Malaysia: quick recovery for medical travel
Analysis from MIDF Research, the research arm of MIDF Amanah Investment Bank, expects Malaysia’s medical travel sector to recover quickly.
MIDF Research has said that...
UAE and Malaysia strengthen medical travel ties
The European Wellness Biomedical Group (EW Group), through its Malaysian subsidiary European Wellness Academie, and Dubai-based healthcare distribution and technology group, AK International, have...
Latvia’s changing inbound medical travel
In 2019, more than 25,000 people from different countries used medical services in Latvia, according to the Latvian Health Tourism Cluster. Most were from...
Medical travel generates US$300 million for Tunisia
Medical tourism generates around US$330 million for Tunisia every year, claims the country’s Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts (ONTT). The authority has suggested that...
USA outbound medical treatment: will Medicare cover it?
As the number of older Americans on Medicare increases, questions arise on access to care when living abroad.
As senior Americans venture overseas whether for...
Cuba builds medical travel promotion
Cuba’s economic tourism revitalisation plan includes health, wellness and medical tourism, and the country says it is ready to welcome tourists again in total...
Hong Kong fully reopens
Hong Kong is finally ending mandatory hotel quarantine for overseas arrivals after more than two years, but with restrictions still in China it is...
Ireland’s €7million cross-border healthcare
Information obtained under the Freedom of Information Act revealed that the Health Service Executive spent €4.9million (US$4.84m) on the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme...
New dental and cosmetic treatment marketplace
BeautyTune.me is a new cosmetic and dental treatment marketplace enabling access to doctors, surgeons, dermatologists and aestheticians across the United States and in several medical...
Egypt aims to establish first integrated city for Alzheimer’s patients
The proposed city in Fayoum, 62 miles south of Cairo, adopts the principle of comprehensive, long-term care, psychologically, socially, environmentally, and medically. It will...