Indonesia hopes to turn Bali into health tourism destination
Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has expressed his
hope that construction of the Bali International
Hospital in Denpasar city, Bali will make the province a health tourism
destination.
At
a groundbreaking ceremony on December 27, Widodo said the hospital is built on
a site of 41.5ha under a joint effort between the Indonesian Ministry of
State-owned Enterprises and the US’s Mayo Clinic. It is expected to be
operational by mid-2023.
Minister
of State-owned Enterprises Budi Gunadi
Sadikin said at least 600,000 Indonesian
"medical tourists" a year went overseas for treatment, most of them
heading to Singapore and Malaysia.
He affirmed that the
Government will simplify procedures to create favourable conditions for medical
experts and foreign firms, as well as build more community health centres in
171 districts and wards, in a bid to attract more foreign investment in the supply
of medical equipment and materials./.