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Peace of mind medical tourism for Canadians

Port Huron Hospital Canadian Care Team

U.S. Port Huron Hospital's Canadian Care Team promotes medical tourism to Canadians

A hospital in the U.S. border state of Michigan has hired a Canadian marketer to promote its diagnostic testing services to Canadians within a 60-mile radius across the border.

Port Huron Hospital sits near the third-busiest border crossing into the U.S. from Canada and is using a multi-media campaign of billboards, print ads, a website and radio commercials to attract Canadians from as far across the border as London for no-wait diagnostic testing.

Once across the border into the U.S., Canadian medical tourists can drive to the hospital in less than 5 minutes. Read more…

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Health Connections – Canada has world’s first buses for healthcare.

August 2011 – If you think flying more than a few hours is too long and uncomfortable to go for a medical procedure, try the bus.

Some Canadians take motor coaches to get to their out-of-town medical appointments.

“There is a huge need for this type of service,” admits Northern Ontario politician and health critic France Gélinas. Read more…

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Government may cut medical travel benefits for native Canadians.

August 2011 – The Government of Nunavut is considering a comprehensive review of its medical travel policy, health minister Tagak Curley said March 2 in the Nunavut legislature.

Nunavut’s medical travel program has been “very generous, probably over-generous,” Curkey said. But this may change, especially with respect to escorts for unilingual Nunavummiut, he suggested. Read more…

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Mumbai’s Asian Heart Institute buys multi-million dollar robot.

August 2011 – The Asian Heart Institute (AHI) in Mumbai, India has acquired the new state-of-the-art da Vinci Si Robotic Surgical System, one of the most expensive medical technology available in the world. Read more…

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Malaysian doctors bypass blood match for organ transplants.

July 2011 — Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai announced today Malaysia’s first successful blood group incompatible kidney transplants (also known as ABO incompatible transplants).

Doctors at Prince Court Medical Centre (PCMC) in Kuala Lumpur have broken through the blood group barrier to organ donation, boosting chances for patients suffering from kidney failure to get a new one without it having to match their blood type. Read more…

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