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Follow on Google News | East Meets West: Asian Markets Take Flight at World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare CongressFrom Thailand to India, healthcare providers making connections at health travel conference, Sept. 20-24, 2014, in Washington, D.C.
By: Medical Tourism Association J.M.H. (Mack) Banner, CEO of Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok and a speaker at the health travel conference, said about 26.7 million visitors arrived in Thailand last year, 2.5 million of those travelers for medical tourism procedures and treatments. "Healthcare in the United States is an expensive proposition; When James Michael, 35, began looking for an affordable option to cervical disc replacement surgery in the United States, he, like thousands of Americans each year, chose Fortis Healthcare in Bangalore, India, instead. Fortis, accredited by the Joint Commission International and a sponsor of the Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress, treats ten times the number of American patients it handled a decade ago. Renée-Marie Stephano, President of the Medical Tourism Association® “Travel agencies are taking advantage of Asian markets, offering packages – to destinations as close as Japan to as far as the United States and Canada -- that include five-star hotels, fine cuisine and airfare,” said Stephano. “The Congress is where these relationships -- between healthcare providers and the business that seek their services – develop and take off.” The World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress (www.medicaltourismcongress.com/ About the Medical Tourism Association® The Medical Tourism Association® End
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