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Dr Castaneda Contribution to Medical Tourism in Mexico via GastricBypassMexico.com

Posted on October 8, 2013 | Comments Off on Dr Castaneda Contribution to Medical Tourism in Mexico via GastricBypassMexico.com

Diabetes sufferers and obese patients enjoy a brand new internet resource created by Dr Jose A. Castaneda, bariatric surgeon, leading the way in medical tourism and weight loss surgery in Mexico.

Guadalajara, Jalisco  : 

Bariatric Medical Team

Bariatric Medical Team

In recent years medical tourism in Mexico has become very popular with local and foreign patients. In fact, a recent study published by several media outlets across the USA, Canada and the UK confirms that Mexico has become the most obese nation in the world, surpassing the USA for the first time. The term medical tourism can be applied equally to international travelers seeking healthcare abroad, as well as patients traveling domestically inside their own country in need of weight loss surgery.

Mexico delivers one of the best private health networks worldwide, highly trained medical staff which in many cases studied and practiced medicine in the US, Europe and Asia before settling their private medical centers back home. Many private hospitals in Mexico hold JCI accreditation and well exceed international standards of care. When you combine all that with surgery prices that can be as much as 60% lower than those in neighboring countries, undoubtedly thousands of patients are attracted to receiving medical treatment in Mexico.

One of the leading bariatric surgeons in Mexico is Dr. Jose A. Castaneda. The launch of his new bariatric website GastricBypassMexico.com has grown exponentially over the past few months and is now considered one of the best online resources for national and foreign patients seeking weight loss surgery in Mexico.

“At Gastric Bypass Mexico  we provide several options for patients suffering from obesity, diabetes and weight related diseases; Gastric banding, gastric bypass, duodenal switch by laparoscopy, gastric sleeve or metabolic surgery, and very soon we´ll be adding new innovative procedures to improve the lives of our patients”, says Dr. Castaneda.

Dr Castaneda has been at the forefront of internet innovation for many years. He recently launched the new Bariatric App  dedicated to helping patients seeking bariatric surgery, or patients that have already undergone a weight loss operation with him. The new website WeightLossSurgeryinMexico.com  launched in early summer 2013 has received thousands of unique visitors and is also a great resource for patients.

Undoubtedly, the increasing costs of health care in the United States combined with a huge obesity epidemic in Mexico as well as the USA are key motivators driving more diabetes sufferers and obese patients toward medical tourism in Mexico and expert bariatric surgeons like Dr. Castaneda.

source: http://www.prweb.com / PRWeb / Home> Guadalajara, Jalisco / September 26th, 2013

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Germans to help health, wellness groups compete

Posted on October 3, 2013 | Comments Off on Germans to help health, wellness groups compete

A German organization will help Cebu’s health and wellness sector to adapt green global practices to boost the industry’s global competitiveness.

Volker Steigerwald, German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) Promotion of Green Economic Development (Proged) project manager, said yesterday the GTZ will hold a workshop today called the “Upgrading and Greening of the Health and Wellness Tourism Value Chain of Cebu”.

“The two day planning workshop aims to validate upgrading strategies and activities of the Health and Wellness Tourism Value Chains of Cebu,” Steigerwald said

Participating groups have already come up with project offerings of light medical, dental and wellness tour packages, primarily to the overseas Filipinos, through product and market development which will be tackled in the workshop, he said.

Representatives from the different key subsectors like transportation, tour operators, restaurants, clinic operators, Spa and massage centers are expected to attend the workshop to be held today at Harold’s Hotel. /Reporter Aileen Garcia-Yap

source: http://www.newsinfo.inquirer.net / Inquirer News / Home> NewsInfo> Cebu Daily News> CDN-Enterprise / Wednesday – September 25th, 2013

 

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Romanian Medical Tourism Demand Growing

Posted on September 29, 2013 | Comments Off on Romanian Medical Tourism Demand Growing

Denver, CO

PlacidRomania offers transparent and in-depth information on treatments, procedures, and facilities throughout the region. Detailed information regarding the qualifications, certifications, and accreditation of facilities throughout Central, Western and Eastern Europe provides greater health and wellness options to inhabitants in Romania and surrounding countries.

