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Is Commercial Surrogacy Tourism So Bad?

Posted by Julie Munro on September 29, 2014 | No Comments

(Commercial Surrogacy Tourism, part 2)

If there is no law against commercial surrogacy, can you break the law?

In Thailand, some ten years ago, a law had been proposed to parliament to ban commercial surrogacy, but it was not enacted.

When, in 2011, Thai doctors were involved in a case of Vietnamese women being used as surrogates in Thailand on behalf of a Taiwan agency, the law was brought up again but still not passed.

The Medical Council of Thailand has certain strictures against commercial surrogacy but these are ethical and moral considerations, not legal ones. Read more…

Cyber Attack On Health Records Is Only A Matter Of Time – Politico.

Posted by Caroline Bodanis on July 2, 2014 | No Comments

The health world is flirting with disaster, say experts who monitor crime in cyberspace.

It’s only a matter of time as health data becomes increasingly digital.

As more medical tourists electronically transfer their personal health records, financial information, passport and other personal I.D. data, and family contacts between medical travel facilitators, physicians and Read more…

Is There A Medical Tourism Blacklist?

Posted by Julie Munro on June 23, 2014 | 2 Comments

Woman describes her surgery in Dominican Republic and subsequent treatment for antibiotic resistant infection.

To blacklist: to boycott, to avoid, to steer clear of.

When significant numbers of rehospitalizations and deaths among medical tourists occur in one location – as in the current case of the Dominican Republic – the harsh facts of risks that medical tourists face cannot be brushed aside.

Since there is no structured way to report or gather information about medical tourist outcomes, the most reliable Read more…

7 Ways To Help Medical Tourists – Which Do You Offer?

Posted by Julie Munro on June 13, 2014 | No Comments

Sooner or later, all medical travelers need help.

You won’t know when this help will be needed or what you will need to do.

A professional business woman on a medical vacation was suddenly and unexpectedly faced with one of the toughest decisions she would ever have to make. Read more…

New Arterial Technique On Inoperable Patient At Asian Heart Institute, India

Posted by M Stefan on May 2, 2014 | No Comments

dr ramakant panda First time in the world new arterial technique gives fresh lease of life to inoperable patient with 17 blocks.

In a revolutionary surgery conducted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s heart surgeon Dr. Ramakant Panda, a 58-year-old patient got a new lease of life from a fatal heart condition after 12 separate bypass grafts were created for blood to flow smoothly from and into the heart.

Dr. Panda, who had earlier operated a patient with record breaking 10 grafts, has broken his own record by successfully operating this high risk case. Read more…