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Health and Wellness, Protagonists of the New Tourism

Posted on July 6, 2015 | Comments Off on Health and Wellness, Protagonists of the New Tourism

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Visiting the monuments, going to the beach, enjoying the cuisine… and also getting a facelift and a full body treatment. Tourism has evolved in recent years, resulting in a much broader and different concept. The new tourism is health tourism.

From a cardiovascular operation or aesthetic surgery to firming and anti-aging skin treatments, so-called health tourism keeps on gaining followers as the days go by. There are already many destinations recognized for this type of tourism rather than the traditional one.

UAE in general, and Dubai in particular, are among the main destinations receiving tourists interested in the medical-aesthetic treatments. They become patients more than tourists, seeking the best specialists and the best centers. In Dubai, the Armada Towers are one of the best exponents of health tourism.

In the popular area of Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT), the Armada BlueBay houses a Wellness and Spa center, the “Armada Women Center and Spa;” a hospital, the “Armada Medical Center” and a hospital for less invasive treatments and minor surgeries, plus the “Armada Day Care Surgical Center,” among other venues such as shopping areas.

Undoubtedly, the Armada BlueBay hotel is a meeting point for all those tourists looking for a medical-aesthetic treatment. Among other techniques, the hospital specializes in rhinoplasty, facial reconstructions, facelifts and liposuction, which require a certified stay in the hospital for less than 24 hours. You could say they are express surgeries.

In addition, the Armada Medical Center has the specialties of a referral hospital in cardiology, vascular surgery, general surgery, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, internal medicine… Any intervention is possible if you have more than one day for it.

Nevertheless, what you expect from this type of tourism is not all surgery. Relaxation, improved health and well-being are also in demand and available through less invasive treatments. The Armada Women Center and Spa offers rituals to pamper the body with seaweed and hot stone, aromatherapy and even anti-aging treatments based on the use of collagen. Facials stain, anti-redness and sensitive skin treatments with natural products are some of the most demanded by tourists.

source: http://www.travelpulse.com / Travel Pulse / Home> Opinion Home> Blue Bay Hotels & Resorts Adventures / by Teba Siles / July 06th, 2015

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HUMAN: Medical Tourism: Your Hospital Away from Home

Posted on July 4, 2015 | Comments Off on HUMAN: Medical Tourism: Your Hospital Away from Home

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Where will you be going for your summer vacation? With schools out and businesses humming along with less than full rosters, most Americans are taking to the beach, visiting theme parks, attending destination weddings or planning trips to see relatives this summer.

But for an estimated 750,000 Americans this year, the next getaway won’t be used to spend time relaxing, but rather to save money on health care, according to estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

According to the latest Milliman Medical Index, which analyzes Americans’ health-care spending, the typical family of four covered by an average employer-sponsored preferred provider organization (PPO) spends $24,671 on health care. The CDC pegs the total cost of health-care spending annually at $2.9 trillion. In order to save money on their health-care costs, Americans are looking abroad for cheaper, but no less effective, treatment options.

Medical tourism certainly comes with potential risks, but many patients would not otherwise be able to afford critical or even elective procedures. Medical tourists are traveling for everything from the most basic outpatient procedures to much more complicated surgeries requiring weeks of recovery.

source: http://www.news.discovery.com / Home> D News> Human / by Talal Al-Khatib / June 30th, 2015

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Glimmer of Hope: Neurosurgeon to Share “Keyhole” Techniques at World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress

Posted on July 3, 2015

Dr. Daniel Kelly, director of Brain Tumor Center at Providence St. John’s Health Center, to speak at international gathering of hospital administrators, physicians, government policymakers, insurance executives, travel and hospitality interests, Sept. 27-30, 2015, in Orlando, Fla. Palm Beach Gardens, … Continue reading →

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Security key to increasing medical tourism: ministers

Posted on July 2, 2015 | Comments Off on Security key to increasing medical tourism: ministers
Faour and Pharaon attend a conference in Beirut, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. (The Daily Star/Khalil Hassan)

Faour and Pharaon attend a conference in Beirut, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. (The Daily Star/Khalil Hassan)

Beirut :

Despite Lebanon’s prominence in health care, the country’s security situation has kept many potential tourists away, ministers said Tuesday.

