US Mayo Clinic to operate one of UAE’s largest hospitals

Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA) has partnered with US non-profit organisation Mayo Clinic to operate one of the largest hospitals in the UAE. The...

Is the patient flow reversing for the UAE?

Dr Atul Aundhekar, CEO of UAE healthcare group Avivo is quoted in an article in ITIJ saying that outbound medical travel from the UAE...

Health insurance plan offers Canadians treatment abroad

VUMI Canada, in partnership with Humania Assurance, is offering a new product for the Canadian market. Prestige VIP is an international private medical insurance...

xDubai targets 500,000 medical tourists by 2021

The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has announced a target for 2021 of 500,000 medical tourists, half from within the UAE, and half from elsewhere....

The fall of Ireland’s MSC Eurocare

MSC Eurocare was a medical tourism agent helping Irish patients to skip long waiting lists by going to Europe using the EU Cross-Border Directive...

Dubai targets 500,000 medical tourists by 2021

The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has announced a target for 2021 of 500,000 medical tourists, half from within the UAE, and half from elsewhere....

FICCI Identifies Leaders In India’s Medical Travel Sector

The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) has announced the winners and runners up in their 2019 awards for medical tourism...

International patients are not all medical tourists

Medical tourism data often incorrectly count all international patients as medical tourists. According to the International Migrant Stock 2019, a dataset released by the...

Ethiad-Cleveland Clinic collaboration to promote Abu Dhabi

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, and Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi have signed a collaboration agreement to promote Abu Dhabi as a...

Chinese investment boosts healthcare in Ethiopia

A Chinese-invested high-standard hospital, named Addis Ababa Silk Road General Hospital, has been inaugurated in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. Some Ethiopian patients who want...