The Government of Puerto Rico took an important step Tuesday in its efforts to become a medical tourism powerhouse in the Caribbean and Latin America when the Department of Economic Development and Commerce signed an agreement with the Medical Tourism Association to have the MTA provide educational training aimed at obtaining certifications for service providers in Puerto Rico.
HealthSouth San Juan, the island’s first physical rehabilitation facility to establish itself in Puerto Rico, is marking 15 years of offering services to local residents as well as patients from the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Investments made in Puerto Rico by companies performing research and development activities totaled $449.3 million in Fiscal 2013, up 3.3 percent in comparison to the total reported in 2009, the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute revealed.
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