05-Mar-17 With India becoming a popular destination for medical tourism, Mengaluru is joining the trend. Efficiency, low costs and state-of-the-art hospitals are making the city a sought after destination. KMC Hospital has seen a sharp increase in international patients. Over the past 10 months, KMC catered to >100 international patients from the Middle East, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Kenya, UK and US. [image: The Times Of India]

20-Feb-17 CDC Group, the development finance institution owned by the UK government, and Manipal Education & Medical Group have tied up to launch a INR500 crore (USD75 mn) corpus to invest in healthcare services beyond conventional hospital services. This partnership will invest in innovative opportunities in India, Africa and South Asia. The platform will target services like diagnostics and home-care services. [image: CDC Group]

31-Jan-17 Columbia Asia has been providing tele-radiology services since 2010, for remote areas in India, Indonesia, France, Saudi, Bahrain, Kenya and Uganda. The group has tied up with PDMD-Cameroon for provision of tele-radiology, tele-consult and tele-education. In March 2017, PDMD will start a polyclinic with diagnostic facilities in Douala, equipped with MRI, CT, mammography, X-ray, USG and laboratory facilities. [image: Columbia Asia]

07-Dec-16 Despite weak infrastructure and poor funding, Nigeria has adequate human resources to reverse brain drain and make the country a medical tourism hub, concluded the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Nigerian-American Medical Foundation International on 6-Dec-16. With falling oil prices and dwindling budgets, it is hoped that making Nigeria the hub of medical tourism would help diversify the economy. [image: The Guardian]

26-Nov-16  India is increasingly becoming popular with Africans seeking medical treatment overseas, because of its more affordable, state-of-the-art equipment and its highly skilled doctors. Visas are issued within a week and treatment is comparatively cheap. Sub-Saharan Africa was facing a severe shortage of health care professionals and lacked adequate health care coverage for those in need of medical treatment. [image: Big News Network]