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Fortis and Apollo dominate India’s medical travel awards 2018
According to Newspatrolling, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has announced the winners of their FICCI Medical Travel Value Awards 2018, which...
Free eye surgery in Holland for Irish patients
A medical travel eye treatment specialist that is run by a charity in Ireland is promoting free eye surgery in Holland to citizens living...
More Irish traveling within EU for treatment
According to the Irish Times, HSE figures show that 2,234 Irish patients used the EU cross-border healthcare directive in the first eight months of...
Germany’s Medigo offers medical travel insurance
German medical concierge company Medigo has expanded into health insurance, covering cancer treatment, neurosurgery, heart surgery and organ transplants at hospitals worldwide. The product...
Rapid growth in city tourism
A new World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) report identifies the top 10 cities by tourism market revenue size. Shanghai, Beijing and Paris are...
Legal action against US stem therapy claims
A US federal agency legal case has found that the defendants lacked scientific evidence to prove their 'amniotic stem cell therapy' could treat or...
Is Asia’s IHH now treating the most medical travellers worldwide?
The Competition Commission of India has approved the takeover of Fortis Healthcare by Asia’s largest private healthcare group, IHH Healthcare. Along with further expansion...
UK BAAPS launches pre-op psychological screening tool
Concerns that vulnerable patients are seeking cosmetic surgery when mental health issues suggest they should not has led the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) to develop...
US medical tourist dies after treatment in Mexico
A US medical tourist has died after cosmetic surgery at the RinoCenter clinic in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico went wrong. Health inspectors and Mexican prosecutors...
Iran medical tourism “highest growth” sector
In an article in the Tehran Times 4.7m foreign tourists arrived in the first seven months (starting March 21). Iran’s tourism chief is quoted...
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