16-Mar-17 Malaysia’s medical tourism industry grew by almost 25% in 2016, raking in an estimated MYR1.15 bn (USD260 mn) in hospital revenue, revealed the Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council. CEO Sherene Azli said medical tourists were the biggest spenders among tourists in the country. “Our medical tourists mostly come from Indonesia, China, India, Australia, the United Kingdom and the Middle East,” she said. [image: Free Malaysia Today]

05-Jan-17 Airline group ANA is getting into the medical tourism trade, looking to make long-term fliers of affluent Chinese and others seeking quality care in Japan. It will offer packages for Chinese travelers, partnering with Kameda Medical Center in Chiba Prefecture. Kameda began offering checkups for Chinese customers in 2010 and now serves around 200 visitors a year. [image: ftnNEWS]

21-Feb-17 India is emerging as a hotspot for medical tourism with arrivals of foreign tourists on medical visas showing phenomenal growth in the last two years. 2013 to 2015 witnessed growth of 140 percent, to 134,000 visits in 2015. The majority of patients are from the Middle East, Africa, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Maldives, Pakistan, Bhutan and Sri Lanka. [image: Business Standard]

17-Feb-17 The Philippines is poised to become one of the world's top medical tourism destinations in the next 10 years, as the government completes its infrastructure build. The country currently ranks behind Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, said St. Luke's Medical Center president Edgardo Cortez. About 98 percent of medical tourists in the Philippines are currently from Guam, he said. [image: ABS-CBN News / St. Luke's]

14-Feb-17 Singapore has a reputation for first-class healthcare, and is a major location for medical tourism. With 610,000 people over 65 by 2020, the government has embraced technology to improve productivity. It sounds like a brave new world, but there are warning signs that must not be ignored. The main concern is the ease with which IoT devices can be hacked. [image: Empire Media]