20-Oct-16 In line with Turkey’s strategic healthcare transformation program, GE Healthcare, GAMA Holding and Türkerler İnşaat have reached a definitive agreement for the development of two strategic Ministry of Health public-private projects: the İzmir & Kocaeli Integrated Healthcare Campus Projects. [image: GAMA]

01-Oct-16 From 2017, hospitals in Dubai will introduce 3D printers to prepare surgeons for medical procedures. This move will allow the Dubai Health Authority-managed facilities to generate realistic representations of the anatomical area that will undergo surgical procedures. The DHA aims to accelerate surgeries, cutting costs and risks in the process, while helping patients understand the procedure they will be undergoing. [image: 3D Printing Industry]

09-Oct-16 The Manila-based Medical City hospital group is boosting its presence in the UAE, to promote medical tourism to the Philippines. It opened a AED10 mn polyclinic in Dubai in October 2015. It will be followed by more clinics in the city and the Northern Emirates in 2017, mostly through acquisitions. [image: The National]

02-Oct-16 746,000 foreign visitors landed in Turkey for medical treatment in 2015. As many as 100,000 arrived for hair implant surgeries, two-thirds of them from the UAE. Turkey earned US$5.8 bn from legal medical tourism in 2015. Medical treatment in Turkey can cost as little as half the price in countries such as Germany and the United States. [image: Murad / Reuters]

09-Sep-16 Turkey and Pakistan have signed a new deal on healthcare cooperation. "We have signed a very comprehensive agreement aiming at improving health facilities such as health management, service of patients, procurement of medicine, drop-testing labs, training nurses," Chief Minister of Punjab Shehbaz Sharif said. [image: AA]