Medical tourism healthy in Malaysia, but less growth seen in Singapore
19-Nov-17, South China Morning Post
Singapore received somewhere between 370,000 and 550,000 foreign patients in 2016, according to Patients Beyond Borders. Malaysia received 940,000 while Thailand received between 1.3 mn and 1.8 mn.
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Thailand is a clear favourite among those seeking cosmetic operations but increasingly it is Malaysia and Singapore that are competing when it comes to the complex operations that bring in the most revenue.
Singapore may have an edge in specialist cases. It is seen as having more experienced doctors and a higher standard of equipment, according to Dr Jeremy Lim at Oliver Wyman’s Singapore office.