Little History of Medical Tourism

Medical tourism is often regarded as a recent phenomenon. The truth is that people have to travel far for their better health for thousands of years ago. Indeed, there is no literature describing the swarthy chieftain traipsing across the desert on a camel to exchange with drugs.

The question is whether the hospital or clinic has been there thousands of years ago?

Archaeological evidence from the third millennium BC shows that the ancient Mesopotamians went to the temple of the god or goddess of healing at Tell Brak, Syria, seeking a cure for eye disorders. Several thousand years later the Greeks and Romans will travel by foot or boat to the spa and center of the cult throughout the Mediterranean.

Asclepia Temple, dedicated to honor the Greek god of medicine, are some of the world's first health center. Pilgrims sometimes will spend several nights in the temple, hoping Asclepius will appear in a dream and suggest diagnosis or treatment.

Then in the 16th and 17th centuries, spa towns such as St Moritz and Bath became the main destination for the upscale European look to cure their disease.
Procedures such as what they do first?

Many are looking for drugs "cure" for curing common ailments such as rheumatism, syphilis, gonorrhea, blindness and paralysis.

Medical modern tourism as we know it today is largely a result of several factors, including the high cost of medical care in first world countries, the ease of long distance travel, and advancement in information technology.

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