South Korea has plenty of Botox, but not enough doctors
January 15, 2025
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as posted by the channelSouth Korea's medical tourism business hit a record high of 600,000 visitors in 2023 and is set to get even higher.
On today's episode of the Big Take Asia podcast, we discuss the rise in tourists flocking to Seoul for plastic surgery even as hospitals turn away Koreans seeking basic care
A record 600,000 people traveled to South Korea for medical procedures in 2023, with roughly half of those visiting dermatology and plastic surgery clinics.
On today's Big Take Asia Podcast, host Rebecca Choong Wilkins talks to Bloomberg's Oanh Ha about the rise of the medical tourism industry, and how it’s colliding with a shrinking supply of doctors and a struggling medical system.
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