Batam, Riau Islands (ANTARA News) - Indonesian citizens spend trillions of rupiah every year on medical treatment abroad , said a spokesman of the Herbs and Health-care exhibition here on Saturday.

"The Indonesian market (for health-care) is big and very interesting," said Marketing Manager PT IMS Exhibition and Services, Dody when talking about the exhibition of Herbs and Health-care Indonesia which will be held here next month.

According to him, most of the 15 hospitals that will participate in the exhibition are the foreign ones.

Many hospitals from Malaysia and Singapore who participate in the exhibition indicate that Indonesia is good market for the international health-care industries, he cited.

Apart from hospitals, dozens of herbal industries will also take part in the biggest health-care exhibition in Batam city.

In the meantime, head of the Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) of Riau Islands provincial branch, Afrizal Dachlan said that herbal medicine is now becoming a trend in the world health.

(B003/A/HAJM/16:50/a014)

(ANTARA)

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