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SPONSORED FEATURE Reception area of Alpha IVF Kuala Lumpur Reception area of Genesis IVF Penang The go-to destination for healthcare travellers To complement our �agship centre in �uala �umpur, the group has established branches in strategic and easily accessible locations, like Penang and Singapore. As an effect, our centre has become increasingly popular among international patients seeking quality and cost-e�cient fertility treatment. To support overseas travellers, we offer a range of concierge services, including airport pick-up and arrangement of sightseeing tours. Our team of translators, �uent in �nglish, Mandarin, �ahasa Indonesia, and Tamil, ensures that communication between patients and medical staff is seamless. It is no surprise, Genesis IVF, the group’s centre in Penang, has made a name for itself as a top medical tourism destination for treatment of fertility problems. �ocated in the tourist-friendly U��SCO World Heritage site in George Town, Genesis has attracted a large number of overseas patients who now account for more than �0 percent of its patient base. Most of them hail from Indonesia. �We offer a very comprehensive suite of services to our international patients. They include basic IVF/ICSI, social egg freezing, egg and sperm donation, with latest technologies such as PGT (Preimplantation Genetic Testing), and time-lapse monitoring of embryo growth inside the incubator,” said Dr Ng Peng Wah, the medical director of the centre. ��enesis staff are friendly, sympathetic, and wellversed in the Indonesian language. Our nurses offer problem-solving and counselling via the internet and phone even after o�ce hours. Compared with other centres in Malaysia and Indonesia, our services are very cost-effective and, thanks to our high success rates, Genesis has become very attractive and popular, especially among Indonesians,” he said. Genesis is the largest fertility centre in northern Malaysia, he added, with a capacity to do up to 2,500 IVF cases per year. �A key strength of �enesis is our staff. Our clinicians, nursing counsellors, and embryologists all have long and extensive experience in the infertility field.� With �� years of experience in the field of fertility, Dr Ng has dedicated his professional life to improving women’s reproductive health. Assisted by an expert team of nurses and embryologists, Dr Ng has successfully helped several thousand sub-fertile families over the years. “I believe in helping people from all walks of life. �very couple deserves to build a family of their own, and I’m committed to their dream come true,” he said. One-stop comprehensive care The group also includes Alpha IVF Centre & Alpha Women’s Specialists, a one-stop fertility centre in the heart of Singapore. “We believe strongly in the “Lab to Cradle” concept, where we provide “one-stop” comprehensive care extending from outpatient consults, tests, and IVF treatment to antenatal care after pregnancy,” said Dr Tan Heng Hao, the centre’s medical director. “This purpose-built centre provides a ‘one stop’ concept, where we strive to reduce the hassle for our patients. All our doctors, nurses, embryologists, and counsellors are stationed in-house, and this translates to less travelling, inconveniences, and stress for our patients as they transit between clinic visits and procedures.” 18 SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2020 GlobalHealthAsiaPacific.com