From perfect smiles to hair transplants to major surgeries - more and more Britons are traveling to Turkey for affordable medical and cosmetic procedures, writes "France Press" in its material. Health facilities are making great efforts to attract these valuable customers.
Around 100 Turkish clinics participated in the London International Health Tourism Expo last month, advertising successful hair transplants, in vitro procedures and cheap dental treatment.
British newspapers regularly publish stories of unsuccessful operations, this does not stop hundreds of thousands traveling abroad for treatment each year.
Price is a factor. In the UK, a single dental implant can cost £4,000, while in Turkey you can get a full set for £8,000.
According to the Office for National Statistics, the number of Britons receiving medical treatment abroad almost doubled between 2021 and 2023, increasing from 234,000 to 431,000.
Long-term queues in the NHS system - the public health service, many people are forced to wait months and even years or switch to expensive private practices. ΠOver the past two years, almost one in five Britons who have not been able to make an appointment with a dentist have decided to go abroad.
"Access to healthcare is a big issue, as are the prices in private healthcare, so we are trying to make the process easier for British patients," said Merve Sapgull, a representative of the private hospital group "Acibadem", well-known in our country.
British influencers and celebrities from reality shows like Katie &P;rice document cosmetic procedures in detail, advertising clinics to millions of online followers.
Turkey introduced a mandatory certification system in 2017. for around 4,000 facilities treating foreign patients, numbering around 2 million by 2024.
"&Pri;We take health very seriously and believe that face-to-face conversations create fewer opportunities for mistakes", said Ilaida Secher, deputy general manager of the London trade fair.
From 2023 Thus, the ALZ International group organized dozens of similar events in Berlin, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Baku and Moscow, attracting thousands of visitors. Certainly - and hundreds of patients.