Why are they going to Turkey for treatment

More and more people from all over the world are choosing Turkish clinics and Turkish doctors for the treatment of various diseases.

So, according to the Institute of Statistics, hundreds of thousands of patients come here every year for treatment and diagnosis. This is due to the high level of medicine at relatively low prices for medical services compared to other countries.

Turkey is in the top five countries of medical tourism. This was stated by the head of the Association of Investors, Dr. Ihsan Shahin. The leading cities in the field of medical tourism are Istanbul, Antalya, Adana, Izmir.

Medical tourism in Turkey is developing in three main directions:

• treatment of specific diseases
• diagnostics
• rehabilitation and rehabilitation

About 50 Turkish clinics are certified by the International Organization for Accreditation of Medical Institutions JCI.

JCI certification is considered to be the strictest. Therefore, the work of clinics with this certificate meets the highest international standards.

Most often, Turkey is chosen in the following areas of medicine:

Cancer Treatment

Surgical removal of tumors, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy are performed in Turkey. Cyberknife and TrueBeam installations are used for radiotherapy: they give a positive effect in 85% of cases.

Transplantation

The effectiveness of the bone marrow transplantation procedure in Turkish clinics reaches 90%. Turkish doctors perform allogeneic transplantation from a donor and autologous transplantation using the patient’s own cells.

The price for this procedure is 30-50% lower than in Israel, with the same effectiveness.

Neurosurgery

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) and vagus nerve stimulation (VNS therapy) are performed in Turkey for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and epilepsy. Thanks to the experience of Turkish neurosurgeons, the effectiveness of treatment with DBS reaches 98%.

Ophthalmology

It is home to the world’s largest network of Dunyagoz ophthalmology clinics, which are located in Istanbul, Antalya, Ankara, Izmir, as well as in Germany, Holland, and the United Kingdom. It was originally created with the expectation of international medical tourism and serves patients from more than 100 countries around the world.

Cosmetology

Turkish surgeons are famous not only for their high-quality modeling operations, but also for the technique of performing face transplants and the latest rehabilitation methods.

Recently, hair transplantation and treatment of alopecia (baldness) have become a popular operation.

Turkey is famous for its balneological resorts

There are more than 1,600 thermal springs successfully used to treat various diseases.

The Kangal resort near the city of Sivas (north of the country) is home to the world-famous psoriasis treatment.

The famous thermal resort is Pamukkale. It is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. There are hot and mud springs here. Rheumatism, osteochondrosis, and obesity can be treated.

The resort of Dalyan also has springs with sulfurous water and also with therapeutic mud. They help with diseases of the musculoskeletal system, arthritis, pinching and dermatological problems

The high level of medicine, unique natural conditions combined with relatively low prices – all this makes Turkey an attractive country for medical tourism.

The Real East company wishes everyone good health.

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