Travelers from across Asia, including from Indonesia, are making a beeline for Singapore — not to holi

“Reputations are tarnished at all levels” with such scandals, said Josef Woodman, who spent more than five years researching medical tourism and is the author of Patients Beyond Borders

Discouraged by the prospects of not knowing the cost of his surgery in advance, he flew to Penang, Malaysia, where doctors suggested he undergo bypass surgery.

Singapore attracted 665,380 foreign patients in 2009 – a 3% increase on 2008 with 646,000, and 571,000 in 2007.