13-Sep-17 The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons reported a 40% drop in visits to high-end UK facilities in 2016, as patients increasingly go abroad to locations such as Thailand and Dubai for low cost, high quality, patient-focused care. [image: The Telegraph]

10-Sep-17 Funding of AED370 mn (USD101 mn) has been raised for the Saudi German Hospital in Dubai. The Sharia compliant financing will be used to fund both operations and expansion, allowing the hospital to offer more specialised treatments. [image: Cobone]

07-Sep-17 Malaysia's sovereign fund Khazanah Nasional Bhd plans to widen investment to Central Asia. "We can extend our healthcare business to [Central Asia]… We have also investments in hospitals in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and soon, in China." [image: Astro Awani]

04-Sep-17 Korea's LG CNS has been selected to establish Bahrain’s new national health insurance system, which will allow Bahrain to monitor people’s medical costs, prescriptions, medical treatment appropriateness and the like, in real time. [image: Business Korea]

23-Aug-17 Iran had 105,000 inbound medical visitors in the last year and plans to grow on its appeal as a medical tourism destination, with its newly announced USD260 mn Isfahan Healthcare City and a national plan to attract medical tourists. [image: Tehran Times]