INDIA: Airline helps Afghan medical tourists
INDIA: Airline helps Afghan medical tourists Wed, 10 Sep 2014 17:36:53 GMT A financially troubled airline is attracting business by offering low fares to fly Afghans to India for medical treatment. Loss making SpiceJet has cut routes, executives, pilot and aircraft numbers in a bid to survive. It has increased passenger numbers, but often by […]
USA: If the patient will not come to you, take the hospital to the patient
USA: If the patient will not come to you, take the hospital to the patient Wed, 10 Sep 2014 17:39:22 GMT The USA medical tourism market is developing in new ways by exporting healthcare expertise. Rather than expecting patients to come to the USA, leading hospitals are building overseas networks and partnerships to take hospitals […]
GLOBAL: New medical tourism book from Glenn Cohen
GLOBAL: New medical tourism book from Glenn Cohen Wed, 10 Sep 2014 17:42:23 GMT November will see the launch of a major new book on medical tourism from a US lawyer who divides the medical tourism community between those who believe he raises important points, and others who believe he is “bad for business”. Glenn […]
SOUTH KOREA: Asiana Airlines promotes medical tourism
SOUTH KOREA: Asiana Airlines promotes medical tourism Fri, 03 Oct 2014 15:15:21 GMT Asiana Airlines, one of Korea’s flagship carriers, has seen that it can increase business by attracting medical tourists to South Korea. Rather than passively carrying more medical tourists each year, it is now working with hospitals and clinics in South Korea to […]
GLOBAL: Spa and wellness holidays are good for you
GLOBAL: Spa and wellness holidays are good for you Fri, 03 Oct 2014 15:41:39 GMT Unless it is a wellness holiday, most people return from holiday feeling less revitalised than when they left, claims Spafinder Wellness. A global survey of 3,352 people says that 85% returned from a holiday feeling less revitalised than when they […]
GLOBAL: Transplant tourism from the Middle East to China raises ethical issues
GLOBAL: Transplant tourism from the Middle East to China raises ethical issues Fri, 03 Oct 2014 15:47:50 GMT In a recent speech to the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation in Istanbul, Canadian international human rights lawyer David Matas shed light on one of the hidden aspects of medical tourism. The focus was on transplant […]
INDIA: New studies of medical tourism in Kolkata and Karnataka
INDIA: New studies of medical tourism in Kolkata and Karnataka Fri, 03 Oct 2014 15:48:23 GMT A new Indian study of medical tourism in Kolkata warns that allegations of hospital dumping of medical waste means a proper environmental impact assessment is vital before the City seeks to promote medical tourism. Another report says that Karnataka […]
PUERTO RICO: Puerto Rico launches medical tourism strategy
PUERTO RICO: Puerto Rico launches medical tourism strategy Fri, 03 Oct 2014 15:49:05 GMT The Economic Development and Commerce department of Puerto Rico has presented its strategy for promoting itself as a medical tourism destination, especially among the Hispanic population of the Caribbean and the U.S. East Coast, the main target for medical care including […]
COSTA RICA: Costa Rica targets Alzheimer patients
COSTA RICA: Costa Rica targets Alzheimer patients Fri, 03 Oct 2014 15:49:28 GMT High care costs in the United States for patients with Alzheimer’s disease are prompting families to look to other countries, including Costa Rica, as an alternative treatment option. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, more than 5 million Alzheimer’s patients live in the […]
RWANDA: Rwanda aims to be a medical tourism destination
RWANDA: Rwanda aims to be a medical tourism destination Fri, 03 Oct 2014 15:49:45 GMT Most Rwandans are on a subsistence income, with poor healthcare, but local officials still claim that they will, in years to come, become a medical tourism destination. The Central African country would like to develop regional medical tourism but needs […]