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8. In November 2022, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in India and the India-Taipei Association signed
the MOU on Traditional Medicine Cooperation, fostering bilateral collaboration in traditional medicine research,
industry, and talent exchange between Taiwan and India.

● MOU Signing Ceremony on Traditional Medicine Cooperation between Taiwan and India.

Section 4 Internationalization of Medical organizations have been coached to establish a
Services foreigner-friendly environment.
(2) Figure 12-3 shows the number of people
1. Background: We tried to display the advantages
receiving international medical services and the
of our medical care services and quality of care
output value from 2008 to 2021.
through promoting the internationalization of medical
care services so as to advance the development (3) The MOHW's Directions for the Management
of our medical industry and increase international of Medical Institutions Handling Applications by
competitiveness. Foreign Nationals for Medical Care During the
COVID-19 Pandemic came into effect on August
2. Goal: To coach hospitals to establish their key
1, 2020. As of 2022, a total of 1,479 applications
strengths, to develop medical brands, to provide
were received, out of which 762 have been
diversified medical services, and to cooperate
admitted. The aforementioned provisions ceased
with professionals from different industries so as
to be applicable on December 14, 2022.
to expand the innovative strategies for the future
medical industry. (4) Maintaining the Taiwan Medical Travel portal with
six language options: traditional Chinese, English,
3. Achievements:
simplified Chinese, Vietnamese, Bahasa Indonesia
(1) The "Taiwan Task Force for Medical Travel" has
and Bahasa Melayu. As of the end of 2022, it
been founded as the platform for information
accumulated more than 29.90 million views.
exchange and experience sharing. 130

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