to the Malaysian community, offering fully integrated turnkey solutions for hospital-based ambulance services. With operations in the main medical hubs in the country, FAS is dedicated to provide better support to the community through smart ambulances.

"UEM Edgenta, in its business exploration with WAS and First Ambulance, will provide solutions to uplift healthcare services in the country, and other regions simultaneously. We hope to elevate the country's healthcare system to be at par with global standards. Our combined expertise in healthcare services, digital healthcare, and asset management technology, will enable us to enhance our healthcare system and improve patient journey, in support of Malaysia's Ministry of Health's ("MoH") vision, as well as in other regions, mainly Middle East, Asia, and other countries globally. As part of our commitment in delivering Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG") initiatives, we are also exploring EV Ambulance, in line with the launch of Vision 2030 by ‏his royal highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's ("KSA") commitment towards reducing carbon emissions for the nation. This is a step forward in UEM Edgenta's continuous aspiration to provide integrated and high-quality emergency medical services, towards a better patient-centric care ecosystem", said Syahrunizam Samsudin, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of UEM Edgenta.

Optima Electro Hydraulic Ltd. Co. ("Optima Technic") is a Turkey based company that provides various economical mobile solutions through its services in furnishing mobile hospital solutions, mobile military solutions, designing and manufacturing of mobile engineering solutions, as well as, mobile commercial solutions tailored to each customers' requirements.

"Through our partnership with Optima Technic, UEM Edgenta will be able to provide better access to safer and fast-built facilities, and this is in line with our capability in healthcare infrastructure upgrade, especially in rural and remote areas where the communities lack basic access to essential health", added Syahrunizam Samsudin, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of UEM Edgenta.

The MOBE partnership agreements were sealed during the Arab Health 2023 exhibition at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Present during the signing ceremony was Syahrunizam Samsudin, Rais Imran, Chief Strategy Officer of UEM Edgenta, Hillary Chua, Chief Financial Officer of UEM Edgenta, Shaiful Subhan, Managing Director of Edgenta Mediserve, Derrick Wong, General Manager of Operon Middle East, together with Andreas Plöger, Managing Director/Chief Strategy Officer of WAS, Steven Penafort, Managing Director of First Ambulance Services, Ismail Tamer, Chief Executive Officer of Optima Technic, as well as the senior management team from UEM Edgenta, WAS, First Ambulance Services and Optima Technic.

On hand to observe the agreement was by Yang Berbahagia Tuan Fadly Amri, Consul General of Malaysia to the United Arab Emirates, Asrul Ab Rahim, Khazanah representative, Abdul Mukti, Director of MIDA, Dubai and Megat Iskandar, Trade Commissioner of MATRADE.

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