02-Oct-16 746,000 foreign visitors landed in Turkey for medical treatment in 2015. As many as 100,000 arrived for hair implant surgeries, two-thirds of them from the UAE. Turkey earned US$5.8 bn from legal medical tourism in 2015. Medical treatment in Turkey can cost as little as half the price in countries such as Germany and the United States. [image: Murad / Reuters]

09-Sep-16 Turkey and Pakistan have signed a new deal on healthcare cooperation. "We have signed a very comprehensive agreement aiming at improving health facilities such as health management, service of patients, procurement of medicine, drop-testing labs, training nurses," Chief Minister of Punjab Shehbaz Sharif said. [image: AA]

02-Sep-16 Jordan's government has agreed to recommendations to assist hospitals promoting inbound medical tourism. Recommendations include improving the investment environment, permitting private hospitals to generate alternative energy to reduce costs and seeking approval to allow hospitals to expand to more than eight floors. [image: International Medical Travel Journal]

14-Aug-16 As the economic boom in Gulf countries has deflated in tandem with hydrocarbon prices, the region has been saddled with another boom, struggling under a massive social burden of lifestyle diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular ailments. The GCC region is now expected to see the healthcare industry flourish as it works to keep the populace healthy. [image: Dallah Healthcare]

30-Jun-16 H&Surgical, one of 169 businesses that accompanied President Park Geun-hye to Iran in May 2016, secured a contract worth USD2 mn over three years. Local partners will import finished or semi-finished products or participate in production. These partners will also export localized H&Surgical products to nearby countries in the Middle East. [image: Business Korea]