Oh Canada! Top-Ranked Destination Warming Up to Medical Tourism

October 15, 2014

(Medical Tourism Magazine) – Canadians accustomed to the cold realities of long lines for healthcare and limited access to specialists and new technology — not to mention sub-freezing winter temperatures — have always been warm to the idea of medical tourism. Even a former provincial premier once famously jetted off to Florida for open heart surgery, and has since been joined by countless others for procedures, treatments and second opinions at sunny international locations around the globe. Buoyed by an insufficiently funded government healthcare system, Canadian hospitals are now looking to reverse the trend and entice potential international patients to their facilities in the Great White North and, at the same time, capitalize on the revenues they bring with them to reinvest in research and development programs for healthcare.