Would you travel abroad for plastic surgery?

IMTJ Keith Pollard -
… was the question asked by the UK’s Daily Mirror of its readers, following the recent death of a British woman in a cosmetic...

What threat does Ebola pose to medical tourism?

IMTJ Ian Youngman -
Ian Youngman, author of “MedicalTourism: Facts and Figures 2014” questions the effect that Ebola might have on medical tourism and how the subject should...

Sri Lanka plans to promote medical tourism

IMTJ IMTJ Team -
Sri Lanka plans to promote medical tourism to support a 20 billion dollars export target in year 2020. Sujatha Weerakoone of the Export Development...

Suicide Tourism In Switzerland Targets Patients Who Are Not Terminally Ill

IMTJ IMTJ Team -
A recent magazine feature suggests that the business of “assisted suicide” is now attracting people who are not terminally ill. In Switzerland, the numbers...

AXA launches cross- border insurance plans in Africa and Australasia

IMTJ IMTJ Team -
While medical tourism linked insurance has not yet happened, and shows few signs of being important to health insurance in the future, an increasing...

Apollo Hospitals looks to the Gulf

IMTJ IMTJ Team -
India’s Apollo Hospitals group is getting more patients from the UAE, Qatar and Oman. It sees huge potential in the GCC and the greater...

Slow progress in medical tourism plans in the Bahamas

IMTJ IMTJ Team -
IMTJ has published several reports on plans for medical tourism to the Bahamas, but these plans have yet to bear fruit. A local surgeon...

UAE simplifies the visa process for medical tourists

IMTJ IMTJ Team -
he UAE has an amended visa policy with new options for medical tourists. Under the new rules, a medical treatment visa costs Dhs550, with...

Slow progress in medical tourism plans in the Bahamas

IMTJ IMTJ Team -
IMTJ has published several reports on plans for medical tourism to the Bahamas, but these plans have yet to bear fruit. A local surgeon...

Clinics and hospitals given right to operate hotels in South Korea

IMTJ IMTJ Team -
The government in South Korea has changed the law to allow clinics and hospitals to own and operate hotels, to help promote medical tourism....
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