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Singapore's healthcare services built on a heritage of excellent quality, safety and trustworthiness, coupled with advanced research and international accreditation, and is Asia's leading medical hub. Nine hospitals and two medical centers in Singapore have obtained Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation. JCI is the main hospital accreditation agency in the United States.

Down Town, Singapore Private hospitals are getting onboard with the government program to attract more revenue from medical tourism by slashing prices for tour operators. Rallying behind its medical professionals supposedly among the best in the world Singapore is surely going to impact the competition.

Singapore made news for many complex and innovative procedures such as the separation of conjoined twins and tooth-in-eye surgery. The successful separation of the 10-month- old Nepalese conjoined twins in 2001 puts Singapore's medical expertise onto the World's headlines. Singapore has since accomplished many more milestones both in Asia and in the world arena.

Statistics in 2005 showed that 374, 000 foreigners sought medical treatments here. Singapore Medicine is aiming to serve one million foreign patients a year by 2012 and generate $3 billion in revenues and create at least 13,000 jobs in the medical tourism industry.

Raffles Hospital Recently, Singapore also hosted the first International Medical Travel Conference (IMTC) from 12th - 15th December 2006. The four-day event attracted participants and media from 21 countries, setting pace and platform for the development of the budding medical travel industry. The conference aims to bring together thought leaders to examine some of the fundamentals, issues and challenges involved in the burgeoning international medical travel industry.

As of late 2006, Singapore Hospitals have mainly chosen to accredit themselves through Joint Commission International (JCI), a US-based group. This could be part of the reason why JCI has chosen to set up its Asia Pacific office in Singapore in 2006. In time, Singapore Hospitals may look towards other European or Asian-based systems of hospital accreditation in an attempt to broaden their credibility and appeal.