Income disparity restricts access to Ireland’s private healthcare

Thousands of people in Ireland are in a health twilight zone because they are above the income threshold for a medical card but cannot...

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...

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...

Jordan’s potential as medical travel destination

According to the Jordan Times, King Abdullah has urged the private sector to drive medical travel to Jordan, while the public sector facilitates the...

New study compares risks of travel to global destinations

How risky is it to be a medical tourist? Ian Youngman analyses a new global risk travel map and says that businesses and organisations...

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...