The Importance Of Medical Tourism In Malaysia

Medical Tourism

Initially patients has to depend on their national medical care facility, whether it is good or bad, affordable or costly, they did not had any option to choose. But due globalization and technology advancement they got many option to take second opinion and decide when and where they want to take the treatment. Especially patients from Europe and US, started travelling to Asian countries due to high quality of doctors and low treatment cost. When people travel abroad to take treatment, this also help that respective country to boost their tourism industry, as patients generally travel with their family. This concept is called as medical tourism, when tourist arrive in country to take medical care.

Medical tourism has become

Toshiba has started its manufacturing unit to produce and export ultrasound systems, transducers and other medical devices.

Government is also supporting construction companies to build a unique retirement village-cum-nursing home facility. This shows how government is keen to develop medical tourism market in Malaysia.

Malaysia’s Penang is becoming a medical hub for tourist travelling from abroad.

After the Asian Economic crisis Malaysian government realized that countries dependency on specific industries should be diverted to new revenue generating industries. Hence government has started taking medical tourism seriously and in 1998, the National Committee for the Promotion of Medical and Health Tourism (NCPMHT) was established by the Ministry of Health. This is later replaced by Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC). The main aim of this council is to promote medical tourism in country and achieve the economy growth with diversity.

The Medical Travel Quality Alliance ranked Prince Court Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, as the number one medical service provider for those referred to as “patients without borders.” Malaysian hospitals are able to provide the quality service and treatment in low cost, which is most attracting to the medical

Ease of Communication

All of our doctors and their staff speak English fluently. In Penang, almost everyone speak English, because it was a British colony until 1957. Patients beyond Borders likes Malaysia and Thiland, because of fluent English spoken everywhere and cost-savings comparable to India, in less culturally jarring settings. All interactions while here will be effortless, which is paramount when having any medical procedure.

Cost:

Plastic Surgery and other procedures in Malaysia and Thailand are typically less than half of what it would cost you in Australia, Europe, Hong Kong, New Zealand or the US. According to International Living’s Annual Global Retirement Index 2015, Malaysia and Thailand are in top five countries for healthcare, taking into account its’ affordability without sacrificing quality. Healthcare costs are so low that you can pay out of pocket for many standard procedures. In some cases, the total is less than your health insurance deductible would be at home. Even prescriptions are a fraction of the cost of Western