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🇲🇾  Treatment in Malaysia

Hospitals used to international patients, English widely spoken, and public registers of doctors and of specialists you can search by name.

Last reviewed · official reputable

Not medical advice. Whether a treatment is right for you is a decision to take with a doctor or dentist who has examined you. Talk to your own doctor before you book.

EU rules

No

Currency

MYR

Language

Malay, English

Time zone

UTC+8

Treatments in Malaysia: Hair transplant · Dentists: implants and veneers · Weight-loss surgery · Cosmetic surgery · Laser eye and lens surgery

Check a clinic or a doctor in Malaysia

Doctors

Malaysian Medical Council: registered doctors (MeRITS)

Search a doctor by name, place of practice or registration number: shows the type of registration and where they graduated.

Doctors

National Specialist Register: specialist search

Check that the surgeon is registered as a specialist, not only as a doctor.

Dentists

Malaysian Dental Council: search for a practitioner (Ministry of Health)

Choose "Malaysian Dental Council" as the council and the state of the clinic, then search the dentist's name. Dentists must be registered with the council to practise. If you do not find them, ask for their Malaysian Dental Council registration number and a copy of the annual practising certificate.

Accreditation list (not a licence)

Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC): hospitals for international patients (a promotion list, not a licence register)

The national medical travel council's list of hospitals for international patients. Being listed is not a guarantee of the outcome.

Accreditation list (not a licence)

MSQH: accredited hospitals (accreditation, not a licence)

The Malaysian Society for Quality in Health lists the hospitals it has accredited. Accreditation is voluntary: a hospital missing from it can still be licensed.

Doctors: Ask the surgeon for their Malaysian Medical Council registration. Search the Council's MeRITS register by name or place of practice and check that the doctor shows full registration (the search can filter full or provisional), then look the surgeon up in the National Specialist Register to confirm the specialty.

Dentists: Search the dentist in the Malaysian Dental Council's practitioner search (link above).

Rules worth knowing

  • Doctors must be registered with the Malaysian Medical Council, and specialists also on the specialist register: both can be searched by name.
  • The UK Foreign Office notes that government and private hospitals charge for all services and that private care is expensive.
  • Dental treatment: Dentists must be registered with the Malaysian Dental Council, which the Ministry of Health's practitioner search covers.
  • Cosmetic surgery: The Malaysian Medical Council's guidelines on aesthetic medical practice (adopted 21 April 2015) say the doctor must be a registered doctor with recognised aesthetic training processed by the Ministry of Health's credentialling and privileging committee, and must work in a healthcare facility approved under the Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998 or in a government hospital. Ask the doctor for the evidence of that training and the clinic for its licence.

Treatments in Malaysia

Hair transplant in MalaysiaOne trip Dental implants and veneers in MalaysiaOne or two trips, by procedure Weight-loss surgery in MalaysiaAt least 10 days before flying home Cosmetic surgery in MalaysiaAt least 7 to 10 days (by procedure) before flying home Laser eye and lens surgery in MalaysiaUp to 7 days (by procedure) before flying home

Cities where many clinics are

Who licenses the clinics in each city, the regional register where there is one, and the airport. We never rank, review or recommend clinics.

Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · KUL Penang State of Penang · PEN

Official travel advice

Your own government's advice on Malaysia: Ireland (DFA) · France (Diplomatie) · Australia (Smartraveller) · New Zealand (SafeTravel) · Germany (Auswärtiges Amt) · Canada (travel.gc.ca) · United States (CDC travel health) · Sweden (UD, Sweden Abroad) · Norway (UD, regjeringen.no) · Austria (BMEIA) · Switzerland (EDA: choose the country) · Denmark (Udenrigsministeriet) · Finland (UM) · Belgium (SPF Affaires étrangères) · Netherlands (Nederland Wereldwijd) · Singapore (MFA)

Sources

Next review due 25 Jan 2027.