On Wednesday, March 9th, 2022, ProColombia, APC-Colombia, and the Thai Ministry of Public Health carried out a webinar alongside collaborators from the Colombian Ministry of Health & Social Protection, the National Association of Industries (ANDI), and high-level hospitals from Colombia with the aim of sharing knowledge and policies regarding medical service tourism.

1. MEDICAL TOURISM FORUM
Exchanging of Experiences and Good Practices in Wellness
and Spa and Community-Based Tourism
Ms. Pawinee Sangkhaboon
Deputy-Director of International Health Division
Department of Health Service Support
Ministry of Public Health, Thailand

2. International Health Center
and Comprehensive Medical Industry
MEDICAL HUB
Comprehensive medical industry is the creation of
a new industry, expanding from the healthcare
business and health tourism in Thailand
1 in 5 Future Industries
New S - Curve

3. The MEDICAL HUB
Policy
Medical Service Hub
Wellness Hub
Academic Hub
Product Hub
The Strategic Plans of Developing Thailand as an
International Medical Hub (2017–2026) in the 10-year
period (No. 3)
approved by the Cabinet On 13 Sep 2016
the National Medical Hub Committee
According to the cabinet resolution 20 Jun 2017

4. Goals
Foreigners use more
medical services.
The value of health service
business has increased from
the original base.
Create competitiveness
in healthcare services

5. Competitiveness
Philippine
Indonesia
Brunei
Vietnam
Cambodia
Myanmar
Lao
Expertise &
Technology
high
low
high Thailand
Price
Singapore
Malaysia

6. MEDICAL HUB of Thailand and the other countries in ASIA
 Focus on providing advanced medical services/ Promoting the standardization of the
hospital to be certified internationally/ The hospital that has received JCI certification.
Singapore
Malaysia
 Focus on Muslim countries to attract Islamic patients/ Focusing on patients with high-incomes
from countries that lack of medical facilities
India
 inexpensive/ Focus on health insurance groups in Western country which is India
cooperates with foreign insurance companies sending customers who’d like to come to
India
South Korea  Create an outstanding point which are long-term vacation and cosmetic surgery
 Announced on Medical Hub Policy since in 2004 by creating a national strategy and has
been implemented continuously, which is ready with quality medical facilities, technology,
services, medical staffs to support the demand for services.
Thailand
*Information from the research of the Government
Savings Bank www.gsb.or.th/

7. THAILAND EXPERIENCES IN MEDICAL HUB
20-Year
National Strategy
Medical Hub Policy
Ministry of Public Health
Medical Service Hub
Wellness Hub
Academic Hub
Product Hub
• Hospitals
• Clinics
• Spa / Massage
• Retreat
• Regenerative
• MICE
• Medical schools
• Research
• Medicine
• Medical devices
• Herb products
• Vaccine
• Supplementary
food
62 JCI
17 GHA
22 ACCI
3 Well Hotel
Highlights of Thailand
Reasonable
Price
Professional
Staff
Hospitality
Tourist
Attractions Thailand’s Medical
Services
 Advanced technology
 High quality services
 Reasonable and affordable price
 No long waiting
 Professional staff
 Medical treatment for specific diseases
 Various hospital across the country
 Big data
 Visa extension
 Magnet services
 Counter services
 Special health packages
 Long stay
 Thai spas
 Herbal products (Cannabis)
 World class medical facilities
Benefits
International
Standards
Information: 5 November 2021

8. Magnet 1 Heart / Stroke / Vascular
Magnet 2 Cancer / Tumour / Malignant / Mass
Magnet 3 Eye / ENT
Magnet 4 Organ Transplant
Magnet 5 Muscle / Orthopaedics / Skeletal
Magnet 6 NCD / Med / Surgery / Ped / Nephro / Reproductive Organs
Magnet 7 IVF
12 Magnet Services
2.5
4.8
6.2%
Increase
In 2019,
the country’s income
increased accounting
for 3.4%
1.67 million baht (from receiving
medical services from private hospital)
Source: Department of Health Service Support and
Bank of Thailand, 2020
Country’s Income (ten billion baht)
2016 2017 2018
THAILAND EXPERIENCES IN MEDICAL HUB
Magnet 7.1 Obstetrics and gynaecology
Magnet 8 Dental
Magnet 9 Sex Reassignment
Magnet 9.1 Plastic Surgery / Beauty
Magnet 10 Retreat / Anti-Ageing
Magnet 10.1 PT
Magnet 11 Check-Up / Lab / FU
Magnet 12 Precision Medicine
Medical Tourists (million people)
Source: Kasikorn Research Center, 2018 - 2021
2.6
3.3 3.42
6.7
4.5-7
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
COVID-19
Pandemic
Attractive Destination
Medical Treatment
Dental Care
Spa / Massage
Hot Spring
Before COVID-19

