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Medicine in Turkey and the leading Turkish hospitals explained in an interview by the director of the global medicine platform MediGlobus.com – Dr.Vadim Berezhnoi.
Turkey Became The Popular Destination Of Medical Tourism Today. Is It True That In This Country The Medicine Is Really Strong?
>Yes it is. But this is known predominantly by people who are interested in topics of global medicine and treatment abroad. Many residents of the CIS countries still perceive Turkey exclusively as a tourist destination. But the level of medicine in this country is not lower than Germany or Israel and compare to those countries here it is much more affordable.
According to the statistics of the Turkish Tourism Council, in 2017, more than 740,000 foreigners applied to Turkish clinics. It is predicted that by 2023 this figure will rise to 2 million. Patients from different countries arrive to Turkey with different problems, and almost everyone is provided with effective medical care. Individual approach to each patient and the availability of advanced multispecialty clinics erase all the boundaries, whether these are geographical or medical. This is also facilitated by the infrastructure of the country itself: numerous comfortable hotels, an excellent transport system and the discounts from Turkish airlines for medical tourists.
Are There Many Clinics In Turkey? And How Should The Patient Choose an Appropriate Clinic?
At the moment there are more than 1500 medical centers and clinics in the country, 42 of those are certified by JCI, which means that they are actually included in the list of the best in the world. It is very difficult for a patient to choose the best among the better. After all, it is necessary to proceed not only from general characteristics, the availability of certificates or technologies, but the parameters of a particular situation.
For example, if you need a plastic surgery, should you choose a specialized medical institution or a private practicing specialist rather than a multidisciplinary clinic? This may lead to risk of overpayment if you choose not the right option. If it is a question of more serious diseases, such as cancer treatment, only a specialist who has the general idea of the whole situation in the medical services market can help you with the choice.
How Does MediGlobus Choose Best Clinics?
Basic selection parameters are: the presence of outstanding specialists, modern equipment, the use of the latest developments in diagnostics and treatment, adherence to international protocols, high level of services, competitive prices and so on. To this we should add the availability of certificates and accreditation of the clinic by international organizations. If it is question of Turkey, it is first of all JCI and TUV.
However, MediGlobus does not stop there. Our team regularly travels on work visits to different medical centers. Only after personally speaking with the doctors, seeing them in the work, checking the condition of equipment and visiting the wards, we can give recommendations to patients.
Most of the information can not be found on internet, and only the specific doctor can have specific data in the clinic itself. Experts personally tell us about their unique cases, how many operations they performed, what are the methods they are using etc. Having collected all this information, we frame an image about the hospital. Having already the unique selection parameters, which we only realize after speaking to doctors and personally visiting clinics, we can easily give the patients personalized recommendations.
Tell Us About The Latest Visit Of MediGlobus To The Clinics Of Turkey…
We started our year with this trip. In January, Vadim Berezhnoi visited 5 hospitals in Istanbul: Hospital Liv Ulus, Medipol Mega, Medistate, Memorial and Dünyagöz. These are few of the strongest medical centers in the country. Our trip helped us to to understand once more that why these are considered the top clinics. World re-known doctors are working here, with whom we had the honor to personally communicate and discuss different issues related to patients. Separate attention deserves the equipment in these clinics: Cyber Knife, Trubeam STx, Gamma Knife, Robot da Vinci, PET-CT, MRI 3 Tesla and much more.
The trip helped us in obtaining the unique price offers on certain procedure. As an official partner of the clinic, we have number of advantages, one of which is access to promotional prices and unique package offers. From the last trip we received some attractive offers on breast augmentation, rhinoplasty, hair transplantation, surgical treatment of migraine etc.
In more detail this information can be obtained from MediGlobus coordinators by ordering a callback (for free) or by leaving a request on our website.
Can You Give Us An Overview On The Leading Turkish Clinics?
Two multispecialty medical centers deserve special attention: the Memorial and the Medistate. These two clinics are certified by JCI and show unique results to the world in the treatment of serious diseases. The Memorial hospital is leading in transplantology: 99% of successful kidney transplants, 93.5% of successful liver transplants. The clinic achieved great results in the treatment of oncological diseases (facilitated in particular, by the unique installation of radiotherapy devices such as TrueBeam STx). Also, Memorial is the TOP choice of couples who need an IVF procedure. Approximately 65% of women manage to become pregnant after artificial insemination in the Memorial.
According to the qualifications of the staff and the availability of equipment, the Medistate hospital is also one of the leaders in Turkey. There is a device for radiotherapy and radiosurgery TrueBeam STx, linear accelerator Trilogy, modern devices MRI 3 Tesla and PET-CT. Medistate pay special attention to patients with neurosurgical, cardiovascular and oncological (oncohematological) diseases. For their effective treatment, the clinic has everything you need: doctors with huge experience and equipment that is regularly updated.
Both clinics impressed the team MediGlobus with its technology and advancement in all sectors. In addition, all the comforts are available to patients: rooms are same as good hotels with the needed facilities provided, combining with an excellent view of Istanbul.
A popular clinic is a whole complex of components that you can talk about for a very long time. Therefore, all the information that we receive not only from single working trip, we post to the pages of clinics on our website. This is where you can get detailed answers to all your questions regarding treatment in the medical centers of Turkey.
