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SMC: Cuba’s Medical Tourism Business – its Past, Present and Future

Dr. Osvaldo Héctor of Servicios Medicos Cubanos (SMC) discusses Cuba’s medical tourism business

Dr. Osvaldo Héctor Ardisana from Servicios Medicos Cubanos (SMC) is in Montreal working with Services Santé International, a medical tourism company with offices in Montreal, Trois-Rivières and Québec. We caught up with him in the Montreal office where we had the opportunity to ask about SMC and Cuba’s medical tourism industry.

This conversation is no longer available on Cuba Business Report. It has been archived and will soon be available in an upcoming book, The Cuba Interviews: 35 Conversations on Foreign Investment and Economic Development.

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