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TRENDS: Medical tourism surges

By on June 6, 2012

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Medical tourism sets pulses racing (via AFP)

From liposuction in Athens to an eye operation in Dubai, the lucrative market in medical tourism is on the up, tempting ever more countries to look for ways to profit from foreign patient care. “Everyone wants their share of the pie,” Sanjiv Malik, director of DM Healthcare, a Dubai-based network of…

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