Medical Tourism

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

Saturday, July 21, 2007

Taiwan Enters the Fray


The government in Taiwan is taking the initiative to cash in on the Medical Tourism boom. By 2015100,000 Asian visitors are expected to seek medical treatment in Taiwan worth 50 billion Taiwan dollars (1.5 billion US dollars). The focus will be on organ transplants, brain and facial surgery, vascular surgery, fertility treatment and knee replacements.

It would seem that medical tourism in different countries is getting more and more specialized with each country identifying its areas of expertise.


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