The implications of health tourism

The worldwide increase in tourism has led to the development of medical tourism, with travel agencies offering traditional travel abroad combined with packaged medical or healthcare in private hospitals. Photo: AFP  There is active promotion of medical tourism by more than 50 governments, including Malaysia. The primary reason is that it is a growing source of [...]

February 16th, 2015|Categories: Global News|

Malaysian researcher leads snakebite project

Far-reaching mission: (from left) Dr Afzal, Dr Peh and Prof White are working on ways to improve the management of snakebite patients in Myanmar. — Bernama  MELBOURNE: A Malaysian-born researcher is leading an international project to save people from venomous snakebites in Myanmar. Dr Peh Chen Au, a clinical senior lecturer at the University of Adelaide’s [...]

February 16th, 2015|Categories: Global News, Home Grown, Techy Talky|
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