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More medical tourists are going to Vietnam, as are expatriates

Vietnamese hospitals and fertility clinics are attracting patients from many countries. Vietnamese hospitals and fertility clinics are attracting patients from many countries, although there is...

Continuous quality management in Dental clinics

Quality management in hospitals is common and standard in many parts of the world. Internationally recognized quality accreditation and certification is also common and...

Kuwait succeeds in reducing outbound medical tourism

The Ministry of Health is following its health reform agenda and is reducing outbound medical tourism. Having brought in new procedures in 2014, the ministry...

Penang had half of all medical tourist arrivals for Malaysia in 2014.

Penang had half of the total medical tourist arrivals for Malaysia in 2014. Seri Dr Hilmi Yahya of the Ministry of Health says, " 1000...

Growth of medical tourism to Finland is slow

Finland's new medical tourism is growing slowly, but is dependent on Russian business, and tourism from Russia to Finland has fallen by a quarter...

More Chinese Travel Abroad For Medical Treatment

More Chinese are travelling abroad for medical treatment, with the USA becoming particularly popular. More Chinese nationals have become wealthy enough to afford medical...

Compulsory health insurance in Bahrain

Bahrain has announced a new system to provide basic health care for private sector workers. Health Minister Sadiq Al Shehabi says the system now...

Language barriers: A challenge for optimal health care abroad?

Dr Heidi Kaspar, is currently conducting ethnographic research on international medical travel to Delhi. In this article she highlights the importance and role of...

Orapa Mine Hospital in Botswana accredited again

Orapa Mine Hospital in Botswana has achieved international COHSASA accreditation for the fourth year in a row, this year with a 99% score. Orapa Mine...

Australian insurer launches dental tourism travel insurance

Small Australian travel insurer Go Insurance has launched a dental tourism travel insurance to cover problems. It does not pay for the original dental...