The UAE-based healthcare conglomerate VPS Healthcare is entering India by acquiring majority stake in Lakeshore Hospital in Kerala, a tertiary level super specialty hospital and pioneer in large-scale health tourism.
Two of every 10 treatments performed by the Oncology Center of Cancun are provided to medical tourists, and this is because prices are up to 40% lower than in other countries.
The Cabinet decision on making nursing more appealing as a vocation for Emiratis and introducing early cancer detection protocols for Emiratis has been welcomed by health-care professionals as a pioneering step.
Zimbabwe continues to choke under the burden of diseases like Aids and cancer, but very little has been documented on the use and properties of complementary and alternative therapies.
