Forget Canadian Healthcare, Let’s Go to Mexico
Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Mexico Builds Hospitals to Lure Medical Tourists From America
Grupo Empresarial Los Angeles, Mexico’s largest private hospital chain, is spending $700 million to build 15 hospitals over the next three years. Oca Hospital, a family-owned company in Monterrey, is building a 200-bed facility there.
“In diverse cities that are attractive to Americans, we can offer hospitals that are very competitive and at a very good price,” Ramirez said.
Grupo Angeles has a marketing campaign targeting Americans. The goal is for foreigners to make up 20% of patients within two years, up from 5% now. At the company’s hospital in Tijuana, Americans accounted for 40% of the 100,000 patients the facility admitted in 2007.
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