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KUALA LUMPUR - Over a hundred CEOs of global healthcare came to the First Medical Travel World
Congress 2008 put up by Maggie Tan’s new Singapore-based conference organizing company, Magenta
Global Pte Ltd, at Crowne Plaza Mutiara (meaning, Pearl, in the  Bahasa language) in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, from the 25th thru the 28th of February 2008.   

Malaysian datos together with their health and tourism ministries in full force led the dignitaries who
graced the ‘molding’ event that Catherina-Jessie Koh, Helen Lee et al had helped make successful for the
next trillion-dollar world medical travel industry, and for the invest in Malaysia campaigns of the
government in KL.

Amidst the academia-tranquil atmosphere that prevailed throughout the congress, with the presentation
of dizzying figures and white papers by global healthcare experts, but well-researched and
well-thought-out, on the wherefores, why’s and how-come’s of medical travel in a number of major MT
destinations, a Filipino doctor stirred debate in the final hours over the burning issues
of “evidence-based” versus “experience-based” gauges of expertise and of track records of quality
services in hospitals, medical clinics or medical centers as against those in health spas.
Filipino Doctor Stirs Debate in the 1st Malaysia
Medical Travel World Congress ‘08 by Magenta-
Global at Crowne Plaza Mutiara KL, Feb 25-28
MEDICAL versus SPA,
EVIDENCE versus EXPERIENCE
by MARC GUERRERO
theMAGAZINE Philippines Inc
Editor in Chief
ARCHIVE
VISHAL BALI, CEO of Wockhardt Hospitals (middle, clowning) and Maggie Tan,
CEO of Magenta-Global (right), extend Crown Plaza Mutiara congress hours by
chitchatting with The Philippines' delegation headed by theMAGAZINE Philippines,
Megan Collins (2nd to the left, beside Dr Delizo) of Tourism Secretary Ace Durano's
office, Ms Renu Gidoomal (2nd from right) et al on how to make Asia real haven for
medical travel.
theMAGAZINE Philippines Inc pose for history with Catherina-Jessie Koh and
Maggie Tan (femmes in the middle) of Magenta Global Pte Ltd. SEE MORE PHOTOS
IN THE GALLERY, THE BLOG AND PRINTED EDITION OF theMAGAZINE
International - your Health & Wellness sourcebook, magazine-style.
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