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Honeymoons, family vacations or casual travel has taken on quite a different hue today as Asian nations offer much more than lazy beaches and exotic forests.
The fight is on for the lion's share of tourists who seek medical treatment outside their nations, an increasing number of them being Malaysians, Indonesians and Indians.
Medical tourism in Asia
Sightseeing and medical help seems to be a rather popupar arrangment, and in the rat race to woo medical tourists are countries like Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and India, which are intent on coming up as the best in medical tourism.
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Amongst all the nations in the Asian region, Singapore seems to be heading for the crown as tourists vouch for its high hygiene standards and unmatched quality. Its technical prowess gives it a certain edge against its competitors and its image as one of the world's cleanest nations that can deliver the best. Singapore's strengths are emphasized in its healthcare system, right from the routine health checkups it offers to the most innovative treatments in cardiology, neurology, ophthalmology, obstetrics, gynecology and oncology.
Singaporian authorities are leaving no stone unturned for realizing their aim of capturing 1 million foreign patients annually by the year 2012, creating about US$3 million in total revenue. Malaysians, Indonesians and Indians, too, flook to Singapore, and this phenomenon underlines the role the city-state plays in the region. |
The Singapore stamp
The island nation leaves a huge impression on those who seek its care and hospitality. Singapore's private hospitals are very popular with tourists because of the safety offered and the highly experienced doctors who come from all over the world to gain from the sophisticated techniques and state-of-art technology used here. The city has taken profound leaps in stem cell technology with its biomedical research teams considered amongest the most advanced in Asia.
Singapore has earned its reputation through the milestones it has achieved. Top-class doctors from this island nation were the first to perform a totally innovative technique in dental implant in Southeast Asia (2006). The technique belongs to NobelBiocare, the world leader in dental implants. In the same year, they also conducted a groundbreaking operation to remove one of the largest thyroid tumors operated on and removed in the Asia Pacific. The operation lasted ten hours and required six doctors. Such significant procedures and their success are what constantly remind the tourist of Singapore's competence and expertise.
The city welcomes every skilled mind into the medical profession here and impresses every patient in need of efficient and safe medical attention. This indeed makes the lion city one of the most sought-after global locations in Asia.
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The perfect destination
One of the most important things to any tourists or medical tourist is to be able to conform to the city that he or she visits. Singapore attracts people from all over the world and has restaurants that serve all kinds of food. It embraces every religion and every race, and reassures the tourust of his place in this sunny city. It has many attractions to visit, most popular amongst them being the lovely, lush island of Senthosa. A beautiful vacation, combined with efficient medical treatment, looks to be a worthy deal to many as proved by the increasing number of medical tourists visiting Singapore.
The island nation's role as one of the leading hubs of Asia seems to have gained immense importance; its determination, efficiency and reliability are traits that might just make it the leader. |
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