Kenyan law to reduce referrals abroad

According to The Star, a proposed new bill will mean Kenyans using the public health system will not be allowed to travel abroad for...

Most Kenyan patients who travel abroad go for cancer treatment

According to The Star, Kesses MP Swarup Mishra, the National Assembly health committee vice chair, has said that more than 10,000 Kenyans travel abroad...

How UK healthcare is adopting new technologies

Future digital health will include health apps, health related wearables, artificial intelligence, home monitoring, patient held records and services, ‘Internet of Health Things’ and...

New HK hospital targets international patients

Healthcare services group Clearbridge Health is expanding its primary healthcare presence in Hong Kong with a new and larger clinic in Causeway Bay, to...

Egypt’s Badr City: the largest medical city in the Middle East

According to Egypt Independent, Chairman of Badr City, Ammar Mandour has said that Badr City will be host to the largest medical city for...

2019 sees more Chinese tourists visiting Cambodia

According to Xinhuanet, 1.9m Chinese tourists visited Cambodia 2018, up from 1.2m in 2017, says Cambodian Tourism Minister Thong Khon. This is likely to...

Ping An Good Doctor launches private doctor service for Chinese patients

Ping An Good Doctor, China’s biggest online health care platform, has launched a private doctor service in the Ping An Good Doctor app with...

Fewer Gulf patients hits London hospital revenue

London’s Bupa Cromwell Hospital has reported pre-tax losses of £3.4m as patient numbers continue to decline and staffing costs accelerate. In common with other...

Qualitas expands clinics into Vietnam

Qualitas Medical Group is to grow its Southeast Asian footprint by expanding into Vietnam.The Malaysian-based primary healthcare provider said that it is in the...

BVI budgets to develop medical tourism sector

The new local government in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), a British territory, has allocated US$2.5 million in the budget to develop medical tourism. Premier...