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Hospitals & clinics in Malaysia: Not up to standard?
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In 2015, I had my first hospital stay at a private hospital. It was an emergency that set me back by RM6,000. For 6 days of stay and various tests. And that was not for a cure.
Later, I went into the General Hospital for treatment of the same problem, followed by surgery, and in total, I was hospitalized three times. That cost me about RM350. For everything.
I am now well.
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22 Dec 2016
Mahalnya Deposit
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PRIVATE HOSPITALS EARN BIG FROM MEDICAL TOURISM
2013 EARNINGS: RM690.2 million
TOTAL NUMBER OF HEALTHCARE TOURISTS: 770,134
1. Indonesians:437,157
2. India: 27,126
3. Japan: 22,294
4. China: 21,010
5. Libya: 18,912
6. The United Kingdom: 17,033
7. Australia: 13,383
8. The United States: 12,349
9. Bangladesh: 11,911
10. The Philippines: 10,560
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YAHOO! NEWS MALAYSIA
Local medical tourism on steady growth path
Business Times – Wed, Nov 12, 2014
By Cheryl Yvonne Achu
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s medical tourism is experiencing steady growth so far this year, amid the competitive, dynamic and volatile market environment.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar attributed the favourable growth to the country’s well-developed healthcare infrastructure, supported by state-of-the-art equipment.
According to Wahid, last year, medical revenue increased by 16.2 per cent to RM690.2 million from RM594 million in the previous year.
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He said high-quality care at affordable cost is one of the country’s main competitive edge that has attracted a large number of medical tourists.
“Malaysia is offering a good quality healthcare with great accessibility in term of short queuing time, where you will get treatment almost immediately and at affordable or reasonable cost,” he said.
https://my.news.yahoo.com/local-medical-tourism-steady-growth-071626340.html
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LEECHES? Or saving lives but at a cost?
Private hospitals get FREE blood from us when we donate it to them directly. They also get blood for little from the National Blood Centre.
Why do they charge RM160-RM500 for blood transfusion even when you bring your own blood donor?
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The fee is to cover the high cost of testing, scanning, processing and storing the blood. The aim is not to make a profit but to ensure that blood is delivered to patients in a safe and timely manner.
Star
Sunday November 2, 2014 MYT 12:47:51 PM
Blood not for sale, say private hospitals
PETALING JAYA: Private hospitals have denied profiting from donated blood although they charge patients a minimum of RM160 for a bag of blood, regardless of where they get it from.
Association of Private Hospitals of Malaysia president Datuk Dr Jacob Thomas said that the charge was meant to cover mandatory blood scanning costs.
He stressed that the 110-member hospitals did not sell blood for profit.
He said a charge of about RM160 for a bag of blood was approved by the Health Ministry.
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NBC pathologist Dr Tun Maizura Mohd Fathullah said the centre supplied blood to government hospitals nationwide for free but imposed a small fee on private hospitals.
She said that mandatory screening was costly, especially when new technology such as Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing was used.
On average, the NBC needed about 500 bags daily.
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Are Malaysian private hospitals charging excessive fee for donated blood? http://bit.ly/1G8og81
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RT @STForeignDesk Malaysia private hospitals charge excessive prices for donated blood: Donors http://bit.ly/1uagff7
PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Blood donors in Malaysia say that private hospitals are charging patients exorbitant prices for donated blood.
They accuse these hospitals of profiting from the goodwill of donors.
Apart from donors, most private hospitals get blood from the National Blood Centre (NBC) at nominal cost.
A check by Sunday Star found that patients requiring transfusion pay between RM160 and RM500 (S$62-S$195) for 350ml to 450ml bags of blood in private hospitals – even if they bring along donors to replenish the blood used during treatment.
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