Sick of Waiting Times? Travel to Your Next Appointment Let’s face it: more often than not, going to the doctor means sitting in a waiting room for an extended period of time. In countries like England and Canada, there is at least a four-week wait between the time you make your appointment and the time…
8 of the Best Medical Tourism Cities around the World With more and more patients looking abroad, certain cities have begun to emerge as leading destinations for medical tourism, offering quality healthcare alongside affordability and exotic locales. In response to the increasing popularity of travelling overseas for healthcare, governments across the world have been focused…
Medical Tourism Is a Million-Dollar Industry in the UK According to a major study conducted by researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and York University, medical tourism is a lucrative source of income for the National Health Service (NHS) in England. This contradicts the claim made by health secretary Jeremy Hunt…
Medical Tourism Heats up in Cuba Cuba has been a hot spot for medical tourism for the past 20 years, and patients from all over the world are increasingly flying to Havana in search of treatments in its five-star resorts. To get a first-hand look at the medical services Cuba has to offer international patients,…
5 Questions to Ask When Choosing a Destination Spa Medical tourism isn’t just geared towards surgical procedures. In fact, hundreds of thousands of tourists are travelling to destination spas around the world to improve their physical and spiritual well-being. In an article published on TripSavvy.com, Anitra Brown calls destinations spas “a total immersion experience in…
Medical Tourism in France There’s a new trend happening in workplaces across the United States. Employers and their employees are turning to medical tourism to escape rising healthcare costs and complicated provisions surrounding the Affordable Care Act. In a video uploaded by the Medical Tourism Association, we get a chance to meet Bruce Ryan, who…
