Chinese medical tourism project in the US closes due to lack of investment

 14-Jun-17, International Medical Travel Journal 

A medical tourism project in Auburn has almost certainly ended. The 2015 plan to build a 5-star medical recovery centre had much publicity but lacks investors, federal government approval or hospital partners. A crack down on tourism, particularly Chinese birth tourism, by President Trump, was the final straw.

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A Chinese investment company-Miracle Enterprise, targeted wealthy Chinese tourists and planned to open in 2017. Local hospital Central Maine Medical Centre had been touted as medical partner, but has not heard from the Chinese company after the initial press release.

Auburn city was ready to create infrastructure to support the 200-room medical recovery centre but local enthusiasm has faded as nobody seems to have checked on the proposers who needed outside investors.

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