Medical Tourism In Malaysia

Medical tourism malaysia has provided award winning healthcare facilities to over 4 9 million medical travellers from all over the world.

Medical tourism in malaysia. Medical tourism in malaysia has been increasing dramatically due to its world class healthcare advanced medical technology and affordable price. Mhtc has an aim of achieving rm2 8 billion us 673m in medical tourism revenue in 2020. In malaysia you have the malaysia healthcare travel council of mhtc part of the ministry of health in malaysia which deals with everything related to medical tourism in malaysia. Top inbound medical tourism states.

Malaysia has received recognition over the years for its medical tourism industry yet many still aren t aware that it s a viable option malaysia has been voted the country with the best healthcare in the world by international living s annual global retirement index for three straight years 2015 2017. This is the fourth time malaysia has received this award. Malaysia is promoting itself as the cardiology and fertility hub of asia with its national heart institute and the 33 centres which support it. The medical tourism sector in malaysia has recorded a compound annual growth rate cagr of 16 to 17 percent over the last five years well ahead of the global average of 10 12 percent and asia pacific s 12 14 percent.

These figures encompass all registered patients with a foreign passport which by default also encompass expatriates migrants business travellers and holiday makers for whom health care may not be the main motive. Destination of the year award. Reigning as the destination of the year by the international medical tourism journal for 3 consecutive years we are committed to create and ensure an exceptional healthcare destination experience with limitless possibilities and exceptional quality. Its strong in vitro fertilisation ivf success rates are above the global average.

They won the international medical travel journal s imtj medical travel. Health director general tan sri dr noor hisham abdullah dedicated the award to all the stakeholders in. Malaysia is currently one of the top ten most popular destinations for medical tourism. In 2017 one million medical tourists visited the country and 600 000 were from indonesia.

Malaysia s medical tourism is known for its quality of care for medical tourism travelers. The award was announced at the 2020 medical tourism award ceremony in london. From 643 000 medical tourist arrivals in 2011 to over 1 2 million in 2018 malaysia has grown its health tourism industry to become a leading global destination for international patients in asia and beyond. Malaysia is targeting to get at least one million health tourists from indonesia by 2020 according to the malaysia healthcare travel council mhtc.