While both countries are comparable in terms of expertise and technology, Malaysia holds slight advantages in medical tourism, sweeping the following grand awards in the past 4 years:
- Overall Destination of the Year at the International Medical Travel Journal’s (IMTJ) Medical Travel Awards for three consecutive years from 2014-2017
- Medical Travel Organisation of the Year won by MHTC at the 2017 Asia Pacific Healthcare & Medical Tourism Awards
- International Cosmetic Surgery Clinic of the Year by Beverly Wilshire Medical Centre in 2015-2016