: Medical tourism in Malaysia is slowly recovering after the country fully opened its borders in the early part of last year.
Kuljit added that most of the private hospitals that treat medical tourists are in major urban areas such as Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Johor Bahru and Malacca. “While a medical tourist gets treated at the hospital, the family members will take the opportunity to visit the many attractions in the country.”
However, as the sector is slowly recovering, about 800,000 medical tourists had sought treatment here last year. Kuljit said while the government issues licences for private hospitals that meet its standards and regulations, and have the money to invest, it will not step in to help if a hospital runs into financial difficulties.
The volume of healthcare travellers had also increased from 643,000 to over 1.2 million over the same period.