Tag: medical tourism

NDM-1: Drug-resistant bacteria hits medical tourists

Some medical tourists who went to India and Pakistan looking for cheap health procedures have come back with an unwanted souvenir: a drug-resistant strain of bacteria named New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactamase… Read more »

Medical tourism to shape healthcare in years to come

A 2008 McKinsey report claimed the medical tourism industry could be worth as much as $100 billion by 2012. In some Asian hospitals, as many as 40-60% of patients are… Read more »