08-May-17 Airlines are fueling medical tourism with discounts for passengers travelling for health purposes. ANA is targeting Chinese seeking healthcare in Japan, Turkish Airlines has offered flights at half price, while Malaysia Airlines is marketing Malaysia as a healthcare destination. [image: APEX]

08-May-17 Puerto Rico plans to achieve a more efficient health system that reduces spending, by 2019. The new model is patient oriented and plans to achieve savings of USD900 mn over ten years. [image: Global Health Intelligence]

06-May-17 Despite making good progress in the field of medical tourism, Iran is unlikely to meet its self-stated goals of 500,000 to 600,000 medical tourists every year to 2021, an official at the Health Ministry said. [image: Financial Tribune]

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]

05-May-17 China's Ping An Insurance is launching its first overseas fund to invest in and health care tech worldwide. The fund will look for investments in early stage fintech and healthcare technology firms around the world. [image: Jerome Favre / Bloomberg / Getty Images]