ONE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION when discussing Global Healthcare Travel also known as Medical Travel or Medical Tourism is this: Will the country’s public healthcare be compromised once the Philippines becomes a global healthcare hub? The short answer, based on the experience of India and other more established medical tourism destinations is: No, as long as we do it right.
HE DIDN’T HAVE ANY MONEY IN HIS WALLET on their first official date. He had invited her to the restaurant to celebrate his birthday—but as things turned out, she ended up paying for their meal. In terms of romantic etiquette, that was nothing less than a disaster.
What should the Philippines do to speed up its growth as a medical tourism or healthcare travel destination? How do we transform healthcare from an economic burden to a driver for economic growth?
IT’S NOT EVERY DAY THAT A PHILIPPINE HOSPITAL TREATS ROYALTY, but that’s what happened when Iso Nanhken Iriarte and his wife Nahnken Hei, leaders of the kingdom of Pohnpei of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) went to the Philippine Heart Center. Iso’s wife needed to have some diagnostic procedures done on her heart and they chose to go to the Philippine Heart Center.
In line with the Philippine government’s thrust of providing universal access to healthcare, the country’s hospitals and healthcare providers were urged to upgrade their standards like what citizens of developed countries are getting in a socialized healthcare system to be efficient. Hospitals and clinics need to be internationally accredited in order for them to be globally competitive and open new markets including foreign patients.
You’ve heard it before: Death begins in the colon. Your gut is home to millions and millions of bacteria, good and bad. Keep it healthy and you’ll create a balanced environment that will boost your immune system and help you fight off diseases.
Is there a future in the fitness and wellness industry? Can this be a career choice for graduating students, or even office workers or business owners who want to shift?
My tummy always behaved. For four decades, I surmise. Entirely disciplined, looking out for itself. It knew it would get a severe aria of scolding if it misbehaved.
Any athlete knows that to keep up with his game, he has to have discipline, strategy and, more importantly, the finest equipment.
If you ask any knowledgeable doctor what the possible causes of man’s illness are, he will most likely enumerate any or a combination of the following: pathogens, such as bacteria, microbes, virus, etc.; allergens like pollen, dust, cigarette smoke, carcinogens; or cancer producing chemicals or materials.
Once more, you ask the questions, and I find the answers. There is more than one way to take charge of your wellness goals. Here are some of them.
