Radicare strengthen UAE's trust in Malaysia's capabilities

Kuala Lumpur, 20 August 2009 - Radicare (M) Sdn Bhd expands its Middle East venture when its subsidiary, Modern Technology Limited (MT), secured a contract worth more than RM 10 million from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government.

The 3-year contract was awarded through the UAE’s Ministry of Health which covers 2 hospitals and 10 prime healthcare centers situated in the Dubai Medical District. The contract commences in August 2009.

Radicare’s first venture into the Middle East market started in 2008 when MT was appointed to maintain the facilities of the Ras Al Khaimah Medical Zone. This is the second contract awarded to MT by the Government of UAE.

The contract is for a three-year period, renewed annually, and is expected to start by the middle of this year.

According to Chairman Dato’ Abdul Latif Abdullah “ we are very pleased that the Government of UAE has expressed its trust and confidence in Radicare’s capabilities and level of services through this second contract. We will continue to improve the quality of our services in order to retain that trust and strengthen relationships between Radicare, Malaysia and the Gove rnment of UAE”.

In private healthcare sector, MT is currently managing the biomedical engineering maintenance services for 8 healthcare centres under the Prime Medical Group in Dubai and the Conceive Hospital in Sharjah.

Radicare (M) Sdn Bhd is a member of Realmild Group of Companies, offering Integrated Facilities Management to government hospitals through provision of hospital support services.

The services include clinical waste management, cleansing services, linen and laundry services, facilities engineering maintenance and biomedical engineering maintenance services.