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Bangkok, August 21, 2012 To sustain the growth of Thailand’s medical tourism sector, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has organized the “Thailand Medical & Wellness Tourism Trade Familiarization (fam) Trip”, which runs from September 10 to 15, 2012. The … Continue reading
In the first of its kind initiative aimed at positioning Bhubaneswar as a complete health destination and promoting medical tourism in a big way, Odisha plans to develop an integrated health city.
The health city will be built on the outskirts of the city on 150-200 acres of land. Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation of Odisha (Idco) has prepared the concept note for the project.
A health city offers a one stop shop for all the healthcare needs of an individual, besides having a whole lot of other components like educational institutions, hospitality, retail and commercial and residential complex sprawled across acres of land.
Medical cities bring along all components of healthcare, education, research and skill development under one roof, thereby increasing the quality of care and services offered to the patients and other consumers. Medanta- the medicity in Gurgaon founded by eminent cardiac surgeon Naresh Trehan, is spread across 43 acres including a world class super speciality hospital, research centre, medical and nursing school.
source: http://www.business-standard.com / Home> Economy & Policy / BS Reporter / Kolkata / Bhubaneswar / July 20th, 2012
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JAF says Lagos State public officials should be stopped from seeking medical treatment abroad
The Joint Action Front (JAF), a pro-labour civil society coalition, has requested that Foreign Missions in Nigeria place a ban on Lagos State public officials seeking medical treatment abroad.
In a press statement jointly signed by the group chairperson, Dipo Fashina, and its secretary, Abiodun Aremu, JAF questioned the rights of the public officials and their relatives to go on medical tourism at a time when the state health sector is in crisis.
The group said that the action was “criminal, and must be disallowed.”
“This is sequel to the information available to us that senior officials of the Lagos State Government and their relations are leaving the country for medical treatment, at very great cost to the taxpayer, while the greater mass of the people suffer under the current situation,” the statement read.
The group said the state government has violated international and national labour laws by sacking 788 doctors earlier this month.
Consequently, doctors in federal hospitals went on a solidarity strike in support of their colleagues, grounding activities in public hospitals in the state.
JAF blamed the state government’s “arrogance and insensitivity” for the ongoing crisis.
Government, by its action to sack the doctors, according to the report, has “left the poor, underprivileged and vulnerable to sudden death.”
“Therefore, JAF urges your Excellencies to ensure that no functionary of the Lagos State Government or their families should be granted Visa to travel abroad to seek medical treatment until the current situation is resolved,” the statement further read.
The group urged immediate resolution of the crisis, and told the state government to unconditionally revert the sack order.
source: http://www.dailytimes.com.ng / Article / by Gbenro Adeoye / May 27th, 2012
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Richmond, Va., May 25, 2012/PRNewswire via COMTEX/ International Services Inc. (d.b.a. NRIOL), providers of Health Insurance for Visitors & Health Insurance for International Students within the US and abroad, earned the 2011 Excellence in International Healthcare/Medical Tourism Leadership Award at … Continue reading
Medical Tourism is one of the growing segments of travel into India. The percentage of Foreign Tourist Arrivals visiting India for Medical Treatment increased from 2.2% in 2009 to 2.7% in 2010.
No study has been commissioned to assess the impact of super-bug report on this sector.
There are no specific inputs which suggest that immigration rules are discouraging foreign patients from coming to India for medical treatment.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Tourism Shri Sultan Ahmed in a written reply to Shri Baishnab Parida in Rajya Sabha today.
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source: http://www. pib.nic.in / Ministry of Tourism / May 10th, 2012
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