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Patients Beyond Borders: Taiwan Edition Launches in Taipei
Newest entrant to medical travel marketplace targets China and North America
Taipei, Taiwan—29 July 2008: Healthy Travel Media and Taiwan Task Force on Medical Travel (TTFMT) jointly announce the launch of the Patients Beyond Borders Taiwan Edition, to be published in English for international distribution in July 2008. The Taiwan Edition will be formally launched on 29 July at the Medical Tourism North Asia Conference in Taipei, Taiwan.
Supported by the Taiwan government, hospitals, and related private organizations, the 304-page guidebook will offer an in-depth overview of Taiwan’s 19 international hospitals, selected health travel agents, nearby recovery and guest accommodations, and area travel information.
"Located centrally between Tokyo and Hong Kong and with some of the best healthcare in Asia, Taiwan receives visitors from more than 30 countries throughout the region and the world,” says Healthy Travel Media CEO Josef Woodman. “The huge Chinese population in the US, Canada and other nations makes Taiwan a natural medical travel destination. Furthering that trend is the recent move by the Taiwan government to lift air restrictions and allow regular flights between Taiwan and China. With an estimated 50 million Chinese nationals projected to visit the island, the impact on medical travel will be far reaching.”
Taiwan’s prices for procedures are on par with leading healthcare providers in Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand, and patients can receive 30-80% discounts on a wide array of treatments. Newly JCI-accredited hospitals, such as Min Sheng Healthcare in Taoyuan and Wan Fang Hospital in Taipei, provide additional comfort to international medical travelers. At least three additional hospitals are expected to receive JCI-accreditation in 2008.
“As our reputation as an international healthcare leader grows, we are pleased to offer the Patients Beyond Borders Taiwan Edition to a growing market of medical travelers,” says Dr. Mingyen Wu, CEO, Taiwan Task Force on Medical Travel and Secretary General of TNHCA. “Readers will see the vast diversity of medical facilities, treatments, and services offered throughout Taiwan.”
Patients Beyond Borders Taiwan Edition will be available in bookstores and online retail channels throughout the world. The eBook Edition is available through www.lulu.com. Booksellers wishing to carry the Taiwan Edition should contact Publisher’s Group West, www.pgw.com.
About Healthy Travel Media
Healthy Travel Media, an independent imprint based in Chapel Hill, NC, publishes books on medical travel, treatment, and wellness. Patients Beyond Borders is available at Amazon and bookstores everywhere. The Patients Beyond Borders Taiwan Edition is the second in the Patients Beyond Borders series of in-country editions of the same name.
About Taiwan Task Force on Medical Travel
The Taiwan Task Force on Medical Travel was launched in October 2007. TTFMT is administered by the Taiwan Nongovernmental Hospitals and Clinics Association, and supported by the Tourism Bureau, Government Information Office, Taiwan External Trade Development Council, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, Department of Health (DOH), and Council for Economic Planning & Development, Executive Yuan, R.O.C.
TTFMT was created as a platform to integrate resources and streamline cooperation across leading governmental organizations, the DOH and related industries and medical institutions. Its vision is to position Taiwan as a global leader of five-star medical travel destination. For more information, visit: http://medicaltravel.org.tw.
For media queries, please contact:
United States
Judy Orchard
Tel: +1 919.545.0668
Email: jorchard@patientsbeyondborders.com
www.patientsbeyondborders.com
Taiwan
Sherine Kuo
Taiwan Task Force on Medical Travel
Tel: 886 2 2739 1322 ext. 15
Fax: 886 2 2739 1513
Email: nhca04@gmail.com
http://medicaltravel.org.tw