Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) President Ashraf Ahmed today said that Bangladesh needs to do better in terms of quality medical services, provide better customer satisfaction, and need to become more reliable both in measurable index and branding.

“In a bid to reverse the trend of outbound medical tourism, we need to outperform in the regional competition. We need to be better in terms of quality   medical services, provide better customer satisfaction and most importantly be more reliable both in measurable index and branding,” he said.

The DCCI President was addressing a seminar on “Reversing the Outbound Healthcare Tourism” held at DCCI auditorium in the capital.

In his opening remarks, Ashraf said that a larger number of middle income households  have been seeking healthcare services abroad. 

While many of the treatments are available locally, but the demand for medical tourism keeps growing unabated, he added.