Medical Tourism Congress in Los Angeles a Huge Success

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Medical Tourism
Association's 2nd annual World Medical Tourism and Global Health Congress
(http://www.MedicalTourismCongress.com) was held in Los Angeles this past
week and achieved great success. Over the course of three days, the annual
global conference featured approximately 1,500 attendees from the public
sector and private sector, health insurance companies, employers and insurance
agents attended the conference largely due to work of MTA. It also featured
over 160 speakers and 120 exhibitors and sponsors.

Over 60 countries participated in the conference which focused on the high
quality of care and the investment in healthcare throughout the world. The
conference also featured Ministers' Roundtable where Ministers of Health and
Tourism addressed the opportunities and challenges of the industry in their
respective countries.

Dr. Ha-Jeong Park, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Health & Welfare of Korea,
said, "The conference was very successful. We are happy with the fact we
positioned Korea as the top destination of medical tourism through this
conference." He added, "Along with MTA, Korea is looking forward to another
big success in Korea Global Healthcare and World Medical Tourism Conference in
Seoul, Korea in April 2010. The Korean government will make its best endeavor
to set up the norms of medical tourism with MTA and other industry leaders."

The Medical Tourism Association (http://www.MedicalTourismAssociation.com) is
the non profit trade association for the medical tourism industry with over
300 members, made up of insurance companies, governmental organizations,
NGO's, hospitals, facilitators and industry professionals. "MTA has done
exceptional work in the Medical Tourism Industry. World Medical Tourism &
Global Health Congress in US certainly helps industry players to understand
in-depth information about this emerging industry," said Mr. Nasser Al Budoor,
Director - H. E. Health Ministers Office and Director - International Health
Affairs, Ministry of Health, United Arab Emirates.

"The MTA's goal is to further development of the medical tourism industry
through our quality indicator project and alternative dispute resolution
program in 2010. We look forward to very positive growth in new year for our
members and working closely with many countries on initiatives to increase
healthcare quality for both foreign patients and the local population," said
Renee-Marie Stephano, President of the Medical Tourism Association. The MTA
is guided by the input from an advisory board of 52 expert health leaders from
around the world.

Editors Notes
The Medical Tourism Association is the first international non-profit
association (501(c)(6)) to have membership. The membership is made up of the
top international hospitals, healthcare providers, medical travel
facilitators, insurance companies, and other affiliated companies and members
with the common goal of promoting the highest level of quality of healthcare
to patients in a global environment. Our Association promotes the interests of
its healthcare provider and medical tourism facilitators members. The Medical
Tourism Association has three tenets: Transparency in Quality of Healthcare,
Communication and Education.

SOURCE Medical Tourism Association

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