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Ho Chi Minh City promotes medical tourism

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25-Oct-17 Local officials in Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health and Department of Tourism have signed an MOU on medical tourism implementation, establishing an interdisciplinary agency to promote healthcare services to foreign tourists. [image: VNA / VNS]

Cataract prevalent in India despite largest number of surgeries

25-Oct-17 In spite of India doing about 6.5 million cataract surgeries a year, more than in US, Europe and China put together, the country has the largest number of blind people in the world, approximately 13 million. [image: Ophthalmology Times]

Global causes of blindness and distance vision impairment

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11-Oct-17 A large scale-up of eye care is needed to address avoidable vision loss, a global Imperial College study has found. Preventable vision loss due to cataract and refractive error continue to cause most cases in adults aged 50 plus. [image: The Lancet]

Medtronic breaks ground on western China Innovation Center

10-Oct-17 Medtronic has begun work on an Innovation Center in Chengdu, China, slated to open in 2020. The new Chengdu Innovation Center aims to provide clinical training and research platforms for medical workers in the region and in neighbouring regions. [image: Medtronic]

Supply all knee implant brands, Indian government tells companies

26-Sep-17 The Indian government has ordered knee implant makers and importers to continue to supply of all brands of the device they were marketing in India before the country's drug pricing regulator slashed prices by up to 69% in August. [image: ET Healthworld]

Ho Chi Minh City promotes medical tourism

Cataract prevalent in India despite largest number of surgeries

Global causes of blindness and distance vision impairment

Medtronic breaks ground on western China Innovation Center

Supply all knee implant brands, Indian government tells companies

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