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Thailand’s BDMS seeks to buy Bumrungrad
Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Public Company Limited (BDMS) has made an unsolicited offer to buy Bumrungrad Hospital.
Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Public Company Limited (BDMS)...
Future trends in medical tourism in the GCC
For many years the GCC countries have been a rich source of income for leading hospitals around the world. Specialist centres in the UK,...
Unclear international standards hold back medical tourism
An array of measurement approaches, standards and regulations are holding back development in the global medical travel sector. Laing Buisson’s Maria D. Georga led...
Health tourism in Iran: from past to present
Why is Iran still relatively unknown as a health tourism destination? Niloufar A’alami, an MBA student in Health Tourism and employee of AriaMedTour, a large medical...
Efforts to improve quality in Dominican Republic
The Dominican Health Tourism Association (ADTS) is working with a number of other ministries and associations to improve healthcare quality in the Dominican Republic...
Progress for Egypt’s universal healthcare
Egypt’s Universal Health Insurance Law introduces three new independent regulatory authorities, which will oversee the effective implementation of the country’s universal health insurance programme....
Less outbound medical travel from Cyprus under new scheme
A new national health insurance scheme in Cyprus comes into effect fully in June 2020. In a healthcare restructure, all locals, residents, expats and...
UK private hospital care outcomes published
Information on infections and health improvement post-surgery is now published, which will help patients considering UK private healthcare. It is the first time that...
Chinese investor delays health destination project in Croatia
Chinese-owned company Zhongya Nekretnine has failed to pay US$2.1 million for Hotel Zagorje in Croatia by the extended December 31 deadline. The company wanted...
Chinese authorities approve JCI as a healthcare accreditor
JCI Accreditation (Beijing) Co. Ltd. (JCIA China) has gained approval from Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People’s Republic of China (CNCA), to provide...
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