TURKEY IS IN TOP 5 WORLD HEALTH AND WELLNESS, MEDICAL TOURISM

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TURKEY IS IN THE TOP 5 IN THE WORLD LIST

A picture of Turkey’s health tourism has been taken, accordingly over the past 10 years, Turkey’s medical tourism revenues and the number of foreign patients coming to Turkey for health surgery and treatments have almost tripled.

Turkey is among the top three fastest growing countries in the world in the field of health tourism and in between the top in total health services exports. In the field of medical tourism (treatment of patients who cross the borders of the country) Turkey is in the top 5. According to the figures In 2018 around 420,000 foreigner patients arrived to Turkey bringing revenue of $ 1.5 billion USD, this figure in 2019 increased to 550,000 patients with $ 2 billion USD revenue.
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In the 2020 period the total of 1 million 700 thousand foreign patients came to Turkey where health tourism revenue exceeded $ 12 billion USD. Turkey’s medical tourism sector predicts that this figure will reach $ 20 billion in 2023 as Turkey is also an advantageous country compared to its competitors in terms of price vs. the quality of health tourism.

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For health tourism in Turkey in order to contribute to the goal of becoming a higher regional hub, iHealth, “Turkey’s value oriented medical tourism on the report prepared as part of the strengthening project the results were shared with the public at a press conference held in Antalya hotspot destination.

Overall tourism revenues with high added value of medical tourism for the development of the health sector stepped in and continued to be a significant source of financing that is underlined in a report at the same time an important source of foreign exchange for our country is a net exporter position that has been stated.

“Over the past 10 years, Turkey’s medical tourism revenues and the number of foreigners coming to Turkey have nearly tripled. Turkey is among the top 3 fastest growing countries in the world in the field of health tourism and in between the top in total health services exports. In the field of medical tourism (treatment of patients who cross the borders of the country), Turkey is in the top 5. With its qualified workforce and modern infrastructure, Turkey has the potential to export services higher than its current position. Although it was negatively affected by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, 2021 was the year when the sector captured pre-pandemic income and patient figures.”

Turkey Medicals said that the distance and the high point that Turkey has traveled in the last 20 years in the health system is a transformation that will enter the health policy literature in the world, and said, “Our country has become an important brand in many areas such as health infrastructure, health information technologies, physician and treatment quality. The purpose and mission of the Ministry of Health with it’s Agency network is to promote this brand value to the world while ensuring that these services can be offered to more world citizens at the best standard.
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“Our main goals is to contribute to our country as one of the top 3 destinations in the world in the field of medical, wellness and health tourism.”

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President of Organ Transplant Center at MedicalPark Hospital Antalya

Turkey's world-renowned organ transplant specialist. Dr. Demirbaş has 104 international publications and 102 national publications.

Physician's Resume:

Born on August 7, 1963 in Çorum, Prof. Dr. Alper Demirbaş has been continuing his work as the President of MedicalPark Antalya Hospital Organ Transplantation Center since 2008.

Prof. who performed the first tissue incompatible kidney transplant in Turkey, the first blood type incompatible kidney transplant, the first kidney-pancreas transplant program and the first cadaveric donor and live donor liver transplant in Antalya. Dr. As of August 2016, Alper Demirbaş has performed 4900 kidney transplants, 500 liver transplants and 95 pancreas transplants.

In addition to being the chairman of 6 national congresses, he has also been an invited speaker at 12 international and 65 national scientific congresses. Dr. Alper Demirbaş was married and the father of 1 girl and 1 boy.

Awards:

Eczacibasi Medical Award of 2002, Akdeniz University Service Award of 2005, Izder Medical Man of the Year Award of 2006, BÖHAK Medical Man of the Year Award of 2007, Sabah Mediterranean Newspaper Scientist of the Year Award of 2007, ANTIKAD Scientist of the Year Award of 2009, Social Ethics Association Award of 2010, Işık University Medical Man of the Year Award of 2015, VTV Antalya's Brand Value Award of 2015.

Certificates:

Doctor of Medicine Degree Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Ankara, General Surgeon Ministry of Health Turkey EKFMG (0-477-343-8), University of Miami School of Medicine Member of Multiple Organ Transplant, ASTS Multiorgan Transplant Scholarship. Lecturer at Kyoto University. Lecturer at University of Essen, Research assistant at the University of Cambridge .

Professional Members:

American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Transplantation Society Nominated, Middle East and Southern Africa Council Transplantation Society 2007, International Liver Transplantation Association, Turkish Transplantation Association, Turkish Society of Surgery, Turkish Hepatobiliary Surgery Association.

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