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Dubai links health insurance scheme to visa renewal
From August Dubai Health Authority will link health insurance to visa renewal and issuance to ensure company compliance with the mandatory insurance scheme.
No visa...
Pressure on Egypt’s ailing health care system
What you see in Egypt is typical of a health system that has been neglected by the government
Henk Bekedam, the World Health Organization's representative in...
Lithuania rues failure of cross border healthcare
Lithuania expected the EU cross border healthcare directive to deliver many paying patients; it has failed to do so.
It had hoped that by offering...
NHIS resolves to decentralize the operation of health insurance in the country
The National Health Insurance Scheme will decentralize health insurance to the state level.
To deepen the penetration of health insurance in the country, as well...
Recovery of South Korea medical tourism after MERS
Medical tourists are arriving in Korea again after the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome scare ended.
The UAE government halted medical tourism to Korea on June 10 due...
Compulsory health insurance to be introduced for most visitors
Saudi Arabia is introducing compulsory health insurance for all visitors, including medical tourists.
Saudi Arabia is introducing compulsory health insurance for all applicants for entry...
DHA introduces price regulation model for private sector health services
To control escalating healthcare costs, Dubai Health Authority is bringing in a price regulation model for private health services.
To seek to control escalating healthcare...
RAK Hospital developing medical tourism
RAK Hospital in Abu Dhabi seeks to become a destination for medical tourism. The luxury, hotel-style hospital gets 150 patients from abroad each month,...
International tourist arrivals up 4% in the first four months of 2015
Despite war, natural disasters and economic gloom, international tourism grew between January and April 2015 with tourist arrivals increasing 4% worldwide according to the...
Cosmetic medical tourism to come to Turks and Caicos
Many people in the Caribbean region travel for cosmetic surgery to the Dominican Republic.
The Turks and Caicos Islands want to take part of that...
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