SIX months after reopening its borders, Malaysia is seeing a return of foreign patients seeking medical care, say healthcare providers. “[Since April 1,] we have seen an increasing trend of health tourists coming to seek treatment at Sunway Medical Centre. In August, we saw more than five times the growth of health tourist numbers in our hospital compared with April, with over 31,000 international patient visits recorded from January to July,” Sunway Healthcare Group managing director Datuk Lau Beng Long tells The Edge.