Malaysia is one of the most prominent medical tourism hubs of Asia. Malaysia is in the heart of South East Asia, and since it was a former British Colony, English is widely spoken all across the country. This makes Malaysia an ideal location for the medical traveler seeking treatment options abroad.
Malaysia’s capital city Kuala Lumpur is a busy cosmopolitan destination with unsurpassed facilities for transportation and it is surprisingly easy to get around here. All your needs with respect to food, shopping and accommodation will be met to your satisfaction here. Malaysia is focusing on medical travel and tourism as a strategy to counter recession, as announced by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.The happy result of this is that the medical travel visitor will be pampered and well taken care of by the government and the Malaysia health care facilities.
Estimates show that medical tourism in Asia will be worth 4 billion USD by 2012 and Malaysia expects to earn up to 590 million USD within five years, as per reports.
The Deputy Secretary General of the Malaysian Tourism Ministry, Dr. Junaida Lee Abdullah, said that about 625,000 medical tourists are expected to visit Malaysia in 2009 and the ministry is taking all possible steps to boost the numbers. The numbers from the APHM (Association of Private Hospitals of Malaysia) shows that revenue generated from foreign patients grew in leaps and bounds from 1998 to 2008.
Over the years, with the focus that the government has brought into making Malaysia a preferred hub for medical travel, the country has grown to a sophisticated medical destination in Asia. Some of the prestigious and well known hospitals in the landscape of Malaysia health care include the Sunway Medical Centre, Tun Hussein Onn National Eye Hospital and National Heart Institute.
Several other hospitals boasting of quality medical facilities in Malaysia are also applying from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) to put Malaysia health care on the medical travel map. The country is all set to cater to the medical tourist.
Medical facilities in Malaysia are highly advanced. Some facilities that a medical tourist can expect are
* radiology
diagnostic services
radiology
dialysis
rehabilitation services
wellness and aesthetics
diabetes and nutrition treatments
audiology and speech therapy
The Malaysian Ringgit also offers a favorable exchange rate against the US dollar, the British pound and Euro, ensuring real value for money for medical travel to this country. A heart bypass surgery may cost as little as thirteen to fourteen times less than the same procedure if performed in the US.
Malaysia has also established the My Second Home program, to encourage medical travel. This allows foreigners to live in Malaysia with just a social visit pass for as long as five years, making it easy for medical tourists to live there and access the Malaysia Health Care facilities.
Malaysia health care is a winning combination of unsurpassed medical facilities and relaxing holidays. If you are a person contemplating medical travel, the Malaysia Health care scene is something you should not fail to consider
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