17-Oct-16 Singapore's medical tourism receipts were SGD1.1 bn (USD791 mn) in 2012, dropping to SGD994 mn (USD715 mn) in 2014. Southeast Asia's medical tourists are looking elsewhere for treatment. In Singapore, a hip replacement at a private hospital costs SGD14,000. The same procedure at Mahkota Medical Centre in Malaysia - which treats 80,000 foreign patients annually - costs only SGD8,800. [image: The Straits Times]

21-Oct-16 Keio University Hospital, one of Japan’s most prestigious medical institutions, has rolled out a network that facilitates collaboration between basic research and clinical healthcare. The new network is based on NEC's Software-Defined Networking, used to integrate networks that were divided between electronic charts and other medical care systems and basic research systems, and then connect these networks whenever necessary. [image: Keio University Hospital]

21-Oct-16 Paras Healthcare plans to launch a 220-bed specialty hospital and cancer center in Panchkula, India. The hospital will be the second healthcare facility launched in Panchkula by Paras Group. [image: Healthcare Design]

21-Oct-16 A total MYR25 bn (USD6 bn) has been allocated by the Malaysian government in the 2017 Budget to boost the health of the people and the quality of healthcare in the country. The allocation is for numerous programmes, including building and upgrading of new hospitals and clinics in Perlis, Kuching, Mukah, Jempol, Muar and Johor Bahru. [image: Saw Siow Feng]

20-Oct-16 In line with Turkey’s strategic healthcare transformation program, GE Healthcare, GAMA Holding and Türkerler İnşaat have reached a definitive agreement for the development of two strategic Ministry of Health public-private projects: the İzmir & Kocaeli Integrated Healthcare Campus Projects. [image: GAMA]