Sun, Sea, Sand and Surgery could be the future theme of tourism promotions in the Caribbean, as regional governments and private investors focus on exploring the benefits of Medical Tourism. Miami based Caribbean Trade Center’s Forum “Medical Tourism – The State of Medical Services in the Caribbean Region” was a great [...]

Las curaciones, los implantes y los tratamientos de fertilidad, entre otros rubros, son parte de un negocio turístico que en 2010 moverá en el país unos 80 millones de dólares.
El sector del turismo de la salud, motorizado un año atrás por hospitales y clínicas, junto con el Instituto [...]

Costa Rica’s Health Ministry has shut down the ICM Clinic (aka Cell Medicine), an enterprise that has served as a popular medical tourism site and treated more than 400 non-Costa Rican patients with stem cells since it opened in 2006.
According to Reuters, the Health Ministry’s Research Council chief, Dr. Ileana Herrera, made the decision [...]

The one hour film traces the experience of an American patient Bob who traveled to Costa Rica to undergo a double knee placement in an alien environment. He not only saves $80,000 but gets an excellent medical attention. His journey becomes even more pertinent as he represents…

BUENOS AIRES – The Argentine government on Monday launched a plan to promote “medical tourism,” whereby it hopes to attract visitors who divide their stays between getting medical treatment or operations and sightseeing.
To get the initiative under way, the National Institute for the Tourist Promotion of Argentina, or Inprotur, struck accords with a score of [...]

The Albert Einstein Israeli Hospital (HIAE) in São Paulo, Brazil, has deployed an integrated medical-grade network to boost patient care and reduce costs.
The hospital, which is recognized in Latin America for pioneering the use of technology to streamline business processes and deliver value to its patients, selected Cisco’s health information technology [...]

James Brandon is concerned about getting old and looking older. So the 44-year-old events planner from Canada decided on plastic surgery to help bring his boyish looks back.

Like many people struggling through the global economic crunch, cost was a concern, and Brandon soon realized that having surgery at home was beyond his budget…

Bridgetown — July 31, 2009 — Barbados will seek to capitalise on the billion dollar industry of medical tourism.
This assurance was given last evening by Minister of Tourism, Richard Sealy, as he addressed the 24th Annual Caribbean Cardiology Conference, at Hilton Barbados under the theme “Meeting Emerging Challenges to Cardiovascular Care in the Caribbean“. [...]