FILE PHOTO: Then Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto (right) speaking to physicians during his visit to the radiology room in Sanglah Hospital in Bali on Dec 28, 2019. - Antara
JAKARTA: Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin is considering popular tourist destinations such as Bali and Labuan Bajo in East Nusa Tenggara as strategic locations to develop Indonesia’s medical tourism industry, amid efforts to reduce the number of citizens seeking medical treatment abroad.
Budi said that each year, an estimated one to two million Indonesians travel abroad for medical treatment, primarily to Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the United States.
