UK’S ROYAL MARSDEN BREAKS £100M PRIVATE PATIENT REVENUE
There is an interesting dynamic going on in the central London private hospital market. While independent hospital revenues are flat to down, revenues in...
The medical tourism axis is shifting
The medical tourism axis is shifting East. Ian Youngman, healthcare and industry analyst, highlights the key points from a new report on Asia Pacific...
Launch of medical tourism chat application
American medical tourism agency PlacidWay has launched what it claims to be the first international patient-provider direct chat application in the medical travel industry.
PlacidWay...
Medical tourism agency targets Ireland’s waiting list
Trasna, a new Irish medical tourism agency is targeting prospective medical travellers on hospital waiting lists, for EU cross border healthcare.
A new Irish medical...
US Affordable Care Act boost to Mexico
In an article in Skift, Josef Woodman, CEO of Patients Beyond Borders, estimates 1.4m Americans engaged in medical tourism in 2017, and that the...
Nigerians spends US$200m on medical travel to India
According to iafrica, Nigerians annually spend US$200m on medical tourism to India. The article says that while India has been a popular option for...
Transplant patients to India must register
According to the Business Standard, India’s Health Ministry has made it mandatory for foreign nationals seeking organ transplant in India to be registered on...
Hungary private healthcare company expands
In an interview in the Budapest Business Journal, Hungary’s FirstMed Managing Director, Dennis Diokno describes plans to open in Italy, and is looking at...
COTRI H1 report identifies destination winners and losers
An article by Jing Travel analyses the latest COTRI Market Report for H1 2018 and offers 10 top Chinese travel takeaways about the current...
Ramsay’s offer for Europe’s Capio accepted
Ramsay Health Care’s offer to buy pan-European healthcare company Capio AB for around €788m (US$899m) has been accepted by 96% of Capio shareholders.
The offer,...