GLOBAL HEALTH & CARE BLOG

Medical Tourism: Where it Began and Where it is Now The Mesopotamians are the people who originally established medical tourism on planet earth. Medical tourism can be traced back to the third millennium B.C. The evidence shows that Mesopotamians traveled to the temple of a healing god or goddess at Tell Brak, Syria in search of a cure for eye disorders. Thousands of years later the traveling continued, the Greeks and Romans would travel to spas and cult centers on the Mediterranean. In more recent times, yet still approximately 15 years ago, wealthy individuals from regions such as Europe, Middle East and Latin America were traveling to the United States in search of the best medical procedures available. After the tragedy of September 11th, that type of travel slowed down due to stricter visa regulations making it more difficult to enter the U.S. A time after that, U.S. citizens were the ones starting to travel. They would travel to destinations in Latin America, Europe and A...

THE EUROPEAN HEALTH INSURANCE CARD (EHIC) 5 June 2017 The  European Health Insurance Card  is a  free card that gives EU citizens access to medically necessary ,  state-provided healthcare  during a temporary stay in any of the 28 EU countries, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, under the same conditions and at the same cost (free in some countries) as people insured in that country. The European Health Insurance Card: ·          Is not an alternative to travel insurance. It does not cover private healthcare or costs such as a return flight to a home country or lost/stolen property, ·          Does not cover costs if travelling for the express purpose of obtaining medical treatment, ·          Does not guarantee free services. As each country's healthcare system is different, services that cost nothing at home migh...