Thomson Medical Group optimistic for growth
Despite a weak fourth quarter, Thomson Medical Group, Singapore’s second largest healthcare group, has returned to profitability for the year. It plans to grow...
Political elite blamed for outbound flow
The National Association of Resident Doctors in Nigeria (NARD) has blamed outbound medical travel by Nigerians on the nation’s political elite who serve as...
International arrivals will grow 3-4% in 2019
International tourist arrivals grew 6% in 2018, totalling 1.4 billion according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer published January 2019. UNWTO forecasts international...
Health insurance scheme now for 2020
Bahrain’s Health Insurance Law came into force on 1 December 2018. Plans for launch in 2019 have been abandoned with the scheme now scheduled...
New consumer group to help medical tourism scam victims
StopMedicalScams.com is a new US-based consumer group to help people who have been scammed by medical tourism.
A new consumer organisation claims that medical tourism...
Tata AIG’s new insurance policy for medical travel
Tata AIG has launched an insurance policy in India that claims to offer global cover allowing the customer to choose where they are treated...
Payment for Libyan patients in Jordan
The Libyan government will reimburse Jordan’s Private Hospital Association (PHA) US$250 million for medical services received by Libyans in Jordan. Unpaid medical bills accumulated...
New tourism ministry sees market potential
A new tourism ministry has taken over the Cyprus Tourism Organisation and sees medical tourism as having potential. But it comes at a time...
ITB Berlin 2019 pushes medical tourism
The global travel trade show ITB Berlin 2019 will again offer a platform for the medical tourism segment, with a medical tourism pavilion.
For the...
Regulators in China crackdown on poor TCM practice
The State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has urged local TCM authorities across China to thoroughly inspect TCM advertising, training, healthcare services and...
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