Medical tourism statistics: Wellness Tourism 2020 report
Wellness Tourism Worldwide (WTW) has issued the main findings from Phase 2 of the "4WR: Wellness for Whom, Where and What?" project. The full...
Miami hospitals seek medical tourists
Miami, Florida hospitals are partnering with the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau (GMCVB) to market Miami as a destination for international patients. Deloitte...
UAE Health Authority paying for Emiratis to go abroad for treatment
The UAE, and in particular Dubai, invests significantly in promoting the excellence of its health services to try to attract medical tourists. Nevertheless, the...
ISAPS…Patients have a right to safe surgery
The rise in cosmetic medical tourism has put into question the foundation of the patient-doctor relationship and is endangering many who seek low cost...
International standards the key to medical tourism in Indonesia and Malaysia
In Indonesia, the Ministry of Health plans to transform the island's largest hospital, Sanglah Hospital, into an international hospital offering services in accordance to...
India – an international case study on assisted reproductive technologies
India is rapidly becoming a global centre for assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) for a multitude of reasons. A new academic study 'Globalisation of Birth...
Update on Turkish medical tourism
According to Turkey's Ministry of Health, some 500,000 foreigners were treated at Turkish hospitals in 2010; the figure represents a 70% increase since 2007....
Do short term savings outweigh medical tourism’s long term risks?
Two New York academics consider some of the concerns raised in the USA over the development of medical tourism. They raise the question, “Do...
Dolphin therapy for British boy in the Caymans
Rae and Steve Chesney-Beales are parents of a child with autism, Down’s syndrome and global development delay. Frustrated at the lack of results from...
Fortis Healthcare on international acquisition trail in Vietnam
Fortis Healthcare International, the Singapore-based holding company owned by India's billionaire Singh brothers, Malvinder and Shivinder, has agreed to buy a 65% stake in...
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