Malaysian medical tourism attracts Vietnamese

Malaysian medical tourism attracts Vietnamese

Malaysian medical tourism attracts Vietnamese

Le Hoang

Sherene Azura Azli, MHTC leaders and guests are seen at the launching ceremony of the website YTE Malaysia in HCMC – PHOTO: HUNG LE

HCMC – More and more Vietnamese are traveling to Malaysia for medical tourism, which prompts the Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council to prop up publicity here in Vietnam.

Sherene Azura Azli, CEO of the Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council, or Malaysia Healthcare, said nearly 10,000 Vietnamese traveled to Malaysia for medical treatment in 2016 and they spent RM10.8 million (about US$2.43 million) on this purpose, up 86% against 2015.

About 50% of the Vietnamese patients visit Malaysian hospitals for cancer and cardiovascular disease treatment, she said at the launching ceremony of the website YTE Malaysia on Tuesday. This is the first website built abroad by Malaysia Healthcare to equip Vietnamese patients with necessary information on medical tourism including hospital facilities and health experts.

Sherene Azura Azli highlighted the high quality and competitive cost of medical treatment services in Malaysia, saying medical treatment costs for foreign visitors are not much higher than locals.

Malaysia Healthcare will also open representative offices in HCMC and Hanoi. The council will cooperate with its strategic partner Insmart to launch “My Health Program” to promote Malaysian healthcare services in Vietnam. The program is aimed to connect hospitals and clinics with professional medical services and experienced doctors in Malaysia to provide the best services in Vietnam.

The Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council is an agency under the Malaysian Ministry of Health tasked to develop the medical tourism sector of the country.

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