Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the ground-breaking ceremony of the construction of the Bali International Hospital in Sanur, on Dec 27, 2021. - INDONESIAN PRESIDENTIAL PALACE
JAKARTA (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Indonesia is collaborating with the United States' renowned Mayo Clinic to build an international hospital on Bali island, in a bid to reduce the number of Indonesians seeking treatment abroad and to redirect billions of dollars in their annual medical spending into the local healthcare sector.
The resort island is one of three locations that Indonesia has planned to build international hospitals. The other two locations are capital Jakarta and Medan, the largest city in the country's second most populous island of Sumatra.
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