history of
medical
2000 BC
Hill tribes in St. Mortiz, Switzerland,
flocked to drink and bathe in the
region's iron mineral springs.
4TH
CENTURY BC
Healing temples dedicated to
Asclepius had been built all
around the Grecian realm.
2978
Yoga and alternative medicine in
India established the country at the
core of Eatern cultural and medical
growth. Until date, the oldest
medical tourism destination.
1970
Thailand became regarded as a
medical tourism destination
because to sex change
procedures and, subsequently,
cosmetic surgery.
1998
Malaysia embraced medical
tourism in response to the Asian
economic crisis and the need for
economic diversification.
2004
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
established the Philippine Medical
Tourism Program (PMTP) with
Executive Order No. 372.
TODAY
hopsitals are more like spas and
spas aremore ike hospitals.
tourism
4000 BC
Sumerians built the first known
healing complex around mineral
water springs, complete with
towering temples and flowing
pools.
1210 AD
Mansuri Hospital, with a capacity
of 8000 patients, was created in
Cairo. It is considered the largest
hospital of all time and the most
modern health care institution.
Early farmers and hunters
discovered the formation of onsen
in Medieval Japan.
16TH CENTURY
Europeans found Roman baths and
turned them into beautiful and
fashionable well-being and leisure
playground for the wealthy.
English and Dutch colonists in newly
discovered America built log homes
near mineral springs with medicinal
benefits.
created the Fountain of Youth
1997
India, widely considered as a
contemporary worldwide hub for
medical tourism, promotes itself as
providing everything from
alternative Ayurvedic medicine to
coronary bypass surgery and
aesthetic surgery.
2001
The successful separation of 10
year old Nepalese conjoined twins
made Singapore's medical
competence international news.
2006
JCI established its Asia Pacific
headquarters in Singapore. The
country has 9 hospitals and 2
medical facilities recognized by the
aforementioned commission.
Tender Loving (Health) Care: Only
in the Philippines," the very first
Philippine Medical Tourism
Congress, Expo, and Launch.