Turkey is the world's first in terms of in-kind surgeries for foreigners, where 40,000 surgical procedures were performed in one year.
British patients are in first place in terms of their influx to Turkey for in-kind surgery followed by Germans and then patients from the Middle East.
The Director General of the Development Department of the Turkish Ministry of Health in a meeting with the Anatolia Agency that Turkey has seen great progress in the field of medical tourism thanks to the laws and legislation that encourage this field. The number of tourists coming to Turkey annually is increasing for medical tourism and the number of patients coming to Turkey for surgery is increasing. He added that Turkey has achieved great success in the treatment of many diseases in particular, in particular the use of laser technology. Which has led to increased attraction to foreign patients, pointing out that most patients prefer treatment in the surgical centers located in Istanbul, Antalya, and Bursa, which is intended for Arab tourists in particular.
Turkey is ahead of India, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand in medical tourism in the field of eye surgery.
