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UK health agencies have warned travellers against pursuing cheap medical tourism overseas, as cosmetic procedures continue to pose a dangerous problem for airlines.. The rise of plastic surgeries ...
Medical tourism is nothing new: For years, media outlets, including this one, have been reporting on the benefits of going to other countries for expensive medical procedures. But sometimes, cheap ...
Gurgaon is India's largest Medical Tourism hub, [102] followed by Chennai, which is regarded as "India's Health City" as it attracts 45% of health tourists visiting India and 40% of domestic health tourists. India's medical tourism sector was expected to experience an annual growth rate of 30% from 2012, making it a $2 billion industry by 2015.
Stem cell tourism, a form of medical tourism, is the internet based-industry in which stem cell procedures are advertised to the public as a proven cure. [1] In the majority of cases, it leads to patients and families traveling abroad to obtain procedures that are not proven, nor part of a clinical trial approved by an authority like the Food and Drug Administration in the United States. [2]
Patients Beyond Borders has been cited by mainstream press organizations as a leading guidebook for medical tourism. [2] [3] Data on international patient flow and comparative costs of medical procedures have been cited by research, news and reference media. [4] [5]
In the 18 months after Francine Milano was diagnosed with a recurrence of the ovarian cancer she thought she’d beaten 20 years ago, she traveled twice from her home in Pennsylvania to Vermont.
Medical Tourism for Services Legal in the Home and Destination Country: Legal and Ethical Issues, in Bodies Across Borders: The Global Circulation of Body Parts, Medical tourists and Professionals (2015) Medical Tourism for Services Illegal in Patients’ Home Country, in Handbook on Medical Tourism and Patient Mobility (2015)
Currently, while hospitals providing medical tourism services may be subject to international accreditation by a reputable independent international group, there is currently no organisation responsible for accrediting the health tourism providers themselves and ensuring that their operating standards are safe and ethical.