November 2, 2012
Imagine you’re a Belgian industrialist with an idea for a device that treats certain cancers. You’re convinced it would be a huge improvement over the existing standard. But it would also be hideously expensive, at least initially, and your specialized … Read More
October 31, 2012
The trial for the largest organ trafficking case in China was canceled recently, on the same day that it was announced that Bo Xilai, the disgraced official, would be stripped of his position in the Communist Party’s legislature, the National … Read More
October 30, 2012
Yet, after exploring so-called medical tourism options in Thailand, India, Hungary and Dubai, I settled on nothing so exotic. (Washington Post)
October 24, 2012
Eight countries, including the US and Britain, will take part in the Indian medical tourism conference here next month. Indian Medical Tourism Conference and Alliance 2012 (IMTCA 2012), an international conference dedicated to promoting medical tourism in India, will be … Read More
October 23, 2012
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Asia Medical Tourism Analysis and Forecast to 2015. In this global economic slowdown when every other industry future seems bleak. Medical Tourism Industry is the one sector … Read More
October 17, 2012
Those issues are at the heart of Cohen’s new book, “Patients with Passports: Medical Tourism, Law, and Ethics.†The focus of his year as a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, the book examines three categories of medical … Read More
October 3, 2012
A total of 18,00 visas, including visas for medical tourism, have so far this year been issued to Qataris by the German embassy in Doha, German Ambassador to Qatar Angelica Sturz Hkurja revealed yesterday. (The Gulf Times)
October 3, 2012
A judge has warned of the pitfalls of surrogacy after the Indian mother of twin boys ‘disappeared’ before giving her formal consent for them to be brought up by a British gay couple. (The Telegraph)
September 27, 2012
Switzerland’s parliament voted against a bid to toughen controls on assisted suicide on Wednesday, rejecting concerns about foreigners travelling to the country to die. (Chicago Tribune)
September 26, 2012
Maria is one of a growing number of Russian surrogate mothers. She was paid to carry and give birth to the twins by a Finnish couple who were their biological parents. (The Moscow Times)
September 25, 2012
The Ministry of Health [China] banned surrogacy in 2001. However, surrogacy is still performed surreptitiously because of increasing demand. With connections and backdoor deals, couples are sometimes able to find a surrogate mother and a hospital willing to take the … Read More
September 14, 2012
A thriving domestic market for in vitro fertilization has made India the go-to spot for patients from Africa, Afghanistan and beyond. (The Global Post)
September 10, 2012
Pakistan enacted a transplant law in 2010 to shake off its reputation as a leading destination for transplant tourism and bring a stop to illegal organ trafficking. After the passage of the transplant law, organ trafficking stalled to some extent, … Read More
September 7, 2012
Many Australians travel to India and pay surrogate mothers to bear their child. But the local women are often poor, desperate and exploited. (The Sydney Morning Harold)
June 8, 2012
Premila Vaghela, a poor 30-year-old surrogate mother, died last month, while reportedly waiting for a routine examination at a hospital in Ahmedabad. The news was barely covered by the media – after all, she had completed the task she had … Read More
May 29, 2012
The illegal trade in kidneys has risen to such a level that an estimated 10,000 black market operations involving purchased human organs now take place annually, or more than one an hour, World Health Organisation experts have revealed. (Guardian)
May 24, 2012
Premila Vaghela, 30, had opted to become a surrogate mother and deliver child of a US-based couple to supplement her family income and brighten the future of her own two kids. (Times of India)
May 21, 2012
Cash Burnaman, a 6-year-old South Carolina boy, has traveled with his parents to India seeking treatment for a rare genetic condition that has left him developmentally disabled. You might think this was a hopeful mission until you learn that an … Read More
May 14, 2012
Trout pouts, tummy tucks and breast implants. There was a time – not that many years ago – when genial German hotel manager Frank Heller would never hear such phrases in his line of work. Â (7 Days in Dubai)
April 11, 2012
Developing World Bioethics (Volume 12, Issue 1, April 2012) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “New Ethical Perspectives on Medical Tourism in the Developing World” by Jeremy Snyder and Valorie A. Crooks, iii-vi. “The Problematization of Medical Tourism: … Read More
March 28, 2012
When fortysomething Chicago native Ellie Lavi became a mother two years ago, she was a poster girl for creative baby-making. Lavi, a dual citizen of Israel and the United States, visited an Israeli clinic that helped her conceive twins from … Read More
January 11, 2012
The booming business in international surrogacy, whereby Westerners have begun hiring poor women in developing countries to carry their babies, has been the subject of plenty of media buzzing over the past few years. (Slate)
January 11, 2012
During the past year, Lowe’s Companies paid for 38 employees or their dependents, including three children, to travel to Cleveland Clinic for heart surgery that was fully covered by health insurance with no co-pays or deductibles. (American Medical News)
October 10, 2011
The plot of the Marathi-language film “Mala Aai Vhhaychy†(“I Want to Be a Motherâ€) asks a deceptively simple question: Does Yashoda, a woman turning to surrogate motherhood as an escape from poverty, have any claim on the child she … Read More
October 10, 2011
It is one of Asia’s fastest growing industries and shows no signs of losing steam even as the global economy wobbles. (Reuters)
