Canada must make ‘medical tourism’ part of health-care system: Report

May 27, 2011

Two years ago, Brendan King turned to a medical-tourism company to help book his trip. The Campbell River, B.C., man was on his way to Costa Rica to receive a controversial treatment for his multiple sclerosis. The “liberation” treatment isn’t offered in Canada, and many MS patients have gone abroad for the procedure. (Montreal Gazette)