SINGAPORE (Sept 26): A perceived quality gap continues to hound Malaysian hospitals, keeping Singapore patients away despite the promise of lower healthcare costs, says Maybank Kim Eng.

This was just one of the findings from the research house, which arose from a site visit to Healthcare Management International’s (HMI) Regency Hospital in Johor and its Mahkota Hospital in Malacca, plus a visit to peer IHH Healthcare’s Gleneagles Medini and KPJ Healthcare’s Johor Specialist Hospital.

Maybank also found a shortage of skilled specialist doctors in Johor, due to government policy restrictions on foreign doctors. This has led many Johor patients to continue seeking treatment in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.

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