06-May-17 India's government has decided to come up with guidelines to deal with medical tourists. "I feel the need of having a standard operating procedure which would help prevent things turning negative," Health Minister Deepak Sawant said. [image: ET Healthworld]

02-May-17 India's demand for quality medical devices continues to increase, due to medical tourism, an increase in population, higher life expectancy and an increase in lifestyle diseases. However, the domestic industry is not able to meet this demand. [image: Messe Düsseldorf]

27-Apr-17 Malaysia again won the Health and Medical Tourism Destination of the Year award for the third consecutive year, at the annual IMTJ Medical Travel Awards, which recognise innovation, excellence and best practices in medical travel and tourism. [image: The Star]

27-Apr-17 The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has signed an MoU with Retreat Palm Dubai MGallery that aims to drive wellness tourism in the region. Dr Layla Al Marzouqi, director of Dubai Medical Tourism Project, commented: “We aspire to position Dubai as the first medical tourism destination in the MENA region and to be among the top 10 medical tourism destinations." [image: IHMT]

21-Apr-17 Xinjiang isn't widely regarded as a medical tourism destination by Chinese. But for people from Central Asia, it's a different story. Xinjiang's medical industry has become a promising part of the Belt & Road Initiative. As the regional capital, Urumqi boasts dozens of medical institutes and diversified traditional medical resources, including Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Uygur medicine, and Mongolian medicine. [image: news.cn]