Dental travellers: “do your homework”
The Irish Dental Association (IDA) has recently advised people seeking treatment abroad to be more discerning before travelling abroad, as dental tourism destinations are...
Scotland opened health tourism consultation
Scots travelling abroad for medical treatment must have "clarity and certainty" over what will be paid for by the NHS, health secretary Nicola Sturgeon...
Myanmar: gradual opening
Myanmar plans to gradually open its borders in 2022, which will allow medical tourists to visit selected countries.
In the past as many as 150,000...
Second medical firm targets the Bahamas
A second company interested in offering health-related services from the Bahamas, boosting efforts to stimulate medical tourism, is expected to submit documentation to the...
New health tourism packages for Thailand
Thailand’s Ministry of Health has introduced three health packages to support the country’s medical tourism marketing and sales campaigns. “Visit Thailand Enhance Your Healthy...
Dignitas founder cleared of profiteering charges
The founder of Swiss assisted suicide organisation Dignitas has been cleared by a Zurich court on charges of profiteering.
Ludwig Minelli, founder of one of...
China medical tourism zone targets Japanese investment
The Hainan Bo’ao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone is promoting favourable investment policies for Japanese businesses.
The policies were promoted at a recent event...
Malaysia’s medical travel marketing network
Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) has probably the biggest medical tourism marketing budget in the world. It has recently announced it will be working...
UK private hospitals to get ratings after independent inspection
For the first time, private hospitals in England will have independent inspections where hotel style ratings will be made public, so helping domestic and...
TK insurance customers in Germany seek quality in treatments abroad
The Wineg-Institute of the Techniker health insurance (TK) has published the fourth annual survey of the TK members about their planned treatments abroad. Most...
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