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The Macau government plans to allow “commercial venues, resorts, and hotels” in the city – that are able to meet “required technical conditions” – to offer day hospitals, a type of healthcare facility providing outpatient services.
The information was included in a report published on Wednesday by the city’s Health Bureau, following a public consultation on a proposal for a legal framework for the activity of private institutions providing healthcare services.
The Macau authorities have been developing what they term a “1+4” policy, to help diversify the city’s economy from casino gambling. The title indicates the tourism industry, plus four nascent industries: “big health”; modern finance, high-technology business; and conferences and exhibitions as well as culture and sport.
The term ‘big health’ is used by the Macau government to refer to healthcare and related services. That industry is to be developed locally via channels including collaboration between the healthcare sector and the city’s casino concessionaires.
The public consultation process on a legal framework for private entities offering healthcare ran from April 17 to May 16. A total of 892 opinions and suggestions was analysed and classified based on content, according to the final report. The Health Bureau stated that the “majority of opinions supported” the government’s proposal, with dissenting opinions recorded at the level of 5.7 percent.
The idea is, according to the report, to “fully develop” the advantages of the city’s six casino operators, in a bid to encourage more tourists from overseas markets to visit Macau.
The government’s intention is to create conditions for the healthcare sector “to provide more diverse medical services,” while “introducing new technologies, and developing new businesses”.
The document proposes that day hospitals be limited to offering outpatient services. Such facilities can feature operating and recovery rooms, but medical procedures at these day hospitals would be limited to specific speciality procedures that do not require hospitalisation.
Strict requirements, operators’ plans
The Health Bureau said most of the opinions supported the creation of these healthcare facilities.
It added that some of those commenting “believed that Macau should take full advantage of its geographical position and institutional advantages, focusing on the development of high-value-added medical services, including aesthetic medicine, health management, and stem cell therapy, among others, in order to attract more international tourists and enhance Macau’s core capabilities as a regional health tourism destination”.
The bureau observed that taking into consideration the requirements for day hospital services, it would be necessary to ensure that private entities “have sufficient capacity and size to carry out these respective activities”.
“Regarding feasibility, according to available data, resorts and hotels, among others, meet the requirements for a day hospital with a usable area of 500 square metres [5,382 sq. feet],” it added.
A number of the city’s casino firms have flagged plans to open medical venues, amid the local sector’s pledge to help Macau’s economic diversification.
In August last year, Wynn Macau Ltd announced the opening of a “medical centre” at its Cotai property Wynn Palace. The facility – “EliteKinesio Medical Centre (Wynn Palace)” – offers physical therapy treatments and “tailored” exercise programmes. It also provides visceral manipulation therapy, as well as cardio and pulmonary rehabilitation programmes, according to the company.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd had mentioned previously a plan to launch an iRad Polyclinic, at the Studio City complex, offering medical diagnostic services including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computer tomography scan (CT Scan), 2D and 3D mammography, ultrasound and X-ray services.
MGM China Holdings Ltd had flagged plans to build what it termed an “Urban Oasis”, described as a “all-new landmark of health and wellness tourism”.
The firm said at the time of the signing of the contract for its current 10-year gaming licence, that “Urban Oasis” would have “one-stop services combining wellness and medical offerings including medical hydrotherapy, diet therapy, leisure and health management, medical tourism, and health assessment”.
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