MEXICO: Mexicali Healthcare partners with Health Travel Technologies to manage medical travel operations
MEXICO: Mexicali Healthcare partners with Health Travel Technologies to manage medical travel operations Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:29:06 GMT Health Travel Technologies, a technology and services platform for medical travel management, has signed an agreement with Mexicali Health Care to provide the technology infrastructure for managing its international patient operations. Mexicali Health Care was formed […]
PAKISTAN: Pakistan government keen on medical tourism
PAKISTAN: Pakistan government keen on medical tourism Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:04:43 GMT A sudden government interest in health tourism to prop up a national tourism industry with problems is an increasingly familiar refrain. The latest in this growing list of countries with little existing inbound medical tourism is Pakistan. More than 2,000 people have […]
CUBA: Is Cuba ready for American medical tourists?
CUBA: Is Cuba ready for American medical tourists? Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:11:04 GMT The island of Cuba, just 90 miles from Florida’s coast, has had a fifty year dispute with the USA.The cash-strapped state has suffered from an embargo that prevents trade with the US. But with a new president, a new day may […]
USA, COSTA RICA: Costa Rica clinics receive accreditation from AAAASF
USA, COSTA RICA: Costa Rica clinics receive accreditation from AAAASF Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:36:13 GMT The news that three Costa Rican clinics have just received accreditation from the AAAASF may lead you to ask, who? The American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (AAAASF) was established in 1980 to develop an accreditation program […]
EUROPE: European Medical Travel Conference 2010 announced
EUROPE: European Medical Travel Conference 2010 announced Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:45:25 GMT A major European medical travel conference will remind the world that every year, millions of medical tourists and health travelers go to, from or within Europe. The European Medical Travel Conference 2010 in Venice will focus on a sector of the medical […]
PHILIPPINES: Plans to develop medical tourism
PHILIPPINES: Plans to develop medical tourism Thu, 12 May 2011 15:49:13 GMT Cebu Doctors’ University Hospital (CDUH) has obtained international accreditation, a development to boost medical tourism. CDUH is the first hospital in the Philippines to receive full-accreditation for two years by QHA Trent, a health care company owned and managed by a group of […]
SOUTH KOREA: 2010 was a good year for international patient treatment in South Korea
SOUTH KOREA: 2010 was a good year for international patient treatment in South Korea Sat, 01 Feb 2014 11:50:08 GMT The number of foreign patients who visited Korean hospitals for medical treatment was a record 81,789 in 2010, up 36 % from the previous year, says the Ministry of Health and Welfare. Total revenue from […]
TAIWAN: Taiwan to promote medical tourism with documentary
TAIWAN: Taiwan to promote medical tourism with documentary Sat, 01 Feb 2014 12:05:49 GMT A documentary on Taiwan’s medical achievements will be aired around the world early next year, says the Taiwan Department of Health (DOH). The 60-minute film will showcase the healthcare system and give insights into its potential for developing medical tourism. National […]
INDIA: Official medical tourism figures from India
INDIA: Official medical tourism figures from India Fri, 07 Feb 2014 16:40:43 GMT In reply to a question in Parliament, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union Minister for Health and Family, released some previously unpublished figures and stated that no later figures are yet available. Total number of overseas visitors 2009 5,167,699 2010 5,775,6922011 6,309,222 Total […]
SPAIN: Costa del Sol to become medical tourism destination
SPAIN: Costa del Sol to become medical tourism destination Fri, 21 Feb 2014 15:09:02 GMT Malaga has ambitious plans to become a healthcare destination. Malaga Health, set up by a group of local surgeons, will aim to attract patients to clinics, hospitals and treatment centres on the Costa del Sol. According to the group, the […]