Private hospital sets up centre focusing on its treatment

Latest equipment: Dr Mahathir listening to a briefing by Olympus Gastroenterology & Respiratory Sales Medical Systems Business Division assistant manager Hendrix Lim (right) on the Endoscopic Video Imaging Systems machine. Among those looking on are Prince Court Medical Centre board of directors chairman Datin Yap Siew Bee (centre, in pant suit) after the launch of the Liver Centre.

THE liver is the second largest organ in the body and performs hundreds of complex functions such as fighting infections, removing toxins from the body, helping the blood clot and releasing bile. Unfortunately, liver disease usually does not come with any obvious symptoms until it is fairly advanced and there is already liver damage.

“You can be infected with a hepatitis virus and be a carrier for many years without showing any symptoms,” said Malaysian Liver Foundation (MLF) president and Prince Court Medical Centre (PCMC) consultant hepatologist and internal medicine specialist Tan Sri Dr Mohamed Ismail Merican.