Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the number of foreign patients coming to his country for the purpose of medical tourism since the beginning of 2019 until the end of November has reached 470 thousand patients, and they aim to raise this number to 1.5 million during the coming years
This came in a speech delivered by the President during a meeting at the Presidential Complex in the capital, Ankara, to assess the government's actions in 2019.
Erdogan stressed that his country opens the doors of a new era for renaissance by boosting production and export, providing job opportunities, and protecting its rights in the international arena, especially in the Mediterranean.
The President noted that the government has completed 1161 actions out of 1451 in the 2019 implementation plan.
Medical Tourism
Turkey stands out as one of the most important global destinations in the field of medical tourism, especially hair transplantation, to become a destination for hundreds of thousands of people annually, and a large proportion of them come from Arab countries.
It is also ranked among the first five countries around the world in medical tourism, due to the excellence of its services in this field in quality and low prices compared to other countries.
The value of hair transplant operations carried out in Turkey last year exceeded one billion dollars, and Serot Trezler, a member of the Health Committee of the Council of Foreign Economic Relations - in previous press statements - says the average wage for this process ranges between two thousand and 2500 euros (2240 and 2800 dollars).
It is mentioned that the medical tourism sector has continued to develop and progress since the past nine or ten years, and that it has begun to gain significant momentum due to the quality of services and low prices.
"Some sectors of health have reached a declining stage in Europe, while Russia and African countries do not have the necessary and modern infrastructure to provide health services. There is only the United States to provide superior and modern health services," he added.
Continuous progress
Doctors and the private sector have made good use of this opportunity and the need that exists in this field - according to Tarsilar - for medical tourism to witness continuous development and progress since the eighties of the last century.
He pointed out that his country is currently embracing important brands in the field of public health, eye, nose and ear surgery, as well as plastic surgery and hair transplantation.
He continued, "Arab citizens first took the proportions of foreigners coming to Turkey for hair transplantation, but the number of Europeans who went to the country for the same purpose has doubled during the past three years four or five times."
It is reported that citizens of Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Britain and France make up the majority of Europeans coming to Turkey for hair transplantation and plastic surgery.
And Terzelar linked the increasing number of Turkish visitors to perform plastic surgery and hair transplant operations, by strengthening Turkish doctors their expertise and skills in dealing with the risks facing them, warning against conducting these operations in informal places that do not have official licenses and stressing that such places distort the reputation of respectable institutions.
He concluded his speech by noting that the value of medical tourism around the world exceeds two hundred billion dollars, and that this value amounts to 2.5 billion in Turkey and that it reaped more than one billion during the past year of hair transplantation.
Plastic surgery
And Turkey has been able during the past years to achieve major developments in the field of plastic surgery, especially nose surgery, which made it a destination for cosmetic surgeons who wish to train in the latest modern technologies in this field.
A said. Dr.. Nazem Jirkash, President of the European Society of Rhinoplasty and plastic surgeon, said that over the past years Turkey has managed to achieve major developments in the field of general and plastic surgery.
He pointed out that "Turkey has become a true center of polarization in the field of plastic surgery, especially nose plastic surgery, due to developments in the field of plastic surgery and the confidence that this sector has been able to build with patients."
Abbott
The international medical company Abbott started its activity in Istanbul after a partnership with the Turkish "medipol" Group for Health and Education, to provide medical services for movement disorders.
On January 3, George Politis, Abbot official for Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, and Ozar Koca, chairman of medipol Health and Education Group, participated in the signing ceremony of the opening of the PARMER Center for Education in Turkey.
The center will offer training programs in many areas, foremost of which are the installation of batteries for the brain by experts in neurology and brain surgery, the manner of its operation, and treatment programs for patients with motor disorders and Parkinson's.
Source: Anadolu Agency
