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India’s Hospals funding for expansion
According to TechOBSERVER, India’s medical tourism online platform Hospals has received a US$1.5m injection of funds for growth and expansion in India, the Middle...
Patients travel to India, Pakistan, Turkey and Iran
In an article in the Tehran Times, Wahid Majrooh, International Relations Director and Spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan says that...
Threats to Dubai’s cosmetic surgery market
According to Gulf News, intense competition and the sheer number of players in Dubai’s cosmetic surgery market is pushing both down both the price...
Wellness tourism a key strategic sector for Sri Lanka
The Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) has identified health and wellness tourism services as a key sector to promote, in terms of foreign exchange earnings. ...
Call for crackdown on illegal medical tourism brokers in South Korea
Korea’s opposition Liberty Korea Party has accused KHIDI of being complacent about the quality of Korea’s medical services for foreign patients, demanding a crackdown...
New healthcare plan covers Saudi hospitals
AXA has launched a new international healthcare plan allowing its members to use hospital networks and cashless facilities within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia....
UK’S ROYAL MARSDEN BREAKS £100M PRIVATE PATIENT REVENUE
There is an interesting dynamic going on in the central London private hospital market. While independent hospital revenues are flat to down, revenues in...
Medical tourism agency targets Ireland’s waiting list
Trasna, a new Irish medical tourism agency is targeting prospective medical travellers on hospital waiting lists, for EU cross border healthcare.
A new Irish medical...
Launch of medical tourism chat application
American medical tourism agency PlacidWay has launched what it claims to be the first international patient-provider direct chat application in the medical travel industry.
PlacidWay...
US Affordable Care Act boost to Mexico
In an article in Skift, Josef Woodman, CEO of Patients Beyond Borders, estimates 1.4m Americans engaged in medical tourism in 2017, and that the...
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