November 9, 2023
(STAT News) – More than 5.6 million U.S. tourists head to Cancun every year, drawn to the Mexican port’s white sand beaches, all-inclusive resorts, and raucous nightlife. Soon there’s likely to be another reason to visit: MSI Reproductive Choices, an … Read More
July 25, 2023
(Axios) – Faced with steep health care costs in the U.S., an increasing number of women are going abroad for fertility treatments, including egg freezing and IVF. Why it matters: The number of women seeking to freeze their eggs surged … Read More
May 30, 2023
(Wall Street Journal) – U.S. officials said they are contacting people who recently underwent cosmetic procedures at two clinics in Mexico tied to a suspected outbreak of fungal meningitis that has killed two and sickened dozens. All of the infected … Read More
May 25, 2023
(Associated Press) – Federal officials say more than 200 patients could be at risk of fungal meningitis after having surgical procedures at clinics in a Mexico border city. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday it is … Read More
May 18, 2023
(Washington Post via MSN) – Federal and Texas health officials are alerting Americans and clinicians about suspected cases of fungal meningitis among U.S. residents who traveled to Matamoros, Mexico, for surgery. One person has died, and at least four patients … Read More
March 8, 2023
(Associated Press) – The recent kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico highlights a common practice for many people in the U.S.: traveling to other countries for medical care that either is not available at home or costs a lot less. … Read More
August 3, 2022
(Axios) – In the month after Roe v. Wade was overturned, the country’s largest abortion hotline reported a 5,100% increase in plane or bus trips and a more than 1,400% rise in hotel room bookings from patients traveling out-of-state for … Read More
December 2, 2021
Medico-Legal Journal (vol. 89, no. 2, 2021) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Medicines and Murder” by Robin Ferner “Is it Discriminatory to Require Hospital Staff to be clean Shaven to Facilitate the Effective Wearing of Personal Protective … Read More
September 29, 2021
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics (vol. 30, no. 2, 2021) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Decisionmaking and Leadership in Crises and Beyond” by Tuija Takala and Matti Hayry “Resuscitating Patient Rights during the Pandemic: COVID-19 and the … Read More
September 6, 2021
(The Korean Herald) – The number of foreign patients at medical institutions in South Korea plummeted more than 75 percent last year as the COVID-19 pandemic restricted international travel and lowered demand for medical tourism. (Read Full Article)
June 14, 2021
Clinical Ethics (vol. 15, no. 3, 2020) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “All Things Considered: Surrogate Decision-Making on Behalf of Patients in the Minimally Conscious State” by L Syd M Johnson and Kathy L Cerminara “Conscientious Objection … Read More
February 9, 2021
(The Guardian) – In the past three years, three British women – Abimbola Ajoke Bamgbose, Leah Cambridge and Melissa Kerr – have died as a result of complications arising from BBLs in Turkey, the most popular destination for UK patients … Read More
June 24, 2020
(New York Times) – Over the past several years, hospitals began to play innkeeper to open the door to more elective surgery, which is the lifeblood of their revenue. They developed hotels near their operating rooms where patients, who often … Read More
April 10, 2020
(Newsweek) – Tens of thousands of people in the U.S. who had planned trips abroad to access affordable medical and dental care in March are likely to have been forced to cancel their plans due to the coronavirus outbreak, according … Read More
January 14, 2020
(The Guardian) – British families are sending elderly relatives with dementia overseas to Thailand in a small but growing trend. Researchers visiting private care homes in Chiang Mai have found eight homes where guests from the UK are living thousands … Read More
December 9, 2019
(Reuters) – North Korea, one of the world’s most reclusive states, plans to branch out into medical tourism next year, offering foreign visitors, most likely from China, treatments including cataract surgery, dental implants and therapy for tumors. The ruling party’s … Read More
October 15, 2019
(Australian Broadcasting Co) – More people in Australia are looking overseas for donor organs than previously thought, and experts are warning “transplant tourism” could be perpetuating the global illegal trade of human body parts. A new study published in the … Read More
August 13, 2019
(Kaiser Health News) – The hospital costs of the American medical system are so high that it made financial sense for both a highly trained orthopedist from Milwaukee and a patient from Mississippi to leave the country and meet at … Read More
July 23, 2019
(Fox) – A Utah resident died after undergoing a surgical procedure in Tijuana, and health officials said seven other patients recovered after being sickened by the same bacteria. The Utah County Health Department issued a press release Monday stating that … Read More
June 14, 2019
(The Conversation) – For the past two decades, the Chinese regime has been killing prisoners of conscience for their organs. The purchase and sale of human lives has become an industry, and Canada, among other developed countries, has been supporting … Read More
May 20, 2019
(Newsweek) – Hundreds of thousands of Americans are crossing the border into Mexico each year to receive a wide range of treatments, including medical services, dental care and cosmetic surgery, experts in what has become known as “medical tourism” say. … Read More
May 6, 2019
(The Epoch Times) – Belgium’s primary legislative body passed a new bill on April 25 that would punish all parties involved in the buying and selling of human organs for commercial purposes. Violators face up to 20 years imprisonment with … Read More
April 1, 2019
(Daily Mail) – Australian couples are spending $20,000 to choose the eye colour and sex of their ‘designer babies’ at an overseas clinic. But critics have slammed the practice, claiming it is reminiscent of ‘what the Nazis wanted to do’. … Read More
March 29, 2019
(BBC) – Patients Beyond Borders, a publisher of guidebooks for “medical tourists” estimates that more than 20 million people will travel to another country for medical treatment this year, up 25% from 16 million last year. Meanwhile, a 2016 report … Read More
March 20, 2019
(Daily Mail) – The Dominican Republic may be the most dangerous place to travel abroad for plastic surgery, a new report finds. Researchers looked at cases of post-surgery infections over a 14-year period and found that nearly half of them … Read More
