Thailand wants to join other countries in the region that offer quality medical care and services to holiday makers, such as India and Singapore.

Poland is now one of the most popular destinations in Eastern Europe and a recent report published on medical tourism in Poland highlighted that Poland could well soon be a leader in medical tourism.

A new superbug DM-1  has been found in India, Pakistan - and the UK in patients who had travelled to India for elective surgery. Since the article was published in the Lancet earlier in August, the Indian medical establishment have been quick to refute the idea that the superbug originated in India.