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Good progress for Dubai medical tourism

Dubai treated 260,000 domestic and inbound medical tourists in the first half of 2015. Within the latest medical tourism figures from the Dubai Health Authority is...

French government to stimulate inbound medical tourism

Health and foreign ministries working to promote French healthcare abroad and cut red tape for foreigners. France wants to open its hospitals to private medical...

Universal health insurance finally on it’s way, in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan is preparing for the introduction of compulsory health insurance to replace government payments for healthcare from general taxation. After many years of promises, Azerbaijan...

Georgia region endorses Turkish hospital

One of the biggest private hospitals in Turkey, Emsey Hospital, and Georgia's Autonomous Republic of Adjara have launched a joint physician exchange program, through...

Entrepreneurship in Oklahoma City leads to medical tourism

Oklahoma City has become a medical tourist destination, according to Dr. Keith Smith: “Oklahoma City has become a major medical tourist destination because of...

State medical tourism proposal

Senate health policy chairman Aaron Bean wants to pitch Florida as a place for people to go for medical care. Bean has filed a...

Malaysia strives to be top Asian medical tourism destination

Malaysia is aiming to surpass Thailand and Singapore to become the top medical tourist destination in South-east Asia by 2020. Sherene Azura Azli of Malaysia...

Public officials spent N2 billion on medical trips in 2014

Public officials travelling abroad for medical care in 2014 cost Nigeria N198.95 billion ($1 billion), says the Federal Ministry of Health. Most of the...

Health City opens Cayman’s first sleep laboratory for the Caribbean

Health City Cayman Islands has opened Cayman’s first sleep laboratory aimed at diagnosing and treating people with sleep disorders. Dr Archita Joshi-Bhatt at HCCI comments,...

Healthcare platform launches cross border information portal

Chunyu, China’s leading online healthcare platform, has launched a cross-border service as more Chinese medical tourists are heading to the US, Japan and South...