China’s Boao Super Hospital targets wealthy medical travellers
Boao Super Hospital in South China’s Hainan Province has opened, but the region still has a long way to go before becoming an international...
New state agency promotes Turkey’s health tourism
The Turkish parliament has set up the state-owned International Health Services (USHAS) to promote and regulate health tourism. IMTJ reviews progress of medical tourism...
Singapore ends foreign patient referrals to local hospitals
The Singapore Ministry of Health has said it is putting an end to foreign patient referral contracts and has instructed all public hospitals to...
US medical tourism agency Satori collapses
Satori World Travel, a US medical tourism agency set up by a man imprisoned for fraud against insurers, has collapsed with debts exceeding a...
New Mowasat Hospital gets top international accreditation
New Mowasat Hospital has achieved the highest level of accreditation through the Qmentum International.
New Mowasat Hospital has achieved Diamond, the highest level of accreditation through the...
Hungary promotes health and wellness tourism
According to Balázs Botos of the Ministry for National Economy the central message of the country for the forthcoming years will be "healing Hungary",...
Transplant tourism on the rise, despite high risk
The number of people leaving the USA for transplant tourism is on the rise, despite the high health risks. 75,000 people on active waiting...
Kazakh Government tourism plan encourages health travel sector
Recent amendments to the law on tourism in Kazakhstan seeks to encourage more inbound tourists, stimulate tourist purchasing power, and prioritises ten tourist locations...
Smart City, Malta hospital delayed
A private hospital to attract medical tourists to Smart City in Malta may never be built.
A new 100 million euro private hospital was to...
Good progress report on Estonia’s healthcare
A new report highlights the remarkable progress Estonia has made over recent years. The amount spent by the state health agency to send patients...