Medical Tourism

news about medical tourism and patients travelling to foreign countries for medical treatment

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Ethical or Not Ethical


The ethics of stem cell therapy may be unresolved but medical tourism in Thailand, it would seem is reaping a rich harvest by using stem cell therapy for treating heart diseases.

When a medical tourism company and a multi national health care have stem cell therapy as a common factor one can surmise how big the harvest is. The focus is of course on foreigners though they may claim that it has benefited the locals immensely.

When health care becomes a multi billion dollar industry, it is only natural that ethics will take a backseat or be shown the door.


Stem Cell Therapy