Costa Rica targets Alzheimer patients
High care costs in the United States for patients with Alzheimer’s disease are prompting families to look to other countries, including Costa Rica, as...
New studies of medical tourism in Kolkata and Karnataka
A new Indian study of medical tourism in Kolkata warns that allegations of hospital dumping of medical waste means a proper environmental impact assessment...
Malaysia targets medical tourism from Oman
The Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council is working hard to promote Malaysia as a medical tourism destination for people from Oman. Kavitha Mathuvay from MHTC...
Russia spends $ 58 million to rescue Crimean health tourism
The Russian annexation of Crimea from Ukraine has almost destroyed local health and wellness tourism. As some Western countries do not accept that the...
Transplant tourism from the Middle East to China raises ethical issues
In a recent speech to the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation in Istanbul, Canadian international human rights lawyer David Matas shed light on...
Atum Developments targets growing demand for private medicine in Cyprus
Cyprus can expect growing demand for private health care due to increasing Cypriot expenditures on private health care and favorable trends in global health...
Proton beam therapy case ignites debate on NHS paying for medical tourism
The recent high profile case of British child, Ashya King, has sparked a war of words in the media and on social media between...
Houston becoming a medical tourism destination
Houston becoming a medical tourism destination. Once best known as the Texas home of America's space programme, Houston is now attracting an estimated 20,000...
Asiana Airlines promotes medical tourism to South Korea
Asiana Airlines, one of Korea's flagship carriers, has seen that it can increase business by attracting medical tourists to South Korea. Rather than passively...
New Zealand: Cross-border healthcare covered by insurance
New Zealand has limited medical facilities so it is common for locals to go to Australia for some treatment. A new health insurance from...
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