The medical tourism industry is rapidly expanding, and Romania and other Central European countries have seen an influx of international travelers for accessible and affordable treatments and procedures. Common procedures in Romania have and continue to be in the fields of dentistry, cosmetic and plastic surgery, and treatments for chronic diseases. Stem-Cell-Chronic-Disease-Treatment-Placid-Romania

Higher demands for access to new techniques and treatments in the fields of infertility and antiaging methods have also increased. PlacidRomania provides information regarding tourist destinations, facility and physician profiles as well as packages that offer the best in a combination of travel, vacation and medical or dental vacations.

“PlacidWay provides access to some of the world’s finest medical providers and facilities,” states Pramod Goel, CEO and founder of PlacidWay, a leading medical resource and destination provider based in Denver, Colorado.

“Our outreach to medical and dental providers around the world and our contacts and relationships with those providers has enabled us to launch PlacidRomania, offering the best in medical, dental, and health and wellness resources and options for those who live in Central European locations.”

Dental-Vacations-Romania-PlacidWay-Medical-TourismPlacidWay is one of the largest medical tourism industry providers in the United States, providing accessible and transparent information regarding treatments, pricing, destinations, medical centers and tourism packages.

Health and wellness tourism is growing and demand has increased, resulting in PlacidWay’s outreach to Latin American, Central European, and Southeast Asian regions.

Placid Romania, a subsidiary of PlacidWay, LLC, is a medical resource and provider based in Romania, offering quick and easy access to medical destinations, resorts, treatments and facilities throughout Central, Eastern and Western Europe.

source: http://www.sbwire.com / SBWire / Home> Press Release> PlacidWay / Denver, Co – September 11th, 2013

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Latvian e-health and health tourism professionals meet foreign chambers of commerce

Posted on June 13, 2013 | Comments Off on Latvian e-health and health tourism professionals meet foreign chambers of commerce

Thursday, June 6, the Irish Latvian Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with the British Chamber of Commerce, Norwegian Chamber of Commerce and the Latvian IT Cluster will host business breakfast dedicated to e-health and health tourism developments in Latvia.

During the event, the Ministry of Health and representatives from hospital, health tourism and IT companies will share their experience and discuss the current e-health and health tourism issues – how to develop health tourism in today’s Latvian economy and how to foster greater cooperation between health institutions and the IT industry .

During the event e-health systems developed by the Latvian IT Custer members, as well as planned health care quality improvements due to the wide application of these systems in the health sector will be presented as well.

In addition the Scandinavian countries’ experience in the hospital sector in the Baltic States will be discussed within informal atmosphere.

The event will take place in RIGA IT DEMO center.

More information on e-health systems in Latvia you can find at: www.itbaltic.com/e-health/

source: http://www.itbaltic.com /Latvian IT Cluster / Thursday – June 06th, 2013

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Health ministry sets up desk for private healthcare providers

Posted on June 2, 2013 | Comments Off on Health ministry sets up desk for private healthcare providers

Health minister Godfrey Farrugia launches Business Friendly Contact Desk for private healthcare providers.

Health minister Godfrey Farrugia

Health minister Godfrey Farrugia

Report by Jean Pierre Cassar

A Business Friendly Contact Desk has been set up within the health ministry to promote contacts with the business community for ventures within the health sector.

In a press conference held this morning at the Ministry of Health in Valletta, current Health Minister Godfrey Farrugia accompanied by his Chief of Staff, Claudio Tonna, said the  desk will “serve as a contact point with the healthcare providers.”

All private sector health services will be able to use this new project from self-employed health operators to private clinics and hospitals. It will advice in the development of partnerships between the public and the private health services.

Farrugia said the desk will work hand in hand with private health sector stakeholders “to develop synergistic and complementary public and private health services that will lay a strong basis on which a sustainable health system will be built on a national level.”

This desk, with the collaboration of the Ministries for Tourism and Enterprise, is planned to promote Health Tourism in all ways and serves as a catalyst for private health care providers to seek opportunities in the health tourism market.

The minister said that this would obviously help in removing the bureaucracy from the past years, as the reduction of administrative burdens in itself is to promote health care sustainability.

Farrugia explained how this desk is to reach out and engage with private health insurers and in partnership with the leading government institutions, unions and NGOs.

source: http://www.maltatoday.com / Malta ToDay / Home> News> National / Saturday – May 25th, 2013

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