Balancing medical tourism and public health
How do governments balance the sometimes conflicting interests of a medical tourism program with the needs of a public healthcare system? Can an investment...
First medical tourism hotel in Bali, Indonesia
A partnership between Courtyard by Marriott in Bali and its neighbour in Nusa Dua, the new Bali International Medical Centre, is expected to see...
Ramsay Sime Darby joint venture targets Asian countries for growth
Ramsay Sime Darby Health Care, a joint venture between Sime Darby's health unit and Ramsay Health Care, expects to expand its hospital network to...
Jamaica argues it is ready for health tourism
In response to John Connell's report on the prospects for medical tourism in the Caribbean, The Jamaican Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) argues that what may...
Sorting out fact from fiction
One of the greatest challenges facing anyone working in the medical tourism sector is working out what is fact and what is fiction. It...
Medical tourism in the Caribbean: a cure for economies in crisis?
A new paper argues that local claims of the potential for medical tourism in Jamaica and other Caribbean islands are unrealistic due to the...
Rwandans travel to Burundi for healthcare
Since a national insurance system was launched in Rwanda, citizens regularly cross the Burundi border to get better, cheaper care.
Rwanda is a poor rural...
China to build three medical tourism resorts
The city of Ruzhou in Henan province is seeking to build a medical tourism resort. The Boyi Group from Taiwan plans a cross-straits Ruzhou...
Cyprus medical tourism: Foreign doctors to operate on foreign patients
Cyprus is aiming to attract more medical tourists through the use of "imported" doctors. The Ministry of Health has granted temporary licenses to doctors...
Belize Medical Tourism Association formed
The new Belize Medical Tourism Association seeks to promote medical tourism to Belize and eventually end the practice of Belizeans going abroad for medical...
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