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01-Feb-18 The UAE government and insurance company Daman have launched the Musafir programme, to aid Emiratis in overseas emergencies. The insurance provides health coverage up to AED500k (USD136k) on a direct payment basis.
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20-Feb-18 Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi will be the first to offer multi-organ transplants in the UAE with liver, heart and lung transplants, meaning patients will no longer have to travel abroad for treatment. [image: Chris Whiteoak / The National]
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25-Jan-18 In the Malaysia-China "Belt and Road" Healthcare Dialogue, Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council said China was one of Malaysia’s key markets for medical travel, as there was a 17% increase in Chinese healthcare travellers seeking treatment in Malaysia in 2016. [image: The Star]
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24-Jan-18 Thonburi Healthcare Group, Thailand’s top-performing health stock in 2017, will open a USD75 mn, 200-bed hospital in Myanmar in June 2018 as part of a USD253 mn investment to expand services in Thailand and Southeast Asia. [image: Bloomberg]
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26-Jan-18 Mayo Clinic has begun building what it’s calling a destination-medical-facility in Jacksonville, for the advanced treatment of cancer and neurological conditions. The new treatment centre is being funded with a USD20 million grant from a South Florida foundation. [image: Mayo Clinic]
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