Caribbean Starts to Make a Case for Becoming Medical Tourism Hub
December 18th, 2009Dr. Conville Brown, founder, director and Physician-in-Chief of The Bahamas Heart Center, has a whole list of reasons why the Caribbean is a prime candidate as a medical tourism destination.
We have a lot of American trained doctors and U.S. hospital accreditations, no one is closer to the U.S. than us, we’re English speaking, have the same dollar value and we like to think we provide the best hospitality in the West,” Dr. Brown said during his presentation at this year’s World Medical Tourism and Global Health Congress.
He went on to explain that the Caribbean has a long history of political and economic stability and maintains a non-punitive but compensatory malpractice environment, allowing them to keep costs at an affordable level. Certain medical procedures, he said, that may be unavailable in other jurisdictions can be legally and ethically performed, presenting novel opportunities for collaboration. High frequency ultrasound is one …
