US lawsuit targets medical tourist doctors in Mexico

Multi-million dollar class action lawsuit in Arizona seeks damages from doctors in Mexico and agents in Arizona for fraud and negligence. The publicity is...

Healthcare arrangements with Gibraltar and EFTA countries post-Brexit

The UK will maintain the current reciprocal healthcare arrangement between the UK and Gibraltar until 2020. Plans to grant residents from Iceland, Liechtenstein and...

Major new campaign to attract medical tourists to Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi launches a global marketing campaign later this year to establish the city as a medical tourism destination. Highlighted areas include open-heart surgery...

20 hospitals almost ready for international patients, medical tourism visas planned

Egypt’s medical tourism programme will offer cardiac, orthopaedic, eye and other surgeries in the first phase, for 15 Arab and African countries. The Supreme Committee...

New intent to promote health tourism and new spa centres

Inbound tourism to Jamaica is growing. The tourism ministry has a plan to attract five million visitors, generate US$5 billion in tourism earnings and...

Cluster to promote Greek capital as health tourism destination

Inbound tourism to Athens could hit 7 million in 2018. A new promotion will focus on highlighting dental services, ophthalmology, assisted reproduction, cosmetic surgery...

Sri Lankan government considers Wellness Tourism Sector Strategy

Inbound health and medical tourism is at early stages in Sri Lanka, but the Government has identified wellness tourism as a key sector for...

First multi organ transplants in UAE

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi has made history in the UAE in delivering a multi-organ transplant programme. Physicians at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi have made history...

New partnership encourages inbound medical tourism from Brunei

2,000 Bruneians received medical treatment in Malaysia in 2017, particularly for cancer, cardiology and fertility services. A new partnership between MHTC and Brunei group...

Action plan for the development of Azerbaijan health tourism

The Azerbaijan Ministry of Culture and Tourism has developed a draft 'Action Plan for the Development of Health Tourism for 2018-2020.' Health tourism has great...