BANGKOK: Oil slumps. Middle Eastern patients cancel treatments abroad. Thai hospital stocks slide.
It’s the butterfly effect in action. Weak growth outlooks in the Gulf states are prompting greater competition from local clinics, stemming the flow of visitors to the world’s top medical tourism destination.
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