Medical tourism and wellness tourism is a way for medical facilities to differentiate themselves from their competitors. About 75 percent of all hospital services today are hotel and hospitality-related, run parallel of medical tourism and wellness tourism.
Popularly known as a hub of Ayurveda, Kerala has captured the imagination of many as a destination for medical travel in India. High-quality healthcare services, state-of-the-art in- infrastructure, Kerala is the most advanced healthcare destinations in South Asia.
Considered one of the world’s seven “Blue Zones” due to the longevity of the local population; evokes similarities to Malibu. Costa Rica’s robust medical tourism industry promises patients a land of enduring glamour.
The costs for the medical tourism trip including airfare, lodging, transportation, meals, doctor appointments and diagnostic tests. The whole price for the tourism and medication was lower than the price of just one MRI in the United States.
Clinics operating in tourist centers, the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas offer unproven treatments for diseases such as MS. Clinics are finding difficulty attracting patients to places such as Lima, Peru, Ecuador and even Mexico.
For millions of women and children around the world, the future does not bring hopeful expectancy, but, instead, despair. Thousands of children are sold into slavery every year. Many of them are sold into the sex trade to be used and abused for profit.
People all over the world struggle to find a model that can financially sustain children’s health, Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital did it. Gertrude’s is a simple hospital, and has come as a place of hope for sick children who have no expectations elsewhere.
Cancer is a big deal in Latvia, the Medical Tourism Association will hold a day-long training workshop to ensure patients get an idea. Healthcare officials in Latvia are working diligently to diagnose early stages of cancer throughout Europe.
Substance abuse touches everyone those who abuse and those who don't, people spend huge amount to get rid of their addiction. All insurers, including Medicaid, are required to cover the treatment of drug and alcohol addiction.
Patients around the world are no longer looking for treatments within their own neighborhood, state or national boundaries. Hospitals and clinics are marketing their efforts more to other states and other countries for specialized or affordable treatments.
Scientists in Israel working with a team, have successfully created embryonic cells that give rise to sperm and ova in a test tube. The medical breakthrough might someday help tens of millions of people who can't start families.
Portugal is a sleeping giant that is opening an eye toward medical tourism and the country's economy is finally growing again. Lisbon officials have their sights on medical travel opportunities to generate increased revenue and augment healthcare infrastructure.
Healthcare speaks to both residents and international visitors to Portugal — who seek a range of multidisciplinary services. The surgical robot takes advantage of minimally invasive techniques to reduce pain, blood loss and infection rates for patients.
Health and tourism officials in Dubai are outdoing themselves as the city hopes to attract 500,000 medical tourism patients annually. The government plans to build a smart hospital and medical university having 300 beds across 150,000 square meters park.
Croatia, the newest member to the EU, is in the midst of an economic recession, gross domestic product declining since 2011. Investment toward training and planning along with enhanced services, essential to elevating medical tourism in the region.
Celebrated for its rich and endless nightlife, distinctive neighborhoods, masterful art, and peerless custard tarts. Buoyed by strong investor, government leaders are leaning on the medical tourism industry to finesse Portugal's sluggish economy.
Organ transplants have become the preferred treatment for chronic diseases like kidney failure and heart, lung, pancreas. Despite public awareness campaigns such as kidney paired donation, medical officials have been slow to keep up with the increasing demand.
Known as a mecca for plastic surgery, Korean authorities are hoping cancer patients will change the face of medical tourism. The Korea Tourism Organization, raised a few eyebrows, predicting the number of health travelers to Korea will reach 998,000 by 2020.
The Cayman Islands is situated 480 miles south of Miami, Fla., the destination offers plenty of natural beauty, fine dining, shopping. It's further complemented by the evolution of Health City, hotel to lodge overseas patients for rehabilitation facilities.
Dubai is considered by many including the medical tourism patients to be among the top plastic surgeons in the world. Sometimes called the capital of excess in the Middle East, Dubai is changing the face of healthcare in the Gulf region.
