SINGAPORE -- The Mount Elizabeth Novena hospital is a sprawling, modern complex just north of Singapore's central business district. Inside, it is packed with small, specialist clinics -- a high-class mega-mall for medicine that serves the local market and well-heeled visitors from around Southeast Asia.
On the seventh floor, a clinic called the Harley Street Heart and Cancer Centre has built a solid business around referrals from overseas, mainly from Indonesia and Vietnam, although some customers travel from as far afield as Mongolia and Russia, usually when they need specialist care or a second opinion.
