07-Sep-17 Malaysia's sovereign fund Khazanah Nasional Bhd plans to widen investment to Central Asia. "We can extend our healthcare business to [Central Asia]… We have also investments in hospitals in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and soon, in China." [image: Astro Awani]

04-Sep-17 Korea's LG CNS has been selected to establish Bahrain’s new national health insurance system, which will allow Bahrain to monitor people’s medical costs, prescriptions, medical treatment appropriateness and the like, in real time. [image: Business Korea]

23-Aug-17 Iran had 105,000 inbound medical visitors in the last year and plans to grow on its appeal as a medical tourism destination, with its newly announced USD260 mn Isfahan Healthcare City and a national plan to attract medical tourists. [image: Tehran Times]

18-Aug-17 More people from Kurdistan are turning to Iran for treatment or diagnosis. Medical tourism in Iran was up nearly 700% from 2012 to 2015, to 200,000 patients, and is hoped to rise to 500k in future. [image: Ozan Kose / AFP]

15-Aug-17 As Turkey continues to grow as a destination for medical tourists and attracts patients from around the world, it is estimated that the expenditure of those who come for treatment is 10x higher than those who come on vacation. [image: Daily Sabah Tourism]