Plans for free IVF for Hungarians

According to BioNews, Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orban has announced that Hungary will be providing free IVF to couples to combat the country's declining birth...

Saudi German Hospital and Mayo to offer services

The Saudi German Hospital in Riyadh has partnered with US non-profit organisation Mayo Clinic to provide healthcare services in Saudi Arabia.  Critical cases will...

Hotels now compete with spas and gyms

Hotel group Accor has published a white paper dedicated to wellness in the hospitality industry. It claims that hotels now compete with spas and...

Visa cancellation helps medical travel from Ukraine

According to an article in Interfax-Ukraine, in 2019, Ukraine patients still preferred travelling abroad for oncology and cardiac treatments, including to Poland, Germany and...

Brexit has happened. Will it impact UK medical travel?

The UK has left the European Union, so what does this mean for the future of cross-border healthcare, outbound from and inbound medical tourism...

Private hospital acquisition in Columbia

Quirónsalud, the largest private hospital group in Spain and part of Fresenius Helios, has made another acquisition in Columbia, making it one of the...

IVI-RMA to expand in Middle East, Asia and Europe

Alternative asset manager Gulf Capital, which acquired IVI-RMA’s Middle Eastern clinics for more than US$100m, has announced a three-year growth plan to triple the...

Is the medical tourism sector prepared?

Tourism is more resilient than ever according to research by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and Global Rescue published at the end of 2019,...

What could harm the international patient experience?

Creating a positive experience is important for all patients, but medical travellers are a particularly vulnerable group due to the added challenges they face...

US$2,800 average spend per international patient

The Vice President of the Ukrainian Association of Medical Tourism (UAMT), Ihor Torsky, has been quoted in an article in Interfax-Ukraine saying that the...