Guide
Getting a full-body health checkup in Taiwan from Canada
Updated · Vantage Bridge Health
What a Taipei health checkup includes, how long to stay, how to prepare, travel and visa basics, and how results are handled once you are home in Canada.
Why Canadians choose Taiwan for screening
Taiwan has a highly regarded health system and a long tradition of comprehensive preventive checkups, often called executive or full-body health checks. Large Taipei clinics are set up to screen many people a day with modern imaging and endoscopy equipment, so tests that involve long waits at home, such as a colonoscopy, MRI or CT, can be done within days.
Because the clinic is built around screening, most of it is completed in a single visit: blood work, ultrasound, scopes, imaging and physician consultations happen in one place, one after another.
What a full-body checkup usually includes
A core screening covers a physical exam, eye and hearing checks, chest X-ray, ECG, abdominal ultrasound, a broad blood panel (cholesterol, blood sugar, thyroid, liver, kidney, hepatitis and tumour markers) and urine and stool tests.
From there you can add sedated gastroscopy and colonoscopy, heart imaging, low-dose lung CT, whole-body MRI, women's health screening, and specialist tests such as hormone, gut or genetic panels. Our test pages describe each option in plain language.
How long to stay
Plan on about three nights in Taipei: one day to arrive and adjust, one clinic day, and a buffer day to rest, especially after sedation. Direct flights from Vancouver take roughly 12 to 13 hours, and Taipei is 15 to 16 hours ahead of Pacific time depending on the season.
Many clients extend the trip to see more of Taiwan once the screening is done.
Before you travel
Canadian passport holders can currently visit Taiwan visa-free for short stays, but check the latest entry rules with Taiwan's Bureau of Consular Affairs before you book. Bring a list of your current medications and any recent test results or reports from your own doctor.
You will receive written preparation instructions. Expect to fast overnight before clinic day, and if you are having a colonoscopy, to follow a low-residue diet and bowel preparation the day before.
On clinic day
An English-speaking escort meets you and stays with you from registration to the final consultation. Tests are scheduled in sequence, so there is little waiting between them. If you are sedated for scopes, you rest at the clinic afterwards and are taken back to your hotel; you should not drive or sign important documents for the rest of the day.
After you get home
Your full report follows after you return. A physician explains it to you in English, and we help you share it with your family doctor in Canada and arrange any follow-up tests or specialist care.
Elective screening abroad is usually not covered by provincial health plans, but some private and employer plans reimburse part of the cost. Ask your insurer, and ask us for itemised documents.
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This guide is general information, not medical advice. Your test plan is confirmed with a physician.