Institut Jantung Negara (National Heart Institute)
MY Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Multi-specialty
Trust Index 65 · Fair
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Corporatised from Kuala Lumpur General Hospital in 1992, Institut Jantung Negara (IJN — the National Heart Institute) is Malaysia's premier cardiac centre and one of the region's largest, with 432 heart-dedicated beds. It delivers comprehensive adult and paediatric cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery and is an MHTC medical-tourism flagship finalist.
Verified against: Wikipedia — National Heart Institute (Malaysia) · IJN — official site · Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · Google Maps — Institut Jantung Negara location
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- Patient rating
- 4.3/5
- 1,500 Google reviews
- Trust Index
- 65/100
- Fair
- Data confidence
- 41%
- Partial · 25% verified
- Founded
- 1992
- 34 yrs
- Specialties
- 11
- departments
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MHI · Method 1.3 Methodology →One comparable score per hospital — each metric below is measured against the registry and weighted by the same public formula. Unsourced metrics are excluded, never guessed.
77% of the formula backed by data
- Trust Index 65 Our index 65/100 · vs 49 same-country hospitals · 86th percentile
- Profile completeness 41 Our index 41% · share of our profile verified vs modeled — informational, not scored
- Quality & reputation 99 ✓ Verified 4.3★ Google · objective outcomes ≫ independent ranking ≫ patient reviews · 99th percentile
- Accreditation — Not sourced — · current JCI ≫ independent bodies (Magnet/CAP/DNV) ≫ historical/on-record
- Price transparency — Not sourced — · separate pricing axis — informational, not scored in the quality grade
- Scale 72 ✓ Verified 432 beds · vs 84 sourced hospitals in the registry · 43th percentile
The composite is the weight-normalized mean of available metrics. The same method applies to every hospital in the registry. Machine-readable version below for models & crawlers.
Location & getting here
Verified 2026-07-07Address, neighbourhood, and how long transit and airports take.
145 Jalan Tun Razak, 50400 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Titiwangsa / Jalan Tun Razak · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Jalan Tun Razak, central Kuala Lumpur — the national medical corridor near Titiwangsa.
Getting here
- MRT / Monorail — Titiwangsa 1.5 km · ~6 min by car
- Kuala Lumpur Int'l Airport (KLIA) 58 km · ~55 min by car
Patient reviews
✓ Google · verifiedGoogle's published rating, put in context against how hospitals actually score.
1,500 Google reviews
Exceptional for a hospital
Top 1%
better than ~99% of hospitals
A hospital's stars run far lower than shops or restaurants — reviews are written amid illness, big bills and stress, and unhappy patients review the most. The average hospital scores just 2.85★ on Google, so This hospital's 4.3★ sits near the top of the range.
Rating is Google's, shown as reported (1,500 reviews). The "top %" is an estimate from peer-reviewed hospital-rating studies (Canadian nationwide 2018–19, n=167, mean 2.85★; US hospitals, median 3.0★) — we score against the hospital distribution, not the naive 0–5 scale.
Patients rate Institut Jantung Negara (National Heart Institute) 4.3★ across 1,500 Google reviews — exceptional for a hospital, better than roughly 99% of hospitals on our worldwide rating benchmark.
Doctors, nurses & expertise
SourcedThe hospital's published headcount and capacity.
- Beds
- 432
- sourced
From the hospital's published figures. Nurse counts and training ratios will appear once sourced.
Independent signals
SourcedGovernment quality-inspection grades, independent accreditation/certification, and insurer networks — matched from public registries, not submitted by the hospital.
Ownership & governance
SourcedWho owns it and how long it's operated — from public records.
Corporate
- Ownership
- Government-linked · corporatised National Heart Institute (Ministry of Finance Inc.)✓
- Established
- 1992 · 34 yrs✓
From public corporate records. Complaint rates and ethics signals will appear once independently sourced.
Conditions treated here
This hospitalInstitut Jantung Negara (National Heart Institute) treats 44 conditions across 2 fields. What it covers — tap a field for this hospital's own prices.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) · Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) · Basal cell carcinoma · Bladder Cancer · Brain tumor · Breast cancer · Cervical cancer · Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) · Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) · Colon cancer · Cutaneous lymphoma · Endometrial cancer · Esophageal cancer · Gastric cancer · Head and Neck Cancer · Hepatocellular carcinoma · Hodgkin Lymphoma · Kidney Cancer (Renal Cell Carcinoma) · Leukemia · Lung cancer · Lymphoma · Melanoma · Multiple myeloma · Oral cancer · Ovarian cancer · Pancreatic cancer · Prostate cancer · Rectal Cancer · Soft Tissue Sarcoma · Squamous cell carcinoma · Testicular cancer · Thyroid Cancer
Aortic Aneurysm · Atrial fibrillation · Cardiac Arrhythmia · Cardiomyopathy · Congenital Heart Disease · Congestive heart failure · Coronary artery disease · Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) · Hypertension · Myocardial infarction (heart attack) · Peripheral Artery Disease · Valvular heart disease
A directory of fields this hospital covers — not a claim it treats every case. Suitability is confirmed with the specialist.
