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Medical Tourism in Malaysia … more than a travel story

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Visiting hospitals in Kuala Lumpur, Malacca and Penang was a remarkable opportunity to learn more about the reasons why people travel for medical treatment.

When I did a story about this experience on ABC Saturday Breakfast there was some kickback from listeners who thought that I shouldn’t be recommending travel to another country to get treatment but if our waiting lists are too long or the expense doesn’t allow you to join our waiting lists, or you just make the choice that’s it’s right for you then do it.

I didn’t write this story to make a point or make a judgement. It’s an experience I found profoundly interesting and continues to resonate with me. Enjoy reading my published story below and forming an opinion that doesn’t have to agree with me but I hope you just find it interesting:

Medical Tourism in Malaysia 

ABC Victoria Statewide

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With Prue Bentley on ABC Victoria Statewide, I’ve been enjoying sharing my travel stories with listeners across Victoria.

Our first show was all about astrotourism and all the places throughout Australia and around the world where you can get up close to space without going into space. From big dishes on both sides of the country to fallen pieces of Skylab in Esperance and wonderful places with dark skies to take time lapse photos, there’s plenty of reasons to go somewhere and get that little bit closer to the final frontier.

We’ve also taken listeners to Malacca, one of my favourite destinations and favourite places to say. We’ve also done some travel tip chats, talked about my flight in a Spitfire above the fields of Kent and looked at opportunities in Victoria to find your own aviation heritage experience. So much to listen out for and just a little bit of Prue and I in the audio below as we make past the pirates and jump ashore in Malacca!

Malacca is full of culture, food, fun and history that encompasses, embraces and is influenced not just by the Malay, Indian and Chinese cultures but the colonial periods of the Portugese, Dutch and British.