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Over 3,500 Irish travelled abroad for treatment in 2018

Figures released by the HSE, published in breakingnews.ie, show that the popularity of the EU Cross Border Directive scheme has grown significantly since its...

US$1bn IVF opportunity in Middle East and North Africa

A new report by global real estate company, Colliers International, claims that the current global In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) market is estimated to be...

Tijuana hospital closed after US patients infected

According to CNN, 11 Americans who had surgery in Tijuana, Mexico, have returned home with dangerous antibiotic-resistant infections says the US Centers for Disease...

Bumrungrad’s source of foreign patients

According to the Bangkok Post, Bumrungrad Hospital sees about 1.2 million patients a year, with 835,000 coming from Southeast Asia, 18,000 from Europe and...

Improvements will drive medical travel to Thailand

The healthcare sector will be one of the key economic drivers in Thailand in the coming years, with government-led incentives and an increasing private...

Rwanda Military Hospital to reduce medical travel

According to KT Press, Rwanda Military Hospital is set to unveil a state-of-the-art radiotherapy centre that will provide patients with comprehensive cancer care. It...

AI to tackle doctor shortage in China

According to mobihealthnews, China’s biggest healthcare platform, Ping an Good Doctor, will roll out hundreds of thousands of unstaffed ‘One-Minute Clinics’ across the country. Patients...

Pakistan surgeons warn on cheap hair transplant clinics

Hair transplant tourists to Pakistan warned that cheap treatment from unqualified providers could be dangerous. Specialist, qualified hair transplant surgeons in Pakistan have warned that people should...

New report on Muslim travel

The global Muslim travel sector will contribute US$183 billion by 2020, compared to US$148 billion in 2017, according to the ‘Global Economic Impact of...

Singapore Ministry publishes benchmarks for surgery costs

Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) has published fee benchmarks for private sector professional fees for 222 common surgical procedures. Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH)...