27-Jun-17 Dental tourism has been identified as one of Ho Chi Minh City’s main medical tourism products. Vietnam receives about 100,000 medical tourists annually. Dental, cosmetic surgery, traditional medicine, health check-ups and fertility are seen as the most promising areas. [image: VNA]

20-Jun-17 The Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences has taken over the Kochi Bourn Hall Fertility Centre in Kerala, India, that was part of the UK-based Bourn Hall Clinic and will now be renamed Amrita Fertility Centre. [image: ET Healthworld].

20-Mar-17 Four medical specialities have taken a large number of medical tourists to Dubai in the last two years: orthopaedics, dental, eye surgery and IVF treatment. More than 298,000 medical tourists from outside the UAE visited Dubai in 2015. [image: The Middle East Magazine Online]

14-Feb-17 The medical tourism industry in Malaysia is expected to achieve revenue of MYR1.3 bn (USD290 mn) in 2017, said the Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council. MHTC's CEO Sherene Azli said the industry is experiencing a growth of 30 per cent year-on-year. "Malaysia has the ecosystem and infrastructure to provide quality end-to-end healthcare system and services that are globally competitive," she said. [image: Reuters]

08-Feb-17 Up to 100 Chinese women will receive treatment at Monash IVF, the clinic which completed the world's first IVF pregnancy, in the next 12 months. The move comes in response to the waiting list for IVF clinics in China being up to two years long due to the country's growing middle class and relaxation of the one-child policy. [image: Shanghai Daily]