Ian Youngman looks at the predictions made back in 2008
Ian Youngman from IMTJ looks at some of the predictions and forecasts for medical tourism that were made in 2008, and the harsh reality...
Michael Horowitz explains why moving into medical tourism may be the wrong move
Caroline Ratner from IMTJ spoke to Dr. Michael Horowitz, a former cardiothoracic surgeon, who runs Medical Insights International a consulting firm with clients throughout...
New medical tourism parks open in Philippines
St. Luke's Medical Center plans to open its second hospital facility in the Metro Manila right at the heart of the country's newest business...
Malaysia can be medical tourism hub
Malaysia has the potential to become a medical tourism hub, says Frost & Sullivan's Dr Pawel Suwinski: "The recent promotion of medical tourism by...
Crackdown on organ transplant medical tourism in China, UK, Egypt and Colombia
China's Ministry of Health is targeting illegal organ transplants, after reports surfaced that some hospitals were illegally doing organ surgeries for foreigners. The ministry...
Hadi Malaeb talks on the growth of medical tourism in the Gulf
Hadi Malaeb, managing partner of Dubai-based Aura Events, the owner and organiser of the World Health Tourism Congress, explains why the demand for medical...
South Korea: medical tourism boosted by changes in regulation
Last year, despite being well-known for cosmetic surgery ,South Korea could not take advantage internationally due to the Medical Service Act that banned the...
Medical tourism in West Africa – Nigeria, Ghana
As part of efforts to develop medical tourism in Cross River, Nigeria, the state government and a consortium of US-based hospital development experts, led...
Florida medical tourism
South Florida is becoming an international destination for health care, and various new initiatives, often led by the medical tourism programme for the Greater...
We speak to Zahid Hamid on the quality of care in medical tourism
This article by Zahid Hamid of Euromedical Tours, a UK based medical travel facilitation business, looks into the stages in the health tourism process,...