Korea is already a popular destination for patients from across the Far East seeking cost-effective plastic surgery and other medical treatment. Now, government officials plan to promote the country as a medical tourism destination.
BANGKOK – Many think Bangkok’s Bumrungrad Hospital invented medical tourism, but medical tourism didn’t invent Bumrungrad. The 1997-98 Asian economic crisis put Bumrungrad’s finances on the critical list and prompted its turn from local to international patients. Now the current recession has given Bumrungrad an opportunity to shore up the local foundation for its international business.
DUBLIN –(Business Wire)– Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “China Healthcare Sector Analysis” report to their offering.
Chinas healthcare industry is entering into a new era with advance development of the infrastructure system. The industry is blessed with several advantages like large population of the country, increasing ageing population, increasing prevalence of lifestyle disease and many more.
The Indian Government recently announced tourist visa on arrival for citizens of five countries – Japan, New Zealand and Singapore, in an effort to promote tourism.
The spotlight will be firmly on India in 2010 as the country is set to welcome an estimated 100,000 visitors for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games (3-14 October).
With the threat of individual health insurance plans in California potentially being kicked out of the state for possible non-compliance with the state laws, some people with individual health insurance policies are probably holding their breath in hopes to have reasonably priced health insurance that will still cover them.