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Possible medical hotel for Antigua
The government of Antigua and Barbuda has verbally approved construction plans for a modern medical hotel in Coolidge, starting December 2019. The objective of...
2m international patients to Turkey by 2030
The Turkish Ministry of Health has set a target for 2030 of 2 million international patients. It’s wise to treat this with caution: data...
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi 16% increase in international patients
In a press release, the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi has said it saw an increase of more than 16% in the number of international...
Could visa rules deter medical tourists?
Understanding the variety of visa-free, e-visa and visa-on-arrival rules by nation is something that medical tourism businesses and countries must begin to grasp and...
Medical tourism in Singapore “no longer a priority”
According to an in-depth article in the Sunday Times part of The Straits Times, Farrer Park Hospital, Singapore's first US$800m "mediplex" comprising a private...
First for-profit hospital in Korea killed off
Local government and resident pressure in Korea have killed off Greenland International Medical Centre, the country's first foreign owned for-profit hospital.
The Jeju Island case...
US$436m target for healthcare tourism
According to the Malay Mail, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad has recently stated that Malaysia aims to generate up to RM1.8 billion (US$436m)...
An industry on shaky ground?
A new report on the hidden costs of tourism warns the industry is on a shaky foundation in many destinations and problems of over-tourism...
Funding for China’s ‘Facebook for plastic surgery’
Beijing-based SoYoung, China’s largest online medical aesthetic marketplace, has raised funds via an IPO on Nasdaq.
Founded in 2013, the unicorn, which is often called...
Libyans travel to Tunisia for treatment
According to an article in the Libya Chronicles, a wave of Libyans have travelled to Tunisia for medical care since the revolution in 2011....
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