Health Minister Wael Abu Faour and Tourism Minister Michel Pharaon were speaking at a news conference on medical tourism at Downtown Beirut’s Le Gray hotel.

“We are in need of an organized plan to facilitate medical tourism in Lebanon. This starts with a security plan for foreigners who come for tourism,” Abu Faour said.

“It is not impossible for the Lebanese to do [this].”

The medical tourism sector has exploded in recent years, with worldwide revenues forecast to reach $500 billion a year.

The term refers to when governments, insurance companies, corporations, or private individuals look abroad for medical treatment options, driven by a search for greater availability of services, lower costs or shorter waiting times.

The news conference comes ahead of the 10th World Health Tourism Congress, which will take place in Dubai on Sept. 5-7.

Experts on health tourism and corporate buyers will give lectures at the event, which promotes dialogue on medical tourism and provides networking opportunities and possible partnerships for those who offer such services.

Pharaon lamented that “Lebanon used to have the best hospitals in the East,” and said that by maintaining stability and avoiding further problems, the country will able to address the security issues that have prevented medical tourism from taking off.

“Hopefully, in 2016, we will be able to host an event with the WHTC to demonstrate how we can improve medical tourism inLebanon by showing packages for checkups and many other [services], reminding people of the choices they have,” Abu Faour said.

The WHTC aims to offer health care providers the chance to create business relationships with corporate health care buyers around the world, matching services with demand.

“I hope that we can have an organized plan that we can all agree on, in order to show our strength in medical tourism,” Pharaon added.

A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on July 01, 2015, on page 4.
source: http://www.dailystar.com.lb / The Daily Star, Lebanon / Home> Lebanon News / by Jude Massaad, The Daily Star / July 01st, 2015

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Our medical expertise better than in some western countries — Najib

Posted on July 1, 2015 | Comments Off on Our medical expertise better than in some western countries — Najib
Najib launching the ‘Malaysan Medical Association Fifty Five Years 1959-2014’ book. Also seen are Subramaniam (left) and Dr Ashok Zachariah. — Bernama photo

Najib launching the ‘Malaysan Medical Association Fifty Five Years 1959-2014’ book. Also seen are Subramaniam (left) and Dr Ashok Zachariah. — Bernama photo

Putrajaya :

The medical expertise in Malaysia is comparable and sometimes better than in most Western countries, said prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak yesterday.

He pointed out that earlier this year, the country’s healthcare system received the top score out of 25 countries surveyed by an American publication, ahead of Spain, France, Ireland and New Zealand.

“We should all be proud of such recognition and I congratulate members of the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) for the hard work they have put into making Malaysia as one of the best healthcare system in the world. “That is no small achievement,” he said at the launching of the Book, Malaysan Medical Association Fifty Five Years 1959-2014, here yesterday.

Najib added that excellence was also reflected in the number of foreigners who were coming to Malaysia to have medical procedures.

He noted that Malaysia’s share of the medical tourism market had nearly doubled in the last four years.

In 2014, it reached 770,000 patients bringing in revenue of around RM700 million, and this year, the figures were expected to rise further to 930,000 patients and a revenue of RM1 billion, he said. “(The fact) that people from around the world have such confidence in the quality of our doctors and hospitals is visible proof that Malaysia is on course to achieving our goal of becoming a high income status nation by 2020,” he said.

Najib said he also intended to make Malaysia’s healthcare system as the priority to enhance competitiveness in the medical tourism market.

“If we are to compare with our neighbouring countries, we have a long way to go and I hope MMA would cooperate with us to help us achieve this challenge,” he said. Through its history, Najib noted the MMA had maintained a close working relationship with the government specially the Ministry of Health, sharing responsibility for the health of the nation.

Stressing that the government viewed the challenges faced by the medical field seriously, Najib pointed out that in the 2015 Budget, the government set out to priortise the well-being of the rakyat and allocated RM23.3 billion for healthcare and facilities. Also present at the event were Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S Subramaniam, Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, and MMA president Dr Ashok Zachariah Philip. — Bernama

source: http://www.theborneopost.com / Borneo Post Online / Home> News> Nation / Wednesday – July 01st, 2015

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