“We’re not considering this a medical tourism facility.”

“… we intend to offer cost-effective treatment for the citizens of the US and also (those) who are under-insured.”

Stltoday.com – Ascension Health Alliance executives say their joint venture to build a $2 billion “health city” in the Cayman Islands with an India-based hospital group will bring high-quality, low-cost medicine to the Caribbean and South America.

“We’re not considering this a medical tourism facility — that’s not the intent at all,” said Anthony Tersigni, president and chief executive of Edmundson-based Ascension Health Alliance, which runs the nation’s largest Catholic and nonprofit health system. “I’m not sure we’re going to have U.S. patients at the Caymans.” To continue reading click here.