Rising healthcare costs discourage travel to Singapore

According to Singapore Business Review, a new report by RHB Research says that the rising cost of healthcare in Singapore is increasingly diminishing the...

Chinese travellers to Korea rose 37.6% year-on-year

Statistics from the Korea Tourism Organization, and published by Jing Travel show that Chinese visitor numbers rose 37.6% year-on-year in October 2018, sustaining the...

UK legal system may impact who goes abroad for surrogacy

According to BioNews, a new study into the experience of British families undertaking surrogacy arrangements has shed light on the reasons some seek a...

62% of private IVF clinic customers feel ripped off

HFEA’s first ever national fertility patient survey shows that 62% of patients whose most recent treatment was at a private IVF clinic said they...

State government plan for Hainan’s medical travel

According to China Daily, the National Development and Reform Commission, which has broad administrative and planning control over the Chinese economy, has announced a...

Birmingham hub launches medical concierge service

According to ITIJ, the Edgbaston Medical Quarter in Birmingham, UK, has launched a patient pathway to provide a door-to-door service to international private patients...

Over 3,500 Irish travelled abroad for treatment in 2018

Figures released by the HSE, published in breakingnews.ie, show that the popularity of the EU Cross Border Directive scheme has grown significantly since its...

US$1bn IVF opportunity in Middle East and North Africa

A new report by global real estate company, Colliers International, claims that the current global In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) market is estimated to be...

Will TCM move centre stage in global health tourism?

At the end of 2018 the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies agreed a global set of principles and practices for Chinese medicine practitioners....

Tijuana hospital closed after US patients infected

According to CNN, 11 Americans who had surgery in Tijuana, Mexico, have returned home with dangerous antibiotic-resistant infections says the US Centers for Disease...