About Us

Pantai Hospital Penang is strategically located in the bustling town of Bayan Baru, close to the Penang Bayan Lepas Free Trade Zone, and just a 30-minute drive from Georgetown, Penang. Its close proximity to the Penang International Airport and the Penang Bridge (1st and 2nd link) makes the hospital the preferred healthcare centre for both locals and medical tourists.

The 190-bed specialist hospital houses more than 48 resident doctors, 13 sessional and 2 visiting specialist doctors. It provides an extensive list of medical services and specialties, including cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, neurology, neurosurgery, laparoscopic surgery and orthopaedics, interventional radiology, brachytherapy, and a centre for the treatment of stroke.

Pantai Hospital Penang is committed to excellence in healthcare and patient experience.

Pantai Hospital Penang is one of 14 hospitals operated by Pantai Holdings Sdn Bhd (Pantai Group), which is part of Parkway Pantai Limited, a subsidiary of IHH Healthcare Berhad (IHH).

About Parkway Pantai

Parkway Pantai Limited is one of Asia's largest integrated private healthcare groups with 31 hospitals throughout the region, including Singapore, Malaysia, India, China, Brunei and the United Arab Emirates.

About IHH Healthcare Berhad

IHH Healthcare Berhad (IHH) is the second largest healthcare group in the world by market capitalisation, and is listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia and the Main Board of the Singapore Exchange. IHH offers a wide spectrum of integrated healthcare services and a wide range of ancillary services through its subsidiaries: Parkway Pantai Limited, Acibadem Holdings and IMU Health.

Our CEO

Pan Wen Lek

Chief Executive Officer,

Pantai Hospital Penang

Pan Wen Lek is Chief Executive Officer of Pantai Hospital Penang. Under Pan’s leadership, Pantai Hospital Penang is expanding its facilities with a new medical block, to be completed by end 2025. The new block will enhance the hospital’s range of medical specialties and healthcare services.

Pan was also the functional Director for Cerebral Plus (Project 1) for IHH Healthcare Malaysia, an initiative driving the upgrade of the entire hospital information system. He served as Chairman for the IHH Quality Summit 2019 in Malaysia, promoting clinical, operation and service excellence across IHH Healthcare hospitals.

Pan has over 27 years of experience in healthcare finance and operations. He first joined IHH Healthcare Malaysia on 1 October 2001 as Finance Executive, and his career progressed steadily in both Pantai Hospital Penang and Pantai Hospital Sungai Petani, until his appointment as Chief Executive Officer of Pantai Hospital Penang in 2017.