MEDICAL TOURISM IN SINGAPORE

Singapore claims to be Asia's leading medical hub. Medical tourism in Singapore is fast growing owing to patients from neighboring countries like Indonesia and Malaysia as well as from US, Canada and European countries seeking top-notch healthcare in the country. High service standards in all sectors of the economy, and not just in the health care sector, give Singapore a significant advantage in the medical tourism industry.

The Asian medical hub has advanced research capabilities as well as nine hospitals and two medical centers that have obtained Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation. This could be part of the reason why JCI chose to set up its Asia Pacific office in Singapore in 2006. In time, Singapore hospitals may look towards other European or Asian-based hospital accreditation systems in an attempt to broaden their market, as JCI's principal appeal is to the US market, only a portion of the potential global clientele.

Singapore is also a hot tourist destination. It offers lots of travel and tourism attractions (many more are springing up on the island), cheap shopping, variety of food and much more. Tourists holidaying in the country often combine surgery with their vacation. Singapore medical tourism offers a wide range of low-cost yet high quality medical procedures: cardiac, orthopedic, cosmetic, dental, oncology, and much more.

SingaporeMedicine is a multi-agency government initiative that aims to develop Singapore into a leading destination for health care services. In 2005, some 374,000 visitors came to Singapore purely to seek healthcare. Many patients come from neighbouring countries, such as Indonesia and Malaysia. Patient numbers from Indochina, South Asia, the Middle East and Greater China to Singapore are also seeing fast growth. Patients from developed countries such as the US and UK are beginning to choose Singapore as their medical travel destination for relatively affordable health care services in a clean cosmopolitan city.

Hospitals in Singapore have strategic partnerships with many accliamed overseas institutes like Harvard Medical School. Such alliances give them access to the latest cutting-edge medical technology.

Some of the most famous Singapore hospitals are:
• National Heart Centre Singapore / National Heart Center Singapore (JCI, HEALTH, People Developer, more)
• Raffles Hospital (ISO 9001)

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Doctors and surgeons in Singapore hospitals commonly have overseas education and training. English being the official language in the country, medical tourists do not face any language problems.

Some of the well-known Singapore surgeons are:
• Dr. Chuah Seng Chye (Cardiologist)
• Dr. Tan Swee Yaw (Cardiologist)
• Dr. Terrance Chua (Cardiologist)
• Dr. Alfred Loh Wee Tiong (Consultant Physician in Family Medicine, CEO of the World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA))
• Dr. Khoo Chong Yew, PBM (Ophthalmologist)
• Dr. S Krishnamoorthy, PPA (Orthopedic Surgeon)
• Dr. Law Ngai Moh (Gastroenterologist)
• Dr. Lim Yun Chin (Psychiatrist)
• Dr. Wong Soon Tee (Dermatologist)

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