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August 15, 2017

IJN and PNB to setup first cardiac centre outside KL

KUALA LUMPUR: Institut Jantung Negara Holdings (IJN) intends to spearhead a new and the first cardiac centre hospital outside the capital city and in the southern […]
August 14, 2017

Malaysia opens doors to medical tourists from Bangladesh

Kuala Lumpur, August 14, 2017 – Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) has entered into a partnership agreement with Bangladesh’s NCH Consumer Healthcare for patient referrals to […]
August 10, 2017

Upcoming hub brings in RM4 bln to Sarawak

KUCHING: Sarawak company KHK Development Sdn Bhd (KHK) and Tianjin Government state-owned Tianbei Heping Development Pte Ltd (Tianbei Heping) yesterday signed an agreement to form a […]
August 5, 2017

Medical Tourism: Boost for Forest City

August 5, 2017 – In an effort to market and promote the medical tourism industry in the country, the Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) would be […]
August 4, 2017

Government targeting RM2.8 billion medical tourism revenue by 2020

KUALA LUMPUR: The government is targeting to generate revenue of RM2.8 billion by 2020 through the health tourism sector, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr […]
August 3, 2017

Health tourism generates economic and job opportunities

KUALA LUMPUR: Health tourism is seen as an industry which boosts the country’s economy as the sector registered a growth of 23 per cent in 2016 […]
July 26, 2017

IJN successfully conducts first total aorta replacement surgery in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: The National Heart Institute (IJN) has once again cemented its role as Malaysia’s leading heart centre by successfully carrying out the first total aorta […]
July 24, 2017

Chinese Market

Countries are beginning to notice an increase in Chinese citizens looking for healthcare services abroad, as Tatum Anderson reports Around 483,000 people travelled from China for […]
July 22, 2017

Mahkota Medical Centre gets RM6 million cancer imaging tool

MELAKA: Around 100 000 Malaysians suffer from cancer every year, where it is estimated that one in four people will develop the disease by age 75. […]
July 21, 2017

Hatten to develop Melaka’s first health-tourism centre

MELAKA: Melaka’s first full-fledged health-tourism centre, Satori Sanctuary in the City, will be developed in Bandar Hilir at a cost of RM300mil. Chief Minister Datuk Seri […]
July 19, 2017

Idris: Melaka among top 10 destinations in Asia

MELAKA, July 19 — Melaka has been placed among the top 10 best tourism destinations in Asia 2017 by Lonely Planet, the largest travel guide book […]
July 18, 2017

Bringing health and wellness in Islam

Malaysia’s wealth of biodiversity could be turned into natural and traditional medicines, giving us an advantage in the Islamic wellness industry. ACCORDING to the 2016 Global […]