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NW Malaysia State Attracts 9,000 Medical Travellers
9,078 people from various countries visited Perak under medical tourism between January and June 2019, said state tourism committee chairman Tan Kar Hing in...
Will transparent pricing encourage US medical tourism?
In the ongoing move towards a patient-driven healthcare system in the USA, the Centres for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing significant new...
What is holding back medical travel to Greece?
Low quality of infrastructure, especially for people with mobility problems, poor public transport services, staff and material shortages, and poor public health organisation are...
Medical tourism cluster could target China
Ukraine and Georgia could create a medical tourism cluster to promote medical services in the markets of Eastern countries, in particular China, says Paata...
Italian healthcare group opens in Romania
Health Italia, one of the largest companies offering integrated healthcare services in Italy, has opened Health Est Europe in Romania. The group sees Romania...
Wait times push more Canadians abroad for treatment
According to the Calgary Herald, an increasing number of Albertans are travelling abroad, especially for hip and knee replacement surgeries. The article also says...
Hair transplant industry in Turkey worth US$1bn
According to the Daily Sabah, an official from the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK) has said that Turkey's hair transplant industry exceeded US$1 billion...
DHA to develop guidelines for need-based investments
The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) is to develop guidelines promoting need-based investments in the health sector. The private healthcare sector provided the DHA with...
Another step to a universal health system in Egypt
Vodafone Egypt, the country’s leading telecom operator, has secured a £100m (US$127m) contract to develop a digital platform to support the country’s new primary...
Increasing Chinese tourists to short-haul destinations
According to Jing Travel, Chinese overseas travel spending dropped 10% in Q1 2019 compared to last year. The article says that despite constituting a...
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