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OTHER MUSLIM FRIENDLY TOURISM &
HOSPITALITY SECTORS
ADDRESSING MEDICAL TOURISM
THE MUSLIM- 1. Medical tourism is when individuals
FRIENDLY travel to another country for
DEMAND medical treatment.
2. The global medical tourism market
KPJ Healthcare Berhad is was worth between $50 billion to
a private healthcare
service provider in $65 billion in 2014, according to
Malaysia that offers researchers Frost & Sullivan, and is
treatment and surgeries
in different areas such growing at approximately 20
as cardiac, orthopaedic, percent per annum, which implies
oncology, cosmetic and upwards of a $60 billion market in
reconstructive.
2015.
The hospital provides a
full range of Muslim-
friendly services
including a prayer room,
and broadcasting the
call to prayer, funeral
preparation if required,
and halal food is served
to patients and is
available in the cafeteria.
The hospital also
accommodates requests
for female doctors and
caregivers to attend to
female patients.
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