Singapore hospitals lure Calgary patients with lower fees, sightseeing

CBC News.ca, 29 Sep 2008

A Singapore company is holding seminars in Calgary, offering patients who are on years-long waiting lists quick hip and knee replacement surgeries — and some sightseeing.

Parkway Health, which owns three hospitals in Singapore, has been in the city touting its medical tourism packages since the weekend.

"We realize that there's a certain group of people, of patients … in Canada that has a long waiting time," said Kamalijeet Singh Gill, Parkway Health's chief marketing officer.

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