National Assembly Will Consider Regulating Medical Tourism
(Panama-Guide) Starting in January 2010, the Health Committee of Panama's National Assembly will consider the possibility of creating new regulations for medical tourism, an activity which has been growing in the country. According to National Assemblyman Pablo Vargas, they are looking at some kind of a plan or scheme that would require those hospitals, clinics, and Panamanian medical personnel who provide these services to be accredited.