Medical Tourism: Affordable Bariatric Surgery in the USA
September 10, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Self Paying weight loss surgery patients across North America now have a new choice, thanks to the tie-up between Medical...
Malaysian medical tourism statistics
The Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board (MTPB, Tourism Malaysia) is embarking on a three-year project to collect market data on health tourism, as the country...
Medical tourism conferences and roadshows in the Middle East
India's Ministry of Tourism (MoT) will organise medical tourism road shows in the Middle East this October, in a bid to increase medical tourism...
Health Travel Industry Research Society of Thailand launches
The Health Travel Industry Research Society of Thailand (HTRIS), a non-profit, private sector initiative, has been established focusing on Thailand's international health travel industry,...
CHKS: International hospital accreditation services
The international market for UK based accreditation agency CHKS continues to expand in some interesting directions. Having established a strong foothold in Europe over...
UK cosmetic surgery company acquires share in Mills and Mills, Spain
The UK's second biggest cosmetic surgery provider, The Hospital Group has acquired a controlling share in Mills and Mills, a medical tourism company in...
India now wants dental tourists and Arab visitors
Indian dentists want a share of the medical tourism pie. Cities such as Chennai, popular with foreigners for its low-cost heart and eye surgery,...
Malaysia can be medical tourism hub
Malaysia has the potential to become a medical tourism hub, says Frost & Sullivan's Dr Pawel Suwinski: "The recent promotion of medical tourism by...
Crackdown on organ transplant medical tourism in China, UK, Egypt and Colombia
China's Ministry of Health is targeting illegal organ transplants, after reports surfaced that some hospitals were illegally doing organ surgeries for foreigners. The ministry...
New medical tourism parks open in Philippines
St. Luke's Medical Center plans to open its second hospital facility in the Metro Manila right at the heart of the country's newest business...