22-Nov-16 Queensland health professionals concerned about people relying on questionable physical and mental health information they have dug up on the internet have banded together to kill off "Dr Google". As part of a project called Words for Wellbeing, hailed as an Australian-first, they will be prescribe books, websites and apps along with medicines. [image: ABC]

21-Nov-16 Construction of the AUD630 mn (USD471 mn) new Bendigo Hospital in Australia has been finished one month ahead of schedule. When it opens in 2017, it will have capacity for 372 inpatient beds, 72 same-day beds, 11 operating theatres, an integrated cancer centre, a new 25-bed maternity unit and an 80-bed mental health unit. [image: Bendigo Hospital Project]

20-Nov-16 St Luke’s Medical Center in Quezon City, Philippines, has become just the fifth partner-institution of the Mayo Clinic outside the US mainland. Under the agreement, the hospital’s patients with medical cases regarded as unusual, rare or complex can be discussed with Mayo Clinic’s specialists through live video. [image: Inquirer.net]

19-Nov-16  The Japanese government is teaming up with domestic health care companies to gauge demand in China for new nursing care services and equipment in a bid to expand sales channels. The companies include Nichiigakkan, a nursing care provider, hospital bed maker Paramount Bed, wheelchair maker Kawamura Cycle and P2P Bank, a developer of anti-dementia programs. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]

07-Nov-16 Despite a decline in Chinese tourists visiting Taiwan, the medical tourism industry has enjoyed steady growth, thanks to visitors from Europe, North America, Hong Kong and Macau. The number of visitors and the output of the industry have been growing steadily. From 2008 to last year, 63 medical institutions saw the foreign patients increase from 68,000 to 300,000. [image: Medical Tourism Magazine]