In my news feed I noticed an item posted today from the International Medical Travel Journal about some new visa exemptions for medical tourists. The story says “The new regulations allow nationals from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, to stay in Thailand for medical treatment up to 90 days without a […]

I couldn’t pass up posting about this subject when I saw it in my Yahoo news feed. In addition to the increase of all types of medical tourism around the world there are also some specialized combinations of vacations and medical services. The idea is to enable people with chronic medical conditions who would not […]

There have been numerous discussions on the possible impact of medical care on a country’s public medical services. Of particular concern to some people is the possibility that the residents of poor countries could face shortages of doctors and hospital beds due to “rich” foreign patients utlizing them. The presumed mechanism is that the lucractive […]