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Medical tourism in Taiwan helped by rise in non-Chinese patients

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07-Nov-16 Despite a decline in Chinese tourists visiting Taiwan, the medical tourism industry has enjoyed steady growth, thanks to visitors from Europe, North America, Hong Kong and Macau. The number of visitors and the output of the industry have been growing steadily. From 2008 to last year, 63 medical institutions saw the foreign patients increase from 68,000 to 300,000. [image: Medical Tourism Magazine]

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China’s growing contribution to health at home and on the global stage

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18-Nov-16 2016 marked another major milestone in China, as health became an explicit national priority under the Healthy China 2030 plan. This is an exceptional recognition of the political power of health. But some formidable new threats have arrived. Population-wide increases in body weight warn of a wave of lifestyle-related diseases including heart disease, diabetes and diet-related cancers. [image: China Topix]

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Malaysia's IHH sells 30% of unit to Chinese insurer

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14-Nov-16 IHH Healthcare, the largest Malaysia-based hospital operator by market capitalization, has divested a 29.9% stake in its indirectly held unit PCH Holding to Chinese firm TK Healthcare Investment. IHH's subsidiary, Parkway Group Healthcare will still hold a 70.1% stake in PCH Holding. PCH, formerly known as Parkway China Holding, holds a chain of clinics and hospitals in China. [image: IHH Healthcare]

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Top 8 outbound medical tourism hotspots for China's affluent

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20-Oct-16 By 2020, over 800,000 Chinese are expected to head overseas for medical and healthcare treatments. While China’s super wealthy favour the US or Europe, China’s middle-class prefer more affordable options in Korea, Singapore or Thailand. Eight booming medical tourism destinations include the US, Japan, Germany, UK, Singapore, Thailand, Korea and India. [image: Juwai]

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Ping An adds 10,000 China clinics

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07-Nov-16 Ping An Insurance is adding a network of clinics in China to its range of services. It has signed 10,000 clinics to its Wanjia Clinics platform since Jul-16 to serve the 110 million users of its Ping An Doctor health portal. China’s network of 200,000 private clinics could more than double to half a million over the next decade. [image: Xiaomei Chen / SMCP]

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