18-Aug-17 More people from Kurdistan are turning to Iran for treatment or diagnosis. Medical tourism in Iran was up nearly 700% from 2012 to 2015, to 200,000 patients, and is hoped to rise to 500k in future. [image: Ozan Kose / AFP]

17-Aug-17 Metropolis Healthcare, a global chain of pathology labs and diagnostic centres, has announced a plan to invest INR1 bn (USD15 mn) to open 20 laboratories and add 1,000 collection centres pan India, including in cities like Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi. [image: Metropolis]

17-Aug-17 India's Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority exercised its emergency powers to reduce knee implant prices by as much as 69%, instead of waiting for them to be included in the List of Essential Medicines as it did on stents. [image: ET Healthworld / BCCL]

16-Aug-17 The Indian city of Amaravati will be home to the headquarters of the Indo UK Institute of Health. The proposal to set up 11 UK Indo institutes for Health involves an investment of INR17,600 crore (USD 2.7 bn). [image: The Indian Express]

16-Aug-17 Singapore General Hospital has been comparing how its patients fare after surgery, against other hospitals. The result of months of data collection and analysis has been shorter stays, lower readmission rates, lower costs, and improved patient outcomes. [image: ST File]