IHH, Prodia to strengthen medical tourism between Malaysia, Indonesia

JAKARTA: IHH Health care Bhd (IHH) and PT Prodia Widyahusada Tbk (Prodia) have signed a memorandum of being familiar with (MoU) to present selections for comprehensive healthcare services to Prodia shoppers in search of medical therapy in Malaysia.

IHH’s partnership with Prodia, Indonesia’s largest laboratory chain, is expected to optimise the management of individuals who need clinical laboratory examination companies right before and right after consulting a medical professional.

In a joint statement these days, IHH main govt officer, Jean-François Naa said IHH has established up a 1-stop client service hotline that supports services in Bahasa Indonesia to provide assistance on appointment booking and health care enquiries.

The MoU signing ceremony was held in Jakarta, witnessed by Indonesia’s Deputy Overall health Minister Dr Dante Saksono Harbuwono.

Prodia president director Dewi Muliaty claimed the partnership is envisioned to make it a lot easier for clients from Indonesia to attain referrals for innovative laboratory examination providers these as health and fitness check-ups, sickness advancement monitoring, analysis, and other assessment providers.

“We imagine this collaboration can make it simpler for Indonesian sufferers who execute built-in medical services with IHH Health care Malaysia to get much more detailed scientific laboratory examination companies,” she explained.

Prodia has been a major participant in Indonesia’s private wellbeing laboratory marketplace for lots of decades, as reflected by its sector share which grew from 38.3 per cent in 2018 to 39.5 per cent in 2020, she reported.

Meanwhile, information from the Malaysia Healthcare Journey Council unveiled that in excess of 670,000 Indonesians experienced sought medical treatment in Malaysia in 2019, but the range had dropped to a mere 635 between 2020 and 2021 owing to the lockdowns activated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The council expects the arrival of Indonesian clinical vacationers into Malaysia to return to the pre-pandemic level by 2025. – Bernama