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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...
Apollo comes to Dubai and Bahrain
Apollo Hospitals Group, India’s largest hospital chain, has signed two international deals to bring its expertise to Dubai and Bahrain.
Under the first deal, Apollo...
Telehealth for Chinese patients from BDMS
Ping An Good Doctor has launched an overseas video consultation service for second opinions for Chinese patients, with Bangkok Dusit Medical Services (BDMS), Thailand’s...
Amazon uses domestic medical tourism to save money
To control costs, Amazon is paying employees in the USA to travel within the country, to select hospitals and doctors. One of the first...
Plans for a leading international medical centre for 2021
West China Hospital of Sichuan University will build a new hospital in Chengdu, Sichuan, for Rmb4bn (US$568.4m). The Chengdu Management Committee of Tianfu New...
Wellness will become a central factor for the hotel sector
According to 'The Future of Wellness in Hospitality' a report by commercial real estate agency Avison Young; the concept of wellness in hospitality is...
Rochester: a global medical travel destination?
The Destination Medical Centre (DMC) in the USA is a 20-year economic development initiative and the largest in Minnesota’s history. It has high ambitions...
Bumrungrad targets LBGTQ patients from the USA.
Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand has offered services to international patients, starting long before the concept of medical tourism became globally popular. It...
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