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Healthcare system

Malaysia has an excellent and improving public and private health care system equal to many EU countries. Malaysia is one of Asia's top health destinations. Its hospitals are generally well equipped. ...

Health insurance

Healthcare to residents in public hospitals is free. The Foreign Worker Hospitalization & Surgical Insurance Scheme was introduced as a result of the ever increasing fraudulent and unpaid hospital ...

Facts and figures

Capital : Kuala Lumpur
Population : 29.3 million
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Medical tourism

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Healthcare system

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Health insurance

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Facts and figures

General InformationSource
Capital : Kuala Lumpur
Population : 29.3 million
Main languages spoken : Malay (official), English, Chinese dialects, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam
Main religion : Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism
International dialling code : +60
Internet domain : .my
Gross National income (GNI) per capita : 22460 US $
WHO 2015

Tourism data

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Population profile
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Healthcare workforce
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Healthcare expenditure
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Healthcare activity
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Health profile
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Medical tourism

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Sabah medical tourism ambition

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News, 13 December, 2019

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Malaysia’s health tourism

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Bangladesh outbound medical tourism

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Penang medical travel success

News, 15 November, 2019

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The three fundamentals of medical tourism success

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How To Ensure Success In Medical Tourism

Malaysia-Philippines health tourism co-operation

News, 30 October, 2019

Governments sign healthcare collaboration agreement

Malaysia’s medical tourism hospital shortlist

News, 25 October, 2019

Nine healthcare facilities shortlisted in Malaysia

Promoting Malaysia’s medical travel sector

Articles, 23 October, 2019

MHTC promotes Malaysia healthcare to the UK

Bangladesh outbound medical travel

News, 18 October, 2019

Rise in medical travel from Bangladesh

Resort and health tourism global partnership

News, 15 October, 2019

One&Only partners with Chenot

Malaysia’s top medical travel destination

News, 12 September, 2019

Penang generates nearly half Malaysia’s medical tourism income

Malaysia state inbound medical travel

News, 07 August, 2019

NW Malaysia state attracts 9,000 medical travellers

Malaysia medical travel: oncology

News, 28 July, 2019

Expertise in cancer treatment encourages international patients

Malaysia woos Bangladesh medical travellers

News, 27 July, 2019

50,000 travel from Bangladesh to Malaysia for treatment

Championing medical travel: how does Malaysia do it?

News, 24 July, 2019

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Malaysia looks to Chinese money

News, 23 July, 2019

Malaysia seeks greater cooperation with China in medical tourism

Inbound medical travel to Malaysia

News, 21 July, 2019

Increased flow from Indonesia, Bangladesh and Brunei

Industry participants

Find hospitals and clinics, agents and facilitators, services and other organisations operating in the medical travel industry that are based in Malaysia.

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Featured organisations

Genesis IVF Centre

Clinic in Penang

Genesis IVF & Women's Specialist Centre offers high quality fertility treatment in Penang, Malaysia using the most advanced technologies and expert staff.

KPJ Tawakkal Specialist Hospital

Private hospital in Kuala Lumpur

An Award Winning healthcare provider favoured by local and foreign patients, KPJ Tawakkal Specialist Hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, prides itself on its renowned experts in many disciplines, especially in Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Services.

Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC)

Government department in Kuala Lumpur

The Ministry of Tourism in India has created a Wellness and Medical Tourism Board as a dedicated framework to promote medical tourism and wellness tourism in India. It works as an umbrella organization that governs and promotes tourism in India, by advertising India as a medical and wellness destination.

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