Doctors-Turned-Entrepreneurs Seek Pan-Asian Ophthalmology Chain – Bloomberg

“From the demographics perspective, it is a growing market
because ophthalmology concentrates mainly in aging
populations,” said Wong, 48, who was a fellow at

Health-care expenditure in the Asia-Pacific region will
increase at a compound annual growth rate of 10.5 percent from
2012 to 2018 to reach $2.2 trillion, according to consulting
firm

are increasing patient awareness of
their illnesses and the best way to seek treatments, providing a
boost for specialist health-care centers, Wong said.

About one in 10 people in Singapore are 65 or older, while
about 5.5 percent of Malaysia’s 30 million population falls into
that age group, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

A group of overseas-trained doctors started ISEC’s clinic
in Kuala Lumpur in 2007, seeking to fill a gap in Malaysia where
most of the major eye-care institutions were owned by the
government or run by non-governmental organizations, Wong said.

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