Turkey has primarilty attracted medical tourists specially from Europe.Turkey, though is a recent entrant in the Medical Tourism space offers laser-eye surgery, dentistry, cosmetic surgery and fertility treatment apart from building on its strength in therapeutic spas.
German Hospital in Istanbul operates the country's first ISO-certified IVF center, while Memorial Hospital was the first private hospital to receive American JCI accreditation.
Industry experts estimates that the number of medical travellers coming to Turkey is around 200,000 which includes travellers coming in to Spas and wellness centers.Pure play medical tourists coming to turkey for elective or on elective surgery acounts to 10% of that,which is around 20,000.
However the first health tourism fair in Antalya from February 26 to March 1, 2009 promises to position Turkey as the next big thing in Health Tourism.
Turkey is also keen to get medical patients from Europe. Organisers quote a normal EU price of 3,000 to 5,000 euros for laser eye surgery; compared to 1,500 euros in Turkey inclusive of hotels for three nights and airfares
What might suprise many people is that Turkey has 23 JCI accredited hospitals and clinics.Going by the size of the country that is quite incredible.Some Turkish hospitals for are looking towards the British Trent Accreditation Scheme, since the majority of the patients are European.
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