Author Archives: Julie Munro

Rating Medical Tourism Facilitators 5-Star To 1-Star

5-star ratingLemen International is a rare breed of medical tourism facilitator.

Lemen International’s multi-lingual staff, full time medical director, private health butlers, informative web site, thorough attention to the details of health management for their clients clearly and medical tourism certification set it apart from other facilitators anywhere in the world.

If there were a rating system for medical travel companies, Read more…

Dubai | Saudi German Hospital Dubai

Saudi-German-Hospital-DubaiSaudi German Hospital Dubai becomes the first hospital in the Middle East to achieve international medical tourism certification from the Medical Travel Quality Alliance.

“After a satisfactory review of the hospital’s non-clinical operations and processes for care and services to international patients, we are pleased to certify Saudi German Hospital Dubai for quality in medical tourism,” announced Julie Munro, President of MTQUA. Read more…

Controlling MERS And Other Infections

mersWhat is MERS?

MERS is in the family of coronaviruses.that includes the common cold.

The most severe coronavirus to date has been SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome). SARS spread around the globe in 2003 and caused an epidemic that severely impacted economies as far apart as Hong Kong and Toronto. Read more…

MERS: Danger From The Invisible Medical Traveler

A different kind of medical tourist has the attention of the global health care community.

When crossing borders in small numbers, few take notice of it. But when the numbers increase to a critical mass, the world takes notice.

It is infection.

Today, the infection the world is paying serious attention to is the MERS virus, and watching its spread from Saudi Arabia into other countries in the Middle East and North Africa and beyond.

Countries whose hospitals have identified MERS in patients from the Middle East now include Turkey, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, UK, Malaysia and the Philippines. Canada is reported to be on “red alert” against the threat of MERS.[Tweet “MERS outbreak should have all of medical tourism alarmed.”]

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MTQUA launches world’s first international certification in medical tourism for hospitals, clinics, agents.

Medical Tourism SealThe Medical Travel Quality Alliance has officially launched the first international Medical Tourism Certification for health and wellness providers and businesses around the world.

For the first time, travelers seeking medical treatment anywhere in the world can find hospitals, clinics and medical travel companies that have been certified for the quality of the non-clinical care and services they offer to medical Read more…