A new top of the range private health centre is due to open at the beginning of 2009 at the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel in China. The facility will offer many services to those wishing to take advantage of their private medical insurance policy, including surgical procedures like cardiology, dermatology and cosmetic treatments. With access to brand new, state of the art equipment such as MRI scanners, and ophthalmologic laser and digital mammography technology, it is no wonder that patients and its 50 strong medical staff will be travelling from all over the world to use the clinic.

The centre is based in the city of Macau, which already attracts many tourists to its fine array of hotels, restaurants and casinos. The opening of the new Malo clinic will undoubtedly bring medical tourists to the area as well. Medical tourism has become a booming industry in the past few years, with private health insurance customers flocking all over the globe to hotspots like Thailand, Malaysia, India and Hong King. Cash plan medical insurance policies, like those offered by Freedom Healthnet give customers the choice as to where they receive their treatment, be it in a private hospital here in the UK or abroad, or even in an NHS centre if they wish. This type of private health cover gives policy holders a lump sum to put towards the cost of treatment, rather than paying for it directly. Freedom Healthnet customers could be the first in the queue at the new Malo Centre to receive their medical care in luxury when it opens next year.