Medical tourism is developing in Kazakhstan. Since the beginning of the year, three thousand people have come to the republic to be treated. This is twice as much as a year earlier. The correspondent of MIR 24 Alyona Gracheva told which directions are interesting to foreign patients.
Scientific Cardiac Surgery Center is a medical landmark of Kazakhstan. For the sake of the operation, tourists from all over the world travel thousands of kilometers in it.
“Our equipment is updated every ten years, and this allows us to carry out such operations at a high level. We conducted master classes for specialists already from abroad. It was Western Europe, Scandinavia and even the USA,” said Murat Mukarov, Director of the Department of Cardiology at the National Scientific Cardiac Surgery Center.
One of the procedures is implantation of the left ventricle of the heart with wireless support. The operation is complicated. Replacing the ventricle with an artificial one will allow the organ to function fully. Moreover, patients will not have to wait for a donor heart.
To perform an operation in Kazakhstan, foreigners buy special medical supplies. They include the choice of clinic and doctor, online consultation on tests, transfer and registration at the hotel. If the operation is simple, the patient will be guided around the city and introduced to local traditions.
“Last year there were more than five thousand tourists. We can’t say exactly how much this year, but we are already seeing an increase compared to the last half of the year. We are also affected by everything that happens in the world. And if some countries were more popular than us before, now Kazakhstan is entering the arena, it is on the front flank,” said Kristina Krivets, President of the Kazakhstan Medical Tourism Association.
Patients from Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Germany, Turkey and Iran are going to see Kazakhstan and receive qualified medical care. Most of the vouchers are bought by Russian citizens.
“This is especially true of the border regions. For example, when we talk about the Novosibirsk region, when you can arrive in the Republic of Kazakhstan literally by your own car, which, of course, strengthens such cooperation,” said Evgeny Chernyshev, President of the Association of Medical Tourism in the Russian Federation.
The most popular areas of medical tourism are neuro– and cardiac surgery, perinatal medicine, neurology and dentistry.
Kazakhstanis are also being treated abroad. Most often they choose Russia. They are going to Moscow and Novosibirsk.
A source: https://e-cis.info/news/567/110354/
