07-Sep-17 Malaysia's sovereign fund Khazanah Nasional Bhd plans to widen investment to Central Asia. "We can extend our healthcare business to [Central Asia]… We have also investments in hospitals in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and soon, in China." [image: Astro Awani]

25-Aug-17 The CEO of Medical Departures, a company facilitating medical travel to Asia, says “the level of care and attention they enjoy is unlike anything they would receive at home,” and he doesn't expect medical tourism to Asia to slow. [image: Business In Asia]

21-Aug-17 Singapore's National Neuroscience Institute and Nanyang Technological University are collaborating to develop innovative technologies better to diagnose and treat patients with neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease and brain injuries. [image: NTU Singapore]

23-Aug-17 Columbia China, a 50-50 joint venture between Seattle’s Columbia Pacific Management and Singapore's Temasek, has started construction on a 500-bed multi-specialty hospital in Zhejiang Province. [image: Columbia China]

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19-Aug-17 Singapore's Fullerton Health acquired 43 medical centres and five specialist clinics from Australia's second-largest private hospital operator, Healthscope, for AUD55 mn (USD44 mn). Healthscope decided to sell its medical centres to focus on its hospitals and international pathology operations. [image: Bloomberg]