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    'Medical tourism' is a long-standing industry in Singapore, says dr janson yap chung. People are increasingly willing to seek such care beyond their borders, he says. He says many people have traveled for health care services in one form or another since the time of the Roman baths.

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    'Medical tourism' is a long-standing industry in Singapore, says dr janson yap chung. People are increasingly willing to seek such care beyond their borders, he says. He says many people have traveled for health care services in one form or another since the time of the Roman baths.

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    Increased access to information via the internet and international media has created a global

    mindset and people are increasingly aware of the possibilities in medical care. In the past,
    people tended to settle for the clinic next door and the hospital down the road and, when
    really sick, they go to the big city. Today, they are much more willing to seek such care
    beyond their borders. With increased access to information also comes the ability to compare
    prices. Prices are high in many countries because of the way their health care systems have
    evolved, and patients realize that Asian prices, even the relatively more expensive countries
    like Singapore, are still cheap compared to their own.

    International Hospital Federation Reference Book 2006/2007025


    International hospital perspectives: Singapore
    MEDICAL TOURISM
    AND SINGAPORE
    ARTICLE BYDR JASON YAP CHIN HUAT
    MEDICAL TRAVEL, POPULARLY BUT INAPPROPRIATELY KNOWN AS “MEDICAL TOURISM”, IS
    CURRENTLY MUCH IN THE
    NEWS BUT IS A LONG-STANDING INDUSTRY IN SINGAPORE. THE ARTICLE DESCRIBES WHY
    AND HOW PEOPLE TRAVEL FOR HEALTH CARE, WHY SINGAPORE HAS BEEN AN ATTRACTIVE
    DESTINATION FOR PATIENTS, AND THE SINGAPORE MEDICINE INITIATIVE TO MAINTAIN AND
    FURTHER DEVELOP SINGAPORE AS A MEDICAL HUB.
    SINGAPORE WELCOMES INTERNATIONAL PATIENTS BECAUSE, BEYOND SIMPLY EARNING
    REVENUE, TO MAINTAIN ITS MEDICAL ECOLOGY AND (PARADOXICALLY) TO SERVE ITS OWN
    POPULATION SUFFICIENTLY.
    Abstract
    Google shows some 563,000 hits on a search for “medical tourism”, and newspaper articles
    appear regularly on the growth and potential, and the many new aspirants, in the industry. It
    is however not a new industry as many people have traveled for health care services in one
    form or another since the time of the Roman baths. On a personal note, my grandmother
    forced my mother,then living in a small town in Malaysia, to deliver her first-born (that is, me)
    in Singapore quite a few decades ago

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