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Dr. Zubaidy...'Dubai is well-positioned to attract a major share of