TAITRA TO CONDUCT TAIWAN HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TRADE MEETING AT MANILA HOTEL

THE Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) will be conducting the 2018 Taiwan Healthcare Industry Trade Meeting in the Philippines on August 6.

Major players of the medical industry in both Taiwan and the Philippines, including hospitals, medical practitioners and various healthcare companies and their representatives will participate in a grand showcase of the best and most renowned assets of Taiwan’s impressive medical community.

To be held at the Manila Hotel, the conference carries the theme: “Enjoy a healthier life with Taiwan medical services” --and will feature several insightful talks featuring Taiwan’s best and brightest medical personnel. Topics range from innovations in reproductive technology, hair restoration treatments, robotic surgery, health evaluations, corneal and cardiovascular surgery and treatments, precision medicine, and specialist training programs.

Admission is free and the latter part of the conference is dedicated to opening the floor for attendees to have medical consultations. An encore event will be held at the SEDA Abreeza Hotel in Davao on August 8.

Taiwan as a leader in the medical and health care field

In the recent years, Taiwan has emerged as a serious contender in the global medical industry. It is ranked as third in the world, only behind US and Germany, with 14 Taiwanese hospitals featuring in the list of the world's best facilities.

Taiwan’s medical institutions also boast of some of the world's best medical professionals and its facilities are home to cutting-edge advanced medical equipment. This dual advantage has led to the country being recognized as the home of innovations in cardiovascular surgery, living donor liver transplantation, IVF, craniofacial reconstructive surgery, and joint replacement surgery, to name a few areas.

The country also has a vibrant health care industry, providing citizens and visitors with an array of preventive medicine options, holistic services, and the like. Together, these two aspects create a complete medical network that has been enticing people from all over the globe to visit.

A study has shown that over 300,000 overseas patients came to Taiwan for medical attention in 2016, one-fourth of whom came from Southeast Asia.

Another mark of Taiwan’s medical industry’s muscle is that Taiwan is the first Asian country to establish a national health care evaluation system, and only the fourth in the world to do so. As a result, the country’s medical centers and regional hospitals are answerable to a separate entity which evaluates their ranking based on international standards: the Taiwan Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation. This further ensures the quality of the country’s medical facilities. More about TAITRA

Founded in 1970, TAITRA is Taiwan's nonprofit trade promoting organization. Co-sponsored by the government and industry organizations, TAITRA assists enterprises in expanding their reach to the international market.

Based in Taipei, TAITRA has a team of 1,300 specialists and operates 5 local offices in Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung, as well as 61 branches worldwide. Together with Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC) and Taiwan Trade Center (TTC), TAITRA has formed a global network dedicated to promoting world trade.