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New hospital in Amman to serve medical tourists
According to Roya News, Abdali Medical Center, a new multi-specialty hospital in Amman, Jordan is ready to open in July, 2019 and will serve...
With stricter laws, will more women travel for an abortion?
An article in the Observer looks at the cross-border travel from Poland to Germany for abortion services, and suggests that the new anti-abortion laws...
66 JCI-accredited hospitals in Thailand helps medical travel sector
According to the Thailand Business Review, the country now has the most JCI-accredited hospitals in SE Asia. This, combined with new visas for medical...
Medical tourism agent regulation has not worked in India
After three years, only 14 medical tourism agents in India have been certified.
The National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH) issued rules...
Regulator focuses on Dubai’s surgery centres
The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has given a deadline of 18 months to the 50 local one-day surgery centres to obtain international accreditation and...
EU cross-border healthcare still requires improvement
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has published a special report on EU cross-border healthcare. The verdict: "significant ambitions but improved management required". Ian Youngman...
Abu Dhabi hospitals must issue detailed bills to patients
From May 2019, all health care facilities in the emirate of Abu Dhabi have to issue detailed medical bills for patients, the Abu Dhabi...
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...
Kenyan public hospital now offers weight loss surgery
According to Kenyans.co.uk, Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) has become the first public health care facility in the country to conduct weight reduction surgery. It...
Numbers to Dubai in 2018 lower than 2017
The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) recently stated that 337,011 medical and health tourists visited in 2018 producing revenue of AED1.163 billion (US$317 million) worth...
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