POPPY Fransica, 43, had a rather discomforting experience. The principal of Don Bosco High School in Padang felt a pain in her leg a few years ago. She went to a hospital in her city where the doctor diagnosed rheumatism. But the doctor was not sure of the type of rheumatism, because he said that there are hundreds of types of rheumatism, she said.

This uncertainty made Poppy turn to the Mahkota Medical Center in Malacca, Malaysia. Her choice of