But the proportion of Maldivians travelling for medical treatment is declining.
Support for the president's economic policy came during a much-publicised panel discussion on state TV.
A young man injured in a motorbike crash was billed MVR350,000 (US$22,700) by the private Tree Top hospital.
Aasandha is the Maldives' universal health care system.
Reserves at the Maldives Monetary Authority readily available for use in the foreign currency exchange market declined by US$1.5 million in July as the central bank...
A 57-year-old victim of a heart attack from the island of Milandhoo in Shaviyani atoll died yesterday before boarding a plane to the capital after an...