{"id":5494,"date":"2011-01-07T08:50:28","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T13:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=5494"},"modified":"2011-01-07T09:27:09","modified_gmt":"2011-01-07T14:27:09","slug":"caribbean-puts-focus-on-medical-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2011\/01\/caribbean-puts-focus-on-medical-tourism","title":{"rendered":"Caribbean Puts Focus On Medical Tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5495\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5495\" style=\"width: 486px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5495 \" title=\"docshosp\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/docshosp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"486\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/docshosp.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/docshosp-150x69.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/docshosp-250x115.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured left to right: Nalini Bethel, Senior Director, Ministry of Tourism Bahamas; Barry Rassin, President Doctors Hospital; Honorable Gladys Sands, Consul General Bahamas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sun,\u00a0 Sea, Sand and Surgery could be the future theme of tourism promotions in\u00a0 the\u00a0 Caribbean,\u00a0 as regional governments and private investors focus on exploring the benefits of Medical Tourism.<\/p>\n<p>Miami\u00a0 based Caribbean Trade Center&#8217;s Forum &#8220;Medical Tourism &#8211; The State of Medical Services in the Caribbean Region&#8221; was a great success and continues to\u00a0 receive\u00a0 rave\u00a0 reviews from attendees.\u00a0 The event held in collaboration with\u00a0 the\u00a0 Badia\u00a0 Hand\u00a0 to Shoulder Center of Miami Florida was held at the Miami\u00a0 Anatomical\u00a0 Training\u00a0 Center,\u00a0 Doral,\u00a0 Florida, and was sponsored by Doctors Hospital Bahamas.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0 Forum\u00a0 featured Divina Grossman &#8211; Vice President of Engagement Florida International\u00a0 University; Laura Mare West, Consul General, the Republic of Trinidad\u00a0 &amp;\u00a0 Tobago;\u00a0 Tiffany\u00a0 Thompson,\u00a0 Business Development Consultant \u2013 Barbados\u00a0 Tourism Authority; Dr. Alejandro Badia- Founder of the Badia Hand to Shoulder Center and Ortho Now; Barry Rassin, President, Doctors Hospital Nassau,\u00a0 Bahamas,\u00a0 and\u00a0 Nalini Bethel, Senior Promotions Director \u2013 Bahamas Tourist\u00a0 Board.\u00a0 The\u00a0 event\u00a0 brought\u00a0 together\u00a0 Country\u00a0 Health and Tourism representatives,\u00a0 Medical\u00a0 Tourism\u00a0 facilitators\u00a0 and\u00a0 other interests who exchanged\u00a0 ideas\u00a0 on\u00a0 some\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 most\u00a0 challenging issues of healthcare tourism affecting in the Caribbean and attracted more than 70 attendees.<\/p>\n<p>Caribbean\u00a0 Trade\u00a0 Center,\u00a0 CTC,\u00a0 strives\u00a0 to develop a comprehensive agenda focused\u00a0 on\u00a0 enhancing the economic vitality of the Caribbean region.\u00a0 This important\u00a0 Forum\u00a0 brings\u00a0 together\u00a0 prominent\u00a0 stakeholders and associated partners\u00a0 under\u00a0 one\u00a0 roof.\u00a0 Miami\u00a0 and\u00a0 the\u00a0 Caribbean share a synergistic relationship\u00a0\u00a0 having\u00a0\u00a0 strong\u00a0 cultural\u00a0 and\u00a0 social\u00a0 ties and\u00a0 strategic logistical\u00a0\u00a0 advantages.\u00a0\u00a0 With\u00a0 its\u00a0 world-class\u00a0 medical facilities\u00a0 and services,\u00a0 the\u00a0 Bahamas\u00a0 is\u00a0 well\u00a0 positioned\u00a0 to\u00a0 play\u00a0 a vital\u00a0 role\u00a0 in facilitating the medical needs of the Caribbean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sun, Sea, Sand and Surgery could be the future theme of tourism promotions in  the Caribbean, as regional governments and private investors focus on exploring the benefits of Medical Tourism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[100,19,20,33],"class_list":["post-5494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-caribbean-2","tag-health","tag-medicine","tag-tourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}