Baja potential on health tourism
A study by the Tourism Observatory of Baja California says the state could attract hundreds of thousands of visitors from California whose purpose of...
Philippines hospitals accredited, by relaxing the requirements
For many years hospitals and accreditation bodies have been accused that not having enough accredited hospitals is a key reason why medical tourism in...
New Zealand: Cross-border healthcare covered by insurance
New Zealand has limited medical facilities so it is common for locals to go to Australia for some treatment. A new health insurance from...
Unions oppose medical tourism in Korea
Over 400 employees at one of the biggest public hospitals in South Korea, Seoul National University Hospital launched a two-day strike demanding the government...
Government opposition to medical tourism in Nigeria
The Niger State government has resolved to stop outbound medical tourism outside the country and entered into a partnership with Primus Hospital based in...
New study highlights impact of medical tourism on domestic healthcare
Are Indonesians travelling as medical tourists to Malaysia helping the destination country at the expense of the Indonesian healthcare system? According to a new...
New medical tourism hospital in Puerto Penasc, Mexico
Sandy Beach Medical Center and US hospital group AMERIMED have joined forces to build a full service medical tourism hospital in Puerto Penasc. Puerto...
Medical tourism agents in Malaysia should become patient navigators
Meghann Ormond of Wageningen University has presented an academic paper, on Academia.edu:"Intermediaries, facilitators, agents, guides: Steering international medical travel to Malaysia" and presented it...
UK patients benefit from “reverse medical tourism”
When there are a substantial number of peoplefrom one country or group of countries, rather than them going overseas to gettreatment, dentists and others...
Compulsory health insurance for all visitors to Qatar
All visitors to Qatar are now required to buy health insurance from Seha for the duration of their stay in the country as part...