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7 Medical Tourism Trends To Watch In 2016

Posted by Julie Munro on February 24, 2016   |   5 Comments

2016 is shaping up to be an exciting year for providers of medical travel (or is it medical tourism?).

Medical Travel Quality Alliance expects that these will be the trends and issues of 2016 for the medical tourism industry, and will affect nearly all segments of the industry in nearly all countries around the globe.

1. Medical tourism gives birth to a baby boom.

The demand by medical tourists for in vitro fertilization IVF, gender selection, commercial surrogacy, and birthing places keeps growing.

Chinese baby

After Thailand and India restricted commercial surrogacy, some surrogacy agencies moved operations to Cambodia and Nepal. In late 2015, Nepal and Mexico – which had allowed commercial surrogacy in the state of Tabasco – made surrogacy illegal.

But this doesn’t stop demand.

Surrogacy tourism to Russia, Ukraine and Georgia Read more…

India | Fortis Hospital Bannerghatta

Posted by Caroline Bodanis on October 20, 2014   |   No Comments

Fortis HospitalBangalore’s Fortis Hospital Bannerghatta, a leader in health care in India and a global leader in providing high quality treatment for medical travelers, has become the first Indian hospital awarded medical tourism certification from the Medical Travel Quality Alliance for its quality of care and services to medical tourists. Read more…

How Much Does Commercial Surrogacy Cost?

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

total cost(Commercial Surrogacy Tourism, part 4)

Surrogacy tourism, like other medical travel services, is commonly promoted to be a “fraction of the cost” of commercial surrogacy in the U.S.

Yet, like other medical services, commercial surrogacy does not necessarily cost the oft-quoted US$70,000-$150,000.

A bonus of Obamacare gives a surrogate who in the past may not have had medical insurance the chance to sign with one of the state health Read more…

Rating Medical Tourism Facilitators 5-Star To 1-Star

Posted by Julie Munro on June 1, 2014   |   No Comments

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…