12-Oct-17 The Maayo Medical medical center in the Philippines has unveiled specialty and wellness clinics such as its eye center, aesthetics institute and urology center, aiming to become a health centre for Southeast Asia. [image: Allan Cuizon / SunStar]

09-Oct-17 With the highest rate of hepatitis C globally, Egypt has developed an expertise in treating it. Now it is looking to share its know-how, as well as locally produced low-cost drugs, with foreigners having trouble getting treatment at home.[image: Mohamed El-Shahed, AFP]

06-Oct-17 Chinese tourists are coming back to Thailand at the right time: Private hospitals there need to justify their sky-high valuations. Bumrungrad Hospital, which gets more than 60 percent of its sales from foreigners, is up 16 percent since Jan-17. [image: Bloomberg / Bloomberg Gadfly]

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27-Sep-17 The Indonesian tourism ministry and health ministry have signed an MOU to develop facilities for international medical tourism in the country. “Medical tourism in Indonesia has a big potential considering the location," said the tourism ministry. [image: Shutterstock / The Jakarta Post]