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]

19-Sep-17 Fintech and healthcare are the top categories to invest in Indonesia, with 67% of investors interested in fintech and 25% in healthcare. The two categories' investment value might soon outgrow oil and gas investment, says Google. [image: e27]

03-Aug-17 Health tourism is seen as an industry which boosts Malaysia's economy, with more than 900,000 medical tourists arriving in 2016 and most of them coming from Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Vietnam, Middle Eastern countries, Australia, China and Japan. [image: Astro Awani]

25-Jul-17 Singapore has long served as a health destination for well-heeled visitors from Indonesia and Vietnam, but there has been a steady decline in patients arriving from Southeast Asia since 2014 as local health systems improve. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]

18-Jul-17 Indonesia has 2,488 hospitals with 1.21 beds and 16.06 physicians per 100,000 people. The greatest issue is how to get healthcare services to remote islands. Now Indonesia has a plan to use a 'floating hospital' on a 122-meter-long vessel. [image: Asia Sentinel]