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Bumrungrad Achieves GHA’s Covid-19 Certification

Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, is the first hospital in the world to be awarded Global Healthcare Accreditation's Certification of Conformance with COVID-19...

MHTC promotes Malaysia healthcare to the UK

Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) recently held a ‘Malaysia Healthcare Experience’ event in London, UK, with the support of IMTJ. LaingBuisson staff reporter, Kelsey...

Are there now too many digital passports?

The multitude of digital health passports is causing much confusion for medical tourists and destinations. With various governments using different systems, Ian Youngman considers...

Protecting your medical travel brand from COVID-19

In any crisis, communication is important.  Now COVID-19 has plunged the global travel and medical tourism markets into a deep freeze, it has been...

Case study on Indian medical travel agency

Canada’s Ivey Business School has published a case study on an Indian medical travel agency, Vaidam Health. Ivey Business School, University of London, Canada, a...

Are small industries a bad thing?

Ian Youngman has been studying the broader aspects of global tourism, and is fascinated to see the number and variety of existing and new...

How UK healthcare is adopting new technologies

Future digital health will include health apps, health related wearables, artificial intelligence, home monitoring, patient held records and services, ‘Internet of Health Things’ and...

Malaysian medical tourist hospital adds 500 beds

Mahkota Medical Centre Malacca, the largest private hospital in the southern region of Peninsular Malaysia, is investing RM200mil to build a new 500-bed hospital...

Iran shifts gears in promoting medical tourism

Two councils, three sets of permits, a new website and health travel packages are promoting Iran's medical tourism.To organize Iran's medical tourism, a strategic...

Aiming for higher medical travel figures

South Korea is increasingly becoming popular with residents of East Asia seeking medical treatment. The 20,000-patient target for 2008 has already been achieved, and...