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COVID-19 Management Befitting the World’s

Healthcare Marvel

Malaysia’s early success in managing the pandemic were
highly commended by international bodies, including the
World Health Organization and being ranked the second most
successful country out of 49 in the fight against COVID-19,
based on an evaluation report by NLI Research Institute, a
Japanese think-tank.

Continually Striving for Excellence

Over and above these global recognitions, amidst the ongoing
pandemic, Malaysia reclaimed the coveted ‘Destination of the
Year’ and ‘Cluster of the Year’ titles, each for the fourth time at
the International Medical Travel Journal (IMTJ) Medical Travel
Awards 2020 in London and was listed as a Finalist for the
‘Outstanding Response to COVID’ award.

These recognitions have further solidified Malaysia’s position
as the World’s Healthcare Marvel. Armed with the confidence
in our capacity to uphold the safety of the nation and incoming
international patients, Malaysia became among the first
countries to open a healthcare travel bubble.

The World’s First Healthcare Travel Bubble

Since the beginning of the Movement Control Order on
1 4 1 - 3. (From top to bottom): Malaysia ranks second as most successful country in 18 March 2020 in Malaysia, Malaysia Healthcare was
fighting COVID-19, China’s CGTN names Malaysia’s Director-General of Health
7 6 5 as one of world’s top doctors, WHO praises Malaysia’s preparedness, ability to inundated with countless inquiries and requests from existing
2 deal with COVID-19 and Malaysia is Top 5 globally to have successfully contained
8 COVID-19. international patients and patient referrals from international
3 bodies. Realising the potential long-term effects of the
4. Malaysia clinched our fourth ‘Destination of the Year’ and ‘Cluster of the Year’ pandemic, MHTC proactively approached the issue by
awards and acknowledged as Finalist for ‘Outstanding Response to COVID’ in the drafting a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Healthcare
recent International Medical Travel Journal Awards 2020 held virtually.
5 - 8. Facilitating arrival of patients from various countries and mode of transportation, Travellers in April 2020, weeks after the first nationwide
Malaysia’s healthcare travel bubble officially announced lockdown.
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