Healthy inbound travel to Europe in 2018

European destinations reported healthy growth in 2018 with rising tourist numbers from China, Russia and the USA, according to the European Travel Commission's latest...

Dubai announces TCM partnership to attract patients

Dubai Healthcare City Authority (DHCA), the governing body of Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC), has launched a partnership with the Traditional Chinese Medicine and Technology...

Investment in Clemenceau Medical Centre’s Dubai project

Dubai Investments has bought a 20% stake in Clemenceau Medical Centre's project planned in phase 2 for the Dubai Healthcare City. Dubai Investments has grown...

How many babies are really born to foreign parents in Canada?

The Federal Government of Canada is studying birth tourism after new research claims that more babies are born in Canada to foreign residents than...

What can Albania offer the medical tourist

Albania is not known as a medical travel destination, however some private healthcare groups in the country are now investing heavily in quality and...

589 foreign patients went to Turkey for kidney or liver transplant surgery

According to the Daily Sabah, some 589 foreign nationals benefited from liver and kidney transplants from live donors in Turkey in 2018. The article quotes Turkey...

UK regulator upholds complaint on breast enlargement advert

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the UK advertising regulator, has upheld a fourth complaint against UK clinic, MYA Cosmetic Surgery for a TV advert...

2,000 foreigners treated in Kazakhstan

According to Kazakh TV, medical tourism to Kazakhstan is increasing, with over 2,000 foreigners receiving treatment in local hospitals in 2018. Many are coming for...

WeDoctor works on integrated healthcare across China

Chinese healthcare innovator WeDoctor has created a healthcare platform focusing on the 70m people in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) of Hong Kong, Macao...

Fewer Zambians being referred abroad

According to allAfrica, modernisation of health facilities and improved capacity to handle complicated ailments in Zambia has reduced the evacuation of patients to other...