BUKIT MERTAJAM, Malaysia, Aug. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- KPJ Healthcare Berhad ("KPJ Healthcare" or "the Group") today launched its first Orthopaedic and Rheumatology Centre of Excellence ("CoE") at KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital ("KPJ Penang"), marking the third CoE under the KPJ Health System ("KPJHS"). As Malaysia's first private integrated academic health system, the Group continues to advance specialised musculoskeletal and joint care through the integration of Practice, Education, Research and Innovation.
Designed to support the management of complex conditions, the Orthopaedic and Rheumatology CoE integrates orthopaedic subspecialties, rheumatology and multidisciplinary expertise such as rehabilitation within a coordinated model of care. Bringing together consultations, diagnostic imaging, treatment rooms and advanced rehabilitation together on a single floor, the Centre provides a more seamless patient experience from diagnosis through rehabilitation and recovery. Comprehensive services include general orthopaedics, spine surgery, arthroplasty (joint replacement), arthroscopy and sports surgery, foot and ankle surgery, hand and microsurgery, paediatric orthopaedics, trauma and fracture management, rheumatology and pain services.
Its capabilities are further enhanced by AI-assisted robotic joint replacement surgery, computer-assisted navigation and minimally invasive surgical techniques, supporting greater surgical precision, improved mobility and faster functional recovery. Supporting these capabilities are tailored rehabilitation programmes, including post-spine surgery, post-sports injury and paediatric orthopaedic rehabilitation, supported by specialised technologies such as an anti-gravity treadmill.
YBhg. Datuk Syed Mohamed Syed Ibrahim, Chairman of the KPJHS Governing Council, Chairman of KPJ Healthcare University Sdn. Bhd. and President & Chief Executive of Johor Corporation ("JCorp") said, "Our ambition for every Centre of Excellence in the KPJ Health System, including the one we launch today, is not that it should remain a Centre in perpetuity. Our ambition is for it to continue growing, strengthening its clinical, academic and research capabilities until, over time, it is elevated into an Institute: a destination in its clinical discipline, a generator of published evidence, a trainer of national and international leaders, and a partner sought after by industry, academia and governments. World-class in the fullest meaning of that phrase."
The Orthopaedic and Rheumatology CoE builds on the establishment of the Heart & Lung Centre of Excellence at Johor Specialist Hospital and the Neuroscience & Stroke Centre of Excellence at Damansara Specialist Hospital 2, reinforcing KPJ Healthcare's long-term strategy to establish 15 Centres of Excellence nationwide by 2030 under the KPJHS. Through its integrated hub model anchored by KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital together with KPJ Selangor Specialist Hospital, the Centre enables shared expertise, common clinical standards, coordinated research and multidisciplinary collaboration across the KPJ Health System, demonstrating how specialised care can be delivered through one integrated academic health system. This integrated approach also provides the platform to accelerate the convergence of artificial intelligence, genomics and value-based care in shaping the future of specialised healthcare delivery.
KPJ Penang is a 270-bed tertiary hospital supported by more than 50 resident consultants across over 20 medical specialties. The establishment of the Orthopaedic and Rheumatology CoE further strengthens the hospital's role within the KPJHS. Through the Centre, patients benefit from greater access to advanced orthopaedic treatments that have demonstrated improved patient-reported outcomes and shorter hospital stays. Complementing these capabilities, KPJ Penang is also the first in the Northern Region to provide advanced wound care management and, in collaboration with KPJ Healthcare University, is developing Malaysia's first AI-assisted remote telewound care programme.
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About KPJ Healthcare Berhad
KPJ Healthcare operates 30 hospitals across Malaysia and four Ambulatory Care Centres, serving 3.3 million patients annually with 1,491 medical consultants. Nineteen hospitals are accredited by MSQH and four by JCI. As Malaysia's first private healthcare provider to establish an Academic Health System, KPJHS integrates practice, education and research & innovation to drive clinical excellence and patient experience. Beyond hospitals, KPJ Healthcare operates Klinik Waqaf An-Nur (KWAN) clinics, dialysis centres and mobile clinics nationwide, and offers more than 40 academic programmes at KPJ Healthcare University (KPJU). KPJ Healthcare has been a constituent of the Bursa Malaysia FTSE4Good Index since 2016.
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KPJ Healthcare Launches First Orthopaedic and Rheumatology Centre of Excellence Under the KPJ Health System
CHANGSHA, China, Aug. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- While liquid cooling technology emerges as the mainstream heat dissipation solution for high-heat-load scenarios, the importance of smart water quality monitoring technology is becoming more prominent. As a professional provider of environmental monitoring sensors and solutions, Rika Sensor is actively promoting the application of water quality sensors in the liquid cooling industry, providing more reliable water quality monitoring solutions for AI data centers, energy storage systems, and industrial liquid cooling scenarios through real-time online monitoring technology.
