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TURKEY: Medicana Hospitals seeks to expand overseas
Saturday, 06. February 2010, 23:31
Having established a reputation for quality care as one of the leading private health care provider networks in Turkey, the Medicana Hospitals Group is looking to expand overseas.
Active projects are underway in Romania and Bulgaria, while the group is also looking into potential opportunities in Libya, Egypt, Syria and Albania
Medicana has secured contracts with health providers in other countries in which simple operations are conducted in domestic hospitals while high-risk surgery is referred to Medicana branches in either Istanbul or Ankara. Some of Medicana’s doctors and staff travel to these countries to perform surgery at hospitals there.
The group has recently started to receive patients from Iraq. Most cases are young children with heart problems, paid for by The Iraqi Health Ministry.Medicana offers very competitive rates for high-risk surgery. For many operations, the cost is one-tenth what is charged in the US and a third of European Union prices.
With state of the art facilities, equipment and expertise, Turkey is building a medical tourism industry that attracts patients to Turkish clinics and hospitals. Although some business is from Western Europe, the majority comes from the Middle East, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Albania, Armenia and Georgia.
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