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Call for crackdown on illegal medical tourism brokers in South Korea
Korea’s opposition Liberty Korea Party has accused KHIDI of being complacent about the quality of Korea’s medical services for foreign patients, demanding a crackdown...
New healthcare plan covers Saudi hospitals
AXA has launched a new international healthcare plan allowing its members to use hospital networks and cashless facilities within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia....
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...
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...
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,...
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