Porto Alegre Health Care Shows Leadership at 3rd Annual World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Conference

West Palm Beach, FL, September 05, 2010 --(PR.com)-- With top quality medicine and a variety of services and infrastructure rarely found in one place, Brazil’s most European-like state capital city enters the Health Care Tourism Industry offering satisfaction both on traveling and healthcare treatment with the highest level of commitment to every patient as a result of a very strong public and private sector partnership. Porto Alegre Health Care Cluster is the first public-private organization focused on Medical Tourism in Brazil, uniting the city government, representative associations, hospitals and doctors on a great health, wellness and hospitality supply chain. Porto Alegre has been recognized internationally, academically and professionally, for its hospitals with expertise and infrastructure of excellence, for its practitioners internationally renowned in their specialties and for its medical schools and universities and advanced research centers in several scientific areas.

“Certainly it is going to be a very special moment for Porto Alegre, for we will be introducing ourselves to the world as a competitive destination for Medical Tourism for the first time. Porto Alegre, Brazil’s most European-like state capital city is prepared to offer the best medical treatments and the best experience a cross-border patient can have abroad. Porto Alegre represents the reunion of Brazil’s booming economy and its world class tourism potential, now as a perfect destination for medical travelers,” said Luiz Fernando S. Moraes, Secretary of Tourism, Porto Alegre.

This is the one event per year where Employers, Self Funded Health Plans, Insurance Companies, and Medical Tourism Facilitators that are looking to outsource healthcare overseas have the opportunity to meet with top International Hospitals and Medical Tourism Companies in one place for the ultimate networking event. As a Bronze Sponsor, Apollo Hospitals will receive multiple benefits including preferred exhibit booth placement.

This year they have allocated a budget to bring in up to 200 "Buyers" of healthcare, including insurance companies, employers, and governments to the congress. The conference will feature up to 2,000 attendees, up to 140 exhibitors and sponsors, and over 100 speakers from over 60 countries. Save the date today by going to the Medical Tourism Congress website and register for this once a year event. Accomplish in three days what would otherwise take you years to do. Come to the only medical tourism and international health insurance conference in the world that truly brings together the buyers and sellers of healthcare from all six continents.

The conference is the dedicated annual event of the Medical Tourism Association, the nonprofit trade association in the Medical Tourism industry, http://www.medicaltourismassociation.com, and media partner Medical Tourism Magazine, http://www.medicaltourismmag.com the only dedicated magazine for the medical tourism and global healthcare industry, and by Medical Tourism City, www.medicaltourismcity.com, a social network for the medical tourism and global healthcare industry with over one thousand participants from over sixty countries.

The 3rd World Medical Tourism and Global Healthcare Congress will also feature two additional conferences, the Expatriate Healthcare, Travel Insurance and Global Health Insurance Conference, http://www.expatriateconference.com, which focuses on international employers and insurance companies, and the Sustainable Healthcare and Hospital Development Conference, www.healthcaredevelopmentconference.com, which focuses on the growth of medical tourism in the healthcare sector and the building and development of healthcare facilities around the world.

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