[The Expat ] Doctor-led, Patient-centred Care

[The Expat ] Doctor-led, Patient-centred Care

KLSMC is a one-stop private hospital for sports injuries. This article gives a brief overview of the services and facilities available at KLSMC. The article also includes statistics on Expats and medical tourists who visit the centre every year.

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The Kuala Lumpur Sports Medicine Centre (KLSMC) is a comprehensive, one-stop hospital for sports-related injuries. This spacious, world-class facility, located in Wisma Perintis in Damansara Heights, was founded in 2005 by a group of five established orthopaedic doctors and one radiologist who had been practising together and set up a physiotherapy unit at Gleneagles Hospital in Kuala Lumpur. They decided to set up KLSMC to create a hospital specifically dedicated to treating musculoskeletal injuries and issues – specializing in conditions of the shoulder, knee, hand, foot, hip and spine.

An expansive and high-tech facility, KLSMC provides doctors with the space and amenities they need to ensure the highest level of patient care. Having all of the doctors and physical therapists in one location enables patients at KLSMC to be treated efficiently and effectively. “Patients want comprehensive care with a personal touch,” commented Dr. Ranjit Singh Gill, Consultant Orthopaedic Hand and Micro Surgeon, “At KLSMC, surgeons and doctors and physical therapists, as well as supporting staff such as nurses, all work in tandem to come up with a personalized, integrated plan for each and every patient. We work as a team here.”

Dr. Edmund Ong Thiam Lock, Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon, echoed this sentiment, “At KLSMC, we use a team-based approach to help patients with sports injuries to get back on their feet. We concentrate on the patients’ needs and work together. There is great synergy among the doctors and other staff at KLSMC, and because KLSMC is owned and operated by doctors – as opposed to businessmen – we are able to make decisions with the patients’ best interests in mind.”

In addition to their work at KLSMC, the doctors maintain practices at various premier private medical centres in Kuala Lumpur, provide orthopedic consultation to sports associations and conduct postgraduate training programmes and cutting-edge research in areas such as stem cell therapy.