Sun, Sea, Sand and . . . .Stem Cells
Monday, May 15, 2006 - Stem Cell Guru
Sun, Sea, Sand. Now add stem cells. This may soon be how Barbados' tourism is promoted according to a report in Barbados' Nation News website.
This report comes in the wake of the hundred of thousands of dollars earned last year by hotels and the hospitality sector from patients and their loved ones who came here for stem cell treatment at the Institute of Regenerative Medicine (IRM) in St John.
The Institute treated over 40 patients last year and each stayed typically for a week at hotels. In addition many brought their family or close friends and spent between US$10,000 to US$20,000 during their time on the island.
The Institute's MD is bullish about the future potential for a large scale health tourism industry on the island. The treatment provided varies from procedures to help suffers of MS to cosmetic anti-aging treatments
Read the full story online at the Nation News site.
This report comes in the wake of the hundred of thousands of dollars earned last year by hotels and the hospitality sector from patients and their loved ones who came here for stem cell treatment at the Institute of Regenerative Medicine (IRM) in St John.
The Institute treated over 40 patients last year and each stayed typically for a week at hotels. In addition many brought their family or close friends and spent between US$10,000 to US$20,000 during their time on the island.
The Institute's MD is bullish about the future potential for a large scale health tourism industry on the island. The treatment provided varies from procedures to help suffers of MS to cosmetic anti-aging treatments
Read the full story online at the Nation News site.
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