28-Jun-17 When the news spread that the cost of seeing a doctor would quintuple, many Beijing residents rushed to stock up on prescriptions. Along with reforms abolishing drug markups, the new fee aims to reduce over-prescription and overcrowding at hospitals. [image: Sixth Tone]

14-Jun-17 A medical tourism project intended to attract thousands of Chinese to a 5-star hospital in Auburn, Alabama, lacks investors, federal government approval, or hospital partners. A crackdown on birth tourism by President Trump has contributed to the failure. [image: IMTJ]

11-Jun-17 Thailand has approved 90-day visas for medical tourists from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and China. The policy is an extension of one already in place for GCC citizens. [image: Thailand Business News]

07-Jun-17 In Vietnam, 15% of the country’s hospital beds are privately run but only 7% of patients use them. The country needs public-private partnerships to address its shortfall in facilities and to keep private facilities from closing. [image: VNA / VNS]

07-Jun-17 India's hospital services space is at the end of the capex cycle and the next 2-3 years will be good, says Morgan Stanley. Operating parameters will improve, efficiencies will kick-in, occupancies will rise and balance sheets will improve. [image: Moneycontrol]