Influencing UAE patient safety
Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC) plans to launch a national patient safety pledge in partnership with the US-based Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF) to enable healthcare organisations...
Proton therapy in the Czech Republic now available for BUPA UK private patients
Bupa UK now offers access to pencil-scanning technology for the treatment of tumours, due to a new partnership with the Proton Therapy Centre in...
Malaysia announces five-year health travel blueprint
The Health Ministry of Malaysia has launched the Malaysia Healthcare Travel Industry Blueprint 2021-2025 developed by the Malaysian Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) as a guideline for...
Medical tourism reviews: What role should they play in selecting a healthcare provider?
What role should online reviews play in selecting a healthcare provider?
Online reviews of international doctors are proliferating and there is fierce competition for top...
Agreement promotes Costa Rica wellness tourism
The Costa Rica Tourism Board has signed a four-year cooperation agreement with Association Wellness Costa Rica.
The agreement has nine objectives, including the organisation of...
South Korea technology to relaunch medical travel
South Korea is re-launching its medical travel sector by promoting state-of-the-art medical equipment, smart IT-based medical technologies, smart hospitals, and innovative treatments particularly for...
China is ready for international travel
With other sources of medical travellers still unable or unwilling to travel, the return of Chinese medical tourists could result in fierce competition for...
Turkey aims for 100k Russian wellness travellers
Quoted by Anadolu Agency, Thermal Health and Tourism Association head Yavuz Yilik says Turkey’s goal is to host 100,000 Russian tourists travelling for therapeutic...
First sports and wellness cruise ship
US-based Blue World Voyages has launched a new cruise liner concept, dedicated to sports, fitness and wellness. Claiming to have created a new niche...
Prospecting for medical tourists: lucky guess or common sense?
Deciding which country to target for medical travel customers is frequently not well thought through – are you sure you’re looking in the right...
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