Medical tourism gets boost (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
The tourism industry is positioning the Philippines as a medical and healthcare destination for Middle Eastern visitors who have been showing preference for Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines.
Singapore Medicine - Singapore Ups the Ante for Private Medical Care (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Singapore's medical landscape will see a significant addition come 2010, when the country's first fully-integrated mediplex opens to patients both foreign and local.
A Brief History of Medical Tourism (Time.com via Yahoo! News)
A Brief History of Medical Tourism
Ill tourist to get free treatment (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
BANGKOK—Stranded foreign tourists or businessmen can receive free medical treatment at either state or private hospitals in Thailand, according to the Public Health Ministry.
Airport clash grounds Thailand (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
A week of escalating resistance by anti-government protesters has put the Thai capital in a stranglehold that its flailing civilian government seems unable to break. The stalemate has raised fears of widespread unrest in a war of attrition between a populist ruling party and a royalist protest movement in Bangkok that is determined to rewrite the political playbook.
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