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Pressure on Egypt’s ailing health care system
What you see in Egypt is typical of a health system that has been neglected by the government
Henk Bekedam, the World Health Organization's representative in...
Lithuania rues failure of cross border healthcare
Lithuania expected the EU cross border healthcare directive to deliver many paying patients; it has failed to do so.
It had hoped that by offering...
New online marketplace for domestic and inbound US medical tourism
VoyagerMed has launched an online marketplace for domestic and inbound US medical tourists.
The website makes it easy for Americans to find the best specialist...
First Temos certified clinic in the Baltic region
Medcentras clinic in Vilnius, Lithuania is the first organization in the Baltic region to achieve Temos certification of “Excellence in Medical Tourism”.
Founded in 1995...
Green light for compulsory health insurance in Saudi Arabia
New Saudi health minister Khalid Al-Falih has announced that the pilot scheme for mandatory health insurance for all citizens had been successful.
So mandatory insurance...
Comparing hospital performance and informing patient choice
One of the greatest challenges facing the medical tourism sector is providing comparable information to patients that can help them to make the right...
RAK Hospital developing medical tourism
RAK Hospital in Abu Dhabi seeks to become a destination for medical tourism. The luxury, hotel-style hospital gets 150 patients from abroad each month,...
The EU Directive on Cross Border Healthcare: Update
Some had high hopes that the EU Directive on Cross Border Healthcare would transform the European medical tourism market and provide a much needed...
International tourist arrivals up 4% in the first four months of 2015
Despite war, natural disasters and economic gloom, international tourism grew between January and April 2015 with tourist arrivals increasing 4% worldwide according to the...
Cosmetic medical tourism to come to Turks and Caicos
Many people in the Caribbean region travel for cosmetic surgery to the Dominican Republic.
The Turks and Caicos Islands want to take part of that...
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