800,000 medical tourists to Malaysia in 2022
The Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) has revealed that Malaysia had a total of 800,000 medical tourists in 2022. It is also arguing for...
Compulsory health insurance for all tourists to Oman
A compulsory health insurance scheme will apply to tourists and medical tourists to Oman in 2020.
The system aims to provide affordable health insurance to...
Egypt aims to establish first integrated city for Alzheimer’s patients
The proposed city in Fayoum, 62 miles south of Cairo, adopts the principle of comprehensive, long-term care, psychologically, socially, environmentally, and medically. It will...
China’s Boao Super Hospital targets wealthy medical travellers
Boao Super Hospital in South China’s Hainan Province has opened, but the region still has a long way to go before becoming an international...
Compulsory health insurance in Bahrain
Bahrain has announced a new system to provide basic health care for private sector workers. Health Minister Sadiq Al Shehabi says the system now...
Chinese travel to Thailand restarts
There are positive signs for the medical tourism sector as China will soon allow tour groups to visit Thailand, which will lead to more...
Hospitals need agencies to drum up business
Hospitals in Dubai are seeking help from external agencies to attract medical tourists as the strong dirham deters overseas patients. The number of British...
France opens to non-EU travellers from June
France is set to reopen borders to non-EU travellers and medical travellers from June 9.
All visitors to the country will need a health passport...
Medical travel insurance is key
Offering medical travel insurance to international patients is fast becoming an inseparable part of the customer experience explains Klaudia Futyma, Patient Advisor, at medical...
Inbound medical travel to Latvia banned
All Latvian hospitals have restricted scheduled inpatient and day-patient services, on government orders; medical tourism is banned.
Anticipating a rise in the number of hospitalised...
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