Foreigners come to Vietnam for healthcare services
The number of overseas Vietnamese and foreigners using healthcare services at Vietnamese clinics is increasing.
Healthcare cost in Vietnam is now cheaper than some ASEAN countries.
Good equipment, quick operations, reasonable prices are the reasons attracting foreigners to Vietnamese clinics, according to Dr. Phan Thanh Hai, Director of the HCM City-based Medic Centre, which attracts many foreigners.
Apart from patients transmitted from foreign-run clinics like SOS, Family Practice, Columbia and FV, many overseas Vietnamese used the centre’s services. Examination results are then brought back to the US for their family doctors’ reference.
The number of patients who are Viet Kieu and foreigners going to the Tu Du Obstetrics Hospital’s Sterilise Department has soared this year. They are from many countries like Myanmar, Singapore, India and Indonesia, the US, France, Belgium and Russia. Foreign patients account for 5-10% of the patients seen in this department.
Healthcare cost in Vietnam is now cheaper than some ASEAN countries. For example, examination fees at Medic Centre is US$1.2 compared to the $90 in Singapore with the same service quality, cerebral computed topography (CT scanning) $30 compared to $200 in Singapore.
At the Tu Du Obstetrics Hospital, the cost for a test-tube fertilisation package included medicines is between $2,000-2,500 compared to $6,000-8,000 in Singapore and $15,000 in the US.
(Source: Tuoi Tre)