9. Provider
Hospital
Clinic
Nursing Home
Hospitals for the elderly
Chronic Care Clinics
Health Facility Act, B.E. 2541 (1998)
Health Establishment Act, B.E. 2559 (2016)
Personnel for
Nursing Care
Care Giver
Geriatric Pretend
Welfare Reimbursement Free Medical
Treatment
Private Isolation Accommodation Wellness
Medical School
Target
Group
Tourists
Long stay residence
Working
High potential
Visa
O-A (1 Year)
Non O-X (10 years)
14 Nationalities: Japan / Australia / Denmark / Finland / France / Germany / Italy /
Netherlands / Norway / Sweden / Switzerland / United Kingdom / Canada / USA
Facilities for Foreigners
All nationalities are allowed.
Vacation
Long Stay
Medical Visa (MT)
Non O (1 year)
90 Days 11 Nationalities:
GCC: Bahrain / Kuwait / Oman / Qatar / Saudi Arabia / United Arab Emirates (UAE)
CLMV: Cambodia / Lao PDR / Myanmar / Vietnam + China
All nationalities are allowed.

10. Medical Hub Counter service
at Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang Airport

11. Wellness Quarantine (WQ)
Alternative Quarantine (AQ)
Alternative
Hospital Quarantine (AHQ)
Golf Quarantine (GQ)
Yacht Quarantine (YQ)
AHQ
11,206 Patients and Followers
Generate 3,963,604,681Baht
**(9 March 2022)
GQ
371 Golf Players and
Followers
Generate 40,300,000 Baht
**(9 March 2022)
AQ
158 Hotels
23,000 Rooms
**(9 March 2022)
The Situation of Thailand’s Medical Tourism
During COVID-19
The decrease of foreigners
The decrease of revenue
Foreigners cannot enter
Thailand
developing
quarantine facilities
High infection rate
Lockdown
Quarantine facilities
Vaccination
Dealing with COVID-19
Post COVID-19 Open country
Measures
Active Case Finding
RT-PCR Test
ATK Test
Track and Tracing
Vaccination
Supplies
Medicine
Medical Devices
Patient Beds
Hospitel
Quarantine Facilities

12. Alternative Hospital Quarantine (AHQ) Wellness Quarantine (WQ)
49 Clinics
Medical Program Wellness Program
 COVID Free
 Appointment
 3 COVID-19 Tests
 Quarantine 1-10 Days
 Vaccinated
Medical Spa/Wellness Resort/
Spa Resort
Long Term Care
Patients and followers
not over 3 people
8,795 Patients and Followers
(5,301 patients + 3,494 followers)
The Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA)
MEDICALAND WELLNESS PROGRAM
135 Hospitals
1 (10) Wellness Plus
ETA
Travel + Quarantine
Golf Quarantine (GQ)
1 (11)
Expected revenue: 59 Million USD
184 AHQ Health Establishments
6 Golf Courses
248 Golf Players and Followers
(237 golf players + 11 followers)
Expected revenue
7 Million USD
Top 5 nationalities AHQ
1) Cambodia (2103) 2) China (2069) 3) Kuwait (972)
4) Myanmar (721) 5) Qatar (414)
During COVID-19
Test & Go
Top 5 Magnet
1) M6: NCD (1518) 2) M7: IVF (1093) 3) M2: Cancer (878)
4) M9: Sex Reassignment (369) 5) M5: Muscle (348)
Top 5 nationalities GQ
1) Korea (115) 2) Japan (36)
3) Finland (16) 4) China (16)
5) England (12)
1 (12)
Sandbox
17 Provinces
1) Bangkok
2) Samut Prakan
3) Krabi
4) Phangnga
5) Prachuap Khiri Khan
6) Phetchaburi
7) Chon Buri
8) Ranong
9) Chiang Mai
10) Loei
11) Buri Ram
12) Nong Khai
13) Udon Thani
14) Rayong
15) Trat
16) Phuket
17) Surat Thani
1 (10)
1 (13)
63 Countries
Notification of
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Information: 5 November 2021

