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15-Oct-17 Chinese online travel booking site Ctrip revealed 500,000 Chinese travelled overseas for medical-related services in 2016. Bali become a hotspot with 150,000 visitors, and Indonesia has made it a priority to make the country a medical and wellness destination. [image:  Forbes / COMO Shambala Estate]

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12-Oct-17 The Maayo Medical medical center in the Philippines has unveiled specialty and wellness clinics such as its eye center, aesthetics institute and urology center, aiming to become a health centre for Southeast Asia. [image: Allan Cuizon / SunStar]

10-Oct-17 Medtronic has begun work on an Innovation Center in Chengdu, China, slated to open in 2020. The new Chengdu Innovation Center aims to provide clinical training and research platforms for medical workers in the region and in neighbouring regions. [image: Medtronic]

27-Sep-17 The Indonesian tourism ministry and health ministry have signed an MOU to develop facilities for international medical tourism in the country. “Medical tourism in Indonesia has a big potential considering the location," said the tourism ministry. [image: Shutterstock / The Jakarta Post]