Growing Monitoring Demand
In recent years, the construction of data centers worldwide has continued to accelerate. Especially against the backdrop of rapidly growing demand for AI computing power, high-density servers are requiring higher levels of heat dissipation capabilities. Compared to traditional air-cooling systems, liquid cooling technology, with its higher heat dissipation efficiency and lower energy consumption, is evolving into an important technological approach for next-generation data centers. At the same time, large-scale energy storage power stations, power electronic equipment, and industrial thermal management systems are also beginning to widely adopt liquid cooling solutions to meet the requirements for long-term stable operation.
According to MarketsandMarkets, the global data center liquid cooling market is projected to grow from $4.07 billion in 2026 to $27.65 billion by 2033 at a CAGR of 31.5%. With the accelerated application of liquid cooling technology in AI data centers and energy storage systems, the demand for monitoring coolant status is also increasing.
In liquid cooling systems, the coolant not only performs the function of heat transfer, but its water quality also directly affects the systems' operational stability. Factors such as abnormal conductivity, pH imbalance, increased suspended particles, and changes in dissolved oxygen can all lead to corrosion, scaling, or decreased heat exchange efficiency. Therefore, establishing a comprehensive water quality monitoring system has become a crucial aspect of ensuring the reliable operation of liquid cooling systems.
However, traditional manual sampling and testing methods suffer from problems such as long cycles and insufficient real-time performance, making it difficult to promptly detect changes in the coolant state. In addition, different liquid cooling systems often need to monitor multiple key parameters simultaneously, such as pH value, conductivity (EC), turbidity, and dissolved oxygen, which poses greater challenges to the measurement accuracy, long-term stability, and environmental adaptability of sensors.
In this context, water quality monitoring solutions capable of real-time online monitoring, remote data transmission, and intelligent alerting are attracting increasing attention from industry users. How to obtain accurate and reliable water quality data under complex operating environments has become a crucial direction for the development of water quality monitoring technology in the liquid cooling industry.
Intelligent Sensing Solutions
To meet the evolving water quality monitoring needs of the liquid cooling industry, Rika Sensor offers a variety of product solutions, including pH sensors, EC sensors, turbidity sensors, dissolved oxygen sensors, and integrated online water quality monitoring systems.
Leveraging years of accumulated environmental monitoring expertise and over 20 patents, Rika Sensor continuously optimizes its products in terms of measurement accuracy, long-term stability, and environmental adaptability. Its products utilize high-quality core components and incorporate temperature compensation, anti-interference design, and corrosion-resistant materials to meet the long-term online monitoring needs of liquid cooling systems.
Rika Sensor's water quality monitoring solutions have been successfully applied to multiple liquid cooling projects. In a liquid cooling data center project in Europe, it helped the client achieve real-time alerting of coolant purity and corrosion risk by monitoring parameters such as coolant conductivity, pH value, and turbidity online. It has also established a strategic partnership with a leading Chinese liquid cooling system manufacturer, providing customized water quality sensors for liquid cooling units, covering scenarios such as data centers and energy storage power stations.
Henry, the technical director of an overseas liquid cooling system customer, said, "Rika water quality sensors provide our liquid cooling circuits with stable online monitoring capabilities, which significantly reduces O&M costs and the risk of equipment failure."
Expanding Liquid Cooling Applications
In addition to data centers, liquid cooling technology is being rapidly adopted in energy storage systems, new energy equipment, power electronic equipment, and industrial thermal management.
With the growing global demand for energy conservation, emission reduction, and efficient thermal management, water quality monitoring will play an increasingly important role in the entire life cycle management of liquid cooling systems. Michael, the GM of Rika Sensor, pointed out, "We're always committed to focusing on customer challenges and applying sensing technology across the liquid cooling industry, providing global customers with more reliable and easier-to-integrate monitoring solutions."
Through continuous innovation in sensing technology and flexible customization capabilities, Rika Sensor is collaborating with liquid cooling equipment manufacturers, system integrators, and project developers to jointly drive the liquid cooling industry toward a more intelligent, efficient, and reliable future.
About Rika Sensor
Rika Sensor is a high-tech enterprise specializing in the R&D and manufacturing of environmental monitoring sensors and solutions. Its products are widely used in liquid cooling systems, environmental monitoring, smart agriculture, new energy, and industrial automation, including water quality sensors, pH sensors, EC sensors, turbidity sensors, dissolved oxygen sensors, pyranometers, wind speed sensors, and automatic weather stations. Adhering to the philosophy of "making measurement simpler, smarter, and more accurate", Rika Sensor continuously provides reliable environmental sensing and data monitoring solutions to customers worldwide.
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Rika Advances Smart Water Quality Monitoring for Liquid Cooling in AI Data Centers
