Island Hospital

Island Hospital Penang is a leading 600-bed private tertiary and quaternary hospital in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. Founded in 1996, it is one of the most widely recognised medical tourism hospitals in Southeast Asia.

It is accredited by the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards International (ACHSI) and recognised by the Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) as a Flagship Medical Tourism Hospital.

Its advanced cancer centre provides PET-CT, LINAC radiotherapy, targeted therapy, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy.

It attracts a significant share of the medical tourism arrivals in Malaysia (particularly from Indonesia), with a dedicated International Patient Centre coordinating airport transfers, language interpretation, visa extensions, and direct insurance billing.

Radiotherapy systems: Uses advanced technology including the TrueBeam system with HyperArc and the Halcyon system for precise external beam radiotherapy (EBRT), VMAT, SBRT, and SRS with minimal side effects.

Advanced diagnostics: High-precision imaging and staging with PET-CT systems (such as the Biograph mCT), MRI, and CT scanners.