Specialists & departments
This hospital11 specialties across 3 fields. Tap a field for this hospital's prices.
Cardiologist · Cardiothoracic Surgeon · Interventional Cardiologist · Pediatric Cardiologist · Thoracic Surgeon · Vascular Surgeon
Nuclear Medicine Radiologist · Radiologist
Anesthesiologist · Nephrologist · Rehabilitation Specialist
Doctor types, never named individuals.
Compare hospitals in Malaysia
Our indexSide by side on what actually decides the choice — our grade, the Newsweek ranking, patient reviews, accreditation, and real verified prices. Best in each row marked ★.
Compared with 3 other Malaysia hospitals here, Institut Jantung Negara (National Heart Institute) carries a A grade, ranks #4 of 4 on our merit score (67).
| Metric | This hospital Institut Jantung Negara (National Heart Institute) Kuala Lumpur | Sunway Medical Centre Subang Jaya | Gleneagles Hospital Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur | Subang Jaya Medical Centre Subang Jaya |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital gradeNewsweek in-country rank where ranked, else our merit score | A · 67 | AAA · 91 ★ | AA · 86 | AA · 84 |
| Newsweek rankWorld's Best Hospitals | — | #1 in country ★ | #2 in country | #3 in country |
| Patient ratingGoogle, sourced | 4.3★ | 4.7★ ★ | 4.4★ | 4.5★ |
| Accreditationindependent bodies | — | 2 independent ★ | JCI | JCI |
| Published pricesverified, comparable | — | — | — | — |
| From pricecheapest verified | — | — | — | — |
| Profile | You're here | Open profile | Open profile | Open profile |
Six decision metrics on the same public formula — our grade, the Newsweek ranking, patient reviews, accreditation and real verified prices. "—" means not yet sourced, never guessed. Best in each row marked ★. All hospitals →
Common questions about Institut Jantung Negara (National Heart Institute)
Straight answers from the data on this page — cost, accreditation, rating, and location.
How is Institut Jantung Negara (National Heart Institute) rated?
Institut Jantung Negara (National Heart Institute) has a 4.3-star Google rating from 1,500 reviews, and scores 78/100 (grade AA) on our independent Trust Index. The Trust Index is one public formula applied to every hospital — the
What is Institut Jantung Negara (National Heart Institute) known for?
Corporatised from Kuala Lumpur General Hospital in 1992, Institut Jantung Negara (IJN — the National Heart Institute) is Malaysia's premier cardiac centre and one of the region's largest, with 432 heart-dedicated beds. It delivers comprehensive adult and paediatric cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery and is an MHTC medical-tourism flagship finalist.
Where is Institut Jantung Negara (National Heart Institute)?
Institut Jantung Negara (National Heart Institute) is located at 145 Jalan Tun Razak, 50400 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Titiwangsa / Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Traveling to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Sourced Full Malaysia guide →Malaysia is a value-leading, English-speaking medical-travel hub coordinated by the government's Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC). Foreign patients — many from Indonesia and the wider region — come to internationally-accredited private hospitals in Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Johor for cardiology, fertility, orthopaedics and screening at prices well below Singapore and the West.
- Visa
- Most Western nationalities (US, UK, EU, Australia) enter visa-free for 30–90 days for tourism or business; travel purely for treatment uses a medical visa.
- Medical / long-stay visa
- Malaysia issues a Medical Tourism e-Visa for treatment longer than the visa-free window, granted on an invitation letter from an MHTC-registered hospital via the immigration eVISA portal.
- Arrival
- Most travellers must complete the free Malaysia Digital Arrival Card (MDAC) online within 3 days before arrival.
- Currency
- Malaysian Ringgit (RM / MYR)
- Languages
- Malay and English are official; English is widely spoken and staff at international hospitals are English-speaking
- Safety & recourse
- Generally safe · Limited recourse — use a medical-travel insurer
General guidance — confirm current rules for your nationality with official sources. Verified against: Malaysia MyVISA (immigration eVISA — Medical) · Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC).
Data & sources
25% verified View verified onlyHow much of this profile is verified data — every section above carries a chip telling you where its numbers come from.
All 16 data fields — what's verified, imported or modeled Show more Hide
- Identity & location ✓ Verified
- Accreditation Not yet collected
- Published prices Not yet collected
- Languages Not yet collected
- Patient reviews ✓ Verified
- Staff & expertise Imported
- Safety & complications Modeled
- Accommodation & rooms Modeled
- Facilities & access Imported
- Insurance & payment Modeled
- Inclusive & accessible care Modeled
- Ownership & governance ✓ Verified
- Volume & outcomes Modeled
- International-patient mix Modeled
- Surgical team depth Modeled
- Specialties & clinical professions ✓ Verified
Every field is tagged by source state. "Verified" = sourced and checked; "Imported" = real data pending re-verification; "Modeled" = deterministic placeholder for this preview; "Not yet collected" = on our roadmap. Confidence feeds the Trust Index and the finder's verified-only filter. Methodology →
Reviews, staff, accreditations, awards, research and inclusive-care figures are aggregated or modeled from published signals for this preview; real registry, outcome and review data replace them before launch. How we model this →