13. Wellness Tourism in the Future of Thailand
Why Thailand?
Good quality of life Advance innovation Reasonable prices Hospital facilities
Medical treatment
Digital technology
Live longer Stay healthy Self-reliance
Goals
Ex. Telemedicine, Robotics
Modern medicine + Thai traditional medicine
Usage
Effective measure
Safety
Opportunities for Colombia Investment
Partners
Exchanging medical personnel
International programs
Travel Long Stay

14. What’s Next for Medical Service, Wellness and Product
Troubles/Obstacles of
healthcare must be prepared
with in the next 5 years
Invention, innovative production, medical devices,
medicine, epidemic vaccines/Emerging Diseases
Look after the elderly
Opportunities and potential of
Thailand as a high-value medical
and health center
Support the research and development of
knowledge and technology in health and
medicine
Promote and developserviceswith highpotential
to attract foreigners (Magnet) inMedical/Wellness
Promote large-scaleinvestmentsin the integrated
medical industry such as BOI, improve the
package,investmentprivilegesin MedicalHub
enterprisesin special economic zones
Hospitals are certified to international standards
and medical expenses are reasonable.
Medical personnelspecializing in specific fields
Law update/set of regulations
Guidelines/ Issues that should be
prioritized
Produce the medicalpersonnels
Upgrade both Up Skill andNew Skill
The healthinsurance system
PromoteBusiness Matching
Law update/set of regulations
PromotingDigital Health
Develops a production base in the
integratedmedical industry in lieu of
imports
FacilitationsuchastheAir
AmbulanceVisatransportation
systemformedicaltreatment
Promoting Digital Health
Development of specializedmedical services
such as Precision Medicine, Regenerative
Medicine, and Reproductive Medicine
Wellness tourism route
World Cannabis Hub
Canabis travel route
Big Investment Project: To upgrade the
Phuket HealthTourism project to the World-
Class HealthTourismCity
world-classexhibition
- ThailandInternationalHealth Expo 2022
- Expo 2025Osaka, Kansai
- Expo 2028PhuketThailand

15. Wellness Industry
Wellness (Global Wellness Institute)
- Wellness, internal and external health care
services
- In 2024, the global health economy is estimated
to be worth $9 trillion dollars 230 trillion baht
- in 2020. The global health economy is worth 4.4
trillion dollars or 145 trillion baht.
- health tourism to 4.36 billion dollars or 14
trillion baht
- Spa business $6.8 billion dollars or 2.2 trillion
baht
- It is expected that from 2020 - 2024, the spa
business will have an average annual growth rate
of 17.2%.
- Health tourism will grow at an average rate of
20.9%.
Healthcare Trend in Covid-19
- Healthy Eating, Nutrition and losing Weight
- Mentor Wellness Consultants, Mental Health
Care Consultants.
- Preventive Medicine
- Healthy Nutrition
- Exercise and Mental
- Personal Care, Beauty, Anti-Aging
- Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine.
- Health real estate
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Developing Thailand’s Wellness Hub with Alliances
Wellness Hub
Retreat Integrate alliances to
relevant departments
Develop personnel
potential and
standards
Infrastructure
Innovation
Service menu +
products
Law Knowhow
Standard Knowledge
Personnel
Announced the Medical Hub policy since 2004 by making it a national strategy that has been continuously
implemented, with quality hospitals, technology, personnel, and service to support service demand
Spa/ Massage
Medical Spa
Regenerative
Wellness hotel for
executive (WHE)
Innovation backbone &
incubation
Wellness package & strategic
alliances network
Capability building to
Thai unicorn
Healthy Building
Improvement
Trend world wellness health care are
increased
Raise the level of
knowledge,
research,
innovation to
enhance the
business in base
of innovation for
promoting of
health services.
Wellness
corridor

17. New Project Champion
TWC : Thailand Wellness Economic Corridor
Medical Hub Policy
New Engine of Growth
S-curve
First S-curve
Affluent, Medical and Wellness
Tourism
New S-curve
Medical Hub
Northern
Western
Region
Wellness
Andaman
Upper
North-
eastern
Lower North-
eastern
Eastern
Exchange medical innovations between Thailand and other counties
and increase potential
Development of specific professional potential and
cooperation to push forward to the world class
Wellness Hub
Medical Service Hub
Academic Hub
Product Hub
Special development areas
according to government policies
and national strategic plans
The most important
areas in Thailand
It is the location of educational
institutions and research units in
medical science and health promotion.

18. Contact Information
Website:
www.thailandmedicalhub.net
Office: +662-1937000 Ext. 18400-4
E-mail :
medicalhub.hss64@gmail.com