South Africa is increasingly looked to by Africa’s elites and middle-classes as a place where quality private care is available for non-elective treatments such as surgery after accidents,
...The private sector will drive the demand for higher quality and new technology, but with the government focussing on public private partnerships, growth and quality improv
...Several South African agencies and clinics optimistically hope that while they are in South Africa fans will also become medical tourists.
...One of the biggest challenges for the department was an increase in demand for services. The number of patients using public health facilities was growing at about 3% a year .
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“Medical tourism has been seen to thrive in a regional context. At Serokolo we made our prime target sub-Saharan Africa, with long-haul destinations a secondary consideration.
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