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New partnership encourages medical tourism from Brunei to Malaysia

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29-Apr-18 2,000 Bruneians received medical treatment in Malaysia in 2017, particularly for cancer, cardiology and fertility. A new partnership between MHTC and Brunei's Darussalam Holdings will make it easier for patients when they travel to Malaysia for treatment. [image: International Travel Journal]

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TPG keen to buy into Thai fertility hospital

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30-Mar-18 US private equity firm TPG is in talks to buy a stake in a Thai hospital specialising in fertility treatments. Jetanin Institute for Assisted Reproduction is seeking an outside investor for the business, valued at USD400-500 mn. [image: Bangkok Post]

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Korea’s demographic nightmare comes to fore

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12-Mar-18 Korea has reported more deaths than births for the first time, amid a plunging fertility rate, raising questions about its economic model, with increasing competition from neighbour China and the growing threat from artificial intelligence and automation. [image: Reuters / Kai Pfaffenbach]

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More Chinese seek IVF abroad

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21-Feb-18 Prospective Chinese mothers are increasingly travelling abroad for in vitro fertilization and egg-freezing treatments. More Chinese women are visiting fertility centers in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and the United States, as they look to start, or expand, their families. [image: Imagine China]

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Singapore-Korea consortium buys stake in Australian fertility clinic

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31-Jan-18 Singapore Medical Group and South Korea’s CHA Healthcare have together bought a majority stake in Australia’s fourth-largest fertility clinic operator, City Fertility Centre. Falling fertility rates across the region are spurring growth in the in-vitro fertilisation industry. [image: Reuters]

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