Malaysia, Qatar healthcare collaboration eyed

Malaysia, Qatar healthcare collaboration eyed

The Malaysian embassy in Doha sees a huge potential for Qatar and Malaysia to collaborate in the field of healthcare, making high-quality and competitively affordable healthcare services easily accessible. While Qatar continues to provide exceptional healthcare services, Malaysian ambassador Shamzari Shaharan said there is a great opportunity for co-operation between the two countries and “to complement the services in Qatar.”

“We have many private healthcare facilities in Malaysia with global recognition and international accreditation from the UK, the US, Australia, and even our homegrown Malaysian experts. Provided in these facilities are all state-of-the-art tech equipment,” said the envoy at a webinar yesterday promoting Malaysia’s healthcare tourism.

Titled ‘Introduction to Malaysia Healthcare’ yesterday, the event was hosted by Malaysia Healthcare Tourism Council (MHTC) – an agency under the Malaysian Ministry of Health. It was also participated by Zurich International Life Qatar general manager Greg Loayon, and moderated by BizRep Services director Mohamed Thomas Lim.

According to Shaharan, the seamless connectivity between Doha and Kuala Lumpur via Qatar Airways flights plays a key role in delivering excellent healthcare services. While the Covid-19 pandemic had kept many countries closed, he said, Malaysia was the first to reopen its borders in July 2020 for healthcare travellers, but