Costa Rica Hosts the First
Latin American Global Medicine & Wellness
Congress
More than 200 participants, 55 exhibitors,
and 60 expert speakers have confirmed their
participation in this medical tourism to
conference. Organizers anticipate having up
to 400 attendees/delegates from all the
Americas: US, Canada, Mexico, Cuba,
Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama,
Colombia, Ecuador, and Argentina.
The conference is being held in San José
from April 26-28th, 2010.
The Global Medicine and Wellness Congress
will focus on opportunities in medical
tourism, wellness and retirement living to
Latin America. Millions of Americans and
Canadians are traveling to Latin America for
high quality health and dental care. A
recent Deloitte report estimates that as
many as 23 million Americans could be
traveling internationally by 2017 and will
be spending up to $80 billion dollars a
year.
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias has
declared the Medical Tourism Industry of
national interest in Costa Rica. Costa Rica
is one of the top 5 medical tourism
destinations in the world, according to
McKinsey & Company. President Arias, along
with four Ministers of the Republic of Costa
Rica, will be officially inaugurating the
Congress on April 26th. Costa Rica is the
only country in the world with 100% of the
private hospitals attaining JCI
accreditation.
Visit the conference website at
www.globalmedicinecongress.com for more
information on the agenda, expo and hospital
tours. You may also register to attend the
three-day event and have a firsthand
opportunity of exploring the fine quality of
affordable medical and dental care available
in Costa Rica.
When choosing a country for a medical
procedure comparing costs is important, but
travel time should be high on your list of
priorities. Costa Rica provides a
high-quality option closer to home than
options on the other side of the world.
“With passage of the healthcare bill, now is
the time to see how you can save money and
time by traveling outside the U.S. for your
medical procures” said Tim Morales of Costa
Rican Medical Care. “We are extremely
pleased with the number of insurance company
executives, employee benefit mangers, health
underwriters, insurance agents, third-party
administrators, and other interested parties
who have signed up to experience first hand
what the hospitals and physicians of Costa
Rica and other Latin American countries have
to offer”. |
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