Medical tourism is under threat in Munich
According to Tourism Review News, the success of the growing medical tourism market in Munich is encouraging illegal house letting. The city authorities are...
Netcare exits UK and expands in South Africa
South Africa’s largest healthcare group, Netcare, has announced that it will return money to investors by way of a special dividend, as well as...
UK government figures on NHS health tourism are debunked
Official figures prove that figures on fraudulent and free health tourism in the UK are misleading.
The UK government has regularly claimed that European immigrants...
US and German hospitals see UK market as key
The US Cleveland Clinic and Germany’s Schoen Clinic, new entrants to London’s private hospital market, remain bullish about the prospects for UK healthcare growth...
UK 24/7 doctor access worldwide
The updated app from doctor on-demand provider ZoomDoc allows patients to book face-to-face GP appointments in addition to its virtual consultations. ZoomDoc says it...
At least two Netherlands IVF clinics to help gay couples and surrogate mothers
According to PinkNews, at least two clinics in the Netherlands will begin offering IVF treatment to gay couples and surrogate mothers from 2019. This...
DHA suspends Iranian hospital
The Dubai Health Authority has issued a notice to insurance companies, instructing them to immediately suspend the Iranian Hospital from all health insurance cover....
33,400 foreign patients treated in the state so far this year
According to the New Straits Times, Sarawak received 33,400 foreign patients in the first nine months of this year, generating RM42.2 million (US$10.1m) in...
50,000 visit Belarus for low cost treatments
According an article on Agrophilia, more than 50,000 medical tourists visited Belarus’s private healthcare centres in 2017. Dental and cosmetic surgery topped the treatment...
Wellness tourism is worth US$639bn, but what do these figures include?
The world wellness tourism market was worth US$639.4 billion in 2017, with an annual 6.5% growth rate which is twice as fast as tourism...
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