Immunotherapy is a new class of cancer-fighting medicines that have not been used and left untouched for several times. Immunotherapy, credited with ridding former U.S. President Jimmy Carter of cancer, is a potential asset to medical tourism patients.
China where the costs of cancer and the drugs used in their treatments can overwhelm even the most robust health systems. In India, every 50 seconds a person dies of cancer, the health ministry has sought inexpensive forms of Herceptin.
Adult stem cells treatments are traced to undifferentiated cells found throughout the body that divide to replenish dying cells. Despite the relaxed government oversight, the potential to ease suffering and reverse their disease is too hard to ignore.
Chinese visiting the U.S. make a stop in New England either for the lobster, white sandy beaches or brilliant fall foliage. The Maine thing is about the Chinese middle class explosion, prompted business leaders from all corners of the globe to head to east.
For Medical tourism, either for emergency or non-emergency procedures, patients require a meticulous advance planning. The culture, language is changed in the new country, also the patient should hold all the original documents of the resident country.
Carribean countries possess developing healthcare systems with variable service lines, human resources and technology. Modern medicine relies on a combination of excellent clinicians and advanced technologies.
Non-biological material enables doctors and medical students to practice surgeries by using life-sized models of 3-D printed tissue. In prosthetics, a company called e-NABLE, developed a lightweight plastic robotic hand for children who lacked motor skills.
Despite getting monetary crises rocked the European Union, medical tourism is gradually building a following in Greece. Hair transplants are becoming commonplace medical tourism procedures across the globe, as per International Hair Restoration Surgery.
Medical tourism is a natural fit, and Florida is serious about becoming a global destination for patients and health-seekers. The Florida Department of Health is driving the vision for Florida to become the healthiest state in the nation.
Orlando has another attraction that has its own set of stories and memories apart from Walt Disney World, Universal Studios. Florida hospitals including those here in Orlando offer some of the best healthcare in the world for the state’s increasing population.
Healthcare consumers fro Latin America, the U.S., and Canada looking for medical tourism procedures are opting for Columbia. What was once a destination for drugs and violence, undergone a massive social and economic transformation.
Healthcare organizations are changing dramatically like hospitals integrating programs, expanding services, managing budgets. Capacity building strengthens an organization’s skills, leadership, capabilities, processes and resources.
China's annual healthcare expenditure is projected to grow at an average rate of 11.8 percent a year from 2014-2018. The Chinese healthcare market is fueled by the proliferation of lifestyle diseases, changing population demographics, increased healthcare spending.
The scarce healthcare resources are spent on controlling non-communicable diseases and decreasing the maternity mortality rate. In Nigeria, medical tourism to India for healthcare generated more than $260 million in spending in 2012.
Thailand's medical tourism policy, the same strategy that attracted the patient in the first place and countless other wealthy foreigners. Some economists mentioned that Thailand's healthcare system has become a slum for the poor.
Everyone talks about lead generation, but you have to offer consumers something that makes them want to share contact information. The promise of pricing was the “carrot” to incentivize them to leave their contact details.
Wealthy Arabs traditionally take advantage of well-connected flights to Germany to avoid the blistering summer heat at home. They go for medical treatments like oncology, neurosurgery, cardiology, preventive care as well.
Healthcare providers in Los Angeles and those in other cities of the U.S. have had their doors open to medical tourism patients. Patients from the Middle East can be expected to spend more than other foreign nationals and cater to all shapes and sizes.
Around 28 million travelers visited Jordan in 2014, 250,000 of whom were medical tourism patients seeking treatment. Each patient traveled with two companions, boosting the total count of medical tourists to half-million and more than JD1 billion in revenue.
Halal Holidays are introducing Muslims a chance to let their hair down, spend money and relax according to Islamic values. Tourism generated by observant Muslims is widening, from the streets of New York, where the famous rice and chicken dish is in trend.
