17-Oct-17 India's government is working towards an Ayurveda hospital in each district of the country said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as he asserted that the time has come for a "health-revolution," affordable and accessible healthcare for the poor. [image: ET Healthworld]

15-Oct-17 Sri Lanka has several unique achievements in the field of digital health, and is the second country after the US to recognise health informatics as a medical speciality, an international medical gathering in Colombo has noted. [image: Digitalistmag.com]

14-Oct-17 Pakistan’s most populous province has adopted the Turkish approach to healthcare to develop its facilities. "We have decided to follow the Turkish healthcare model, which is the best system in the world," Shebaz Sharif, Punjab’s chief minister said. [image: Yeni Şafak]

13-Oct-17 Indian officials announced medical tourism in the country can grow to become a USD9 bn industry by 2020 and that India is among the "fastest growing medical tourism destinations in Asia", noting that medical tourism has shifted towards Asia. [image: FICCI]

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