From France to Spain, Bulgaria to Turkey, and from Lithuania to Belarus, medical tourism is a reality across Europe — driven in some cases by shortages of rare medicines, and in others by the simple need to cut costs.
However, EU reforms sparked by a Polish case at the bloc’s highest court is set to equalise access to medicines.
No one needs to be convinced that the role of medicines, from vaccinations to modern technology, that help us live longer and healthier.
But it is not an area without its conspiracy theories, notably recently Donald Trump’s suggestion of an alleged connection between paracetamol use and autism in children.
Proper dosage is also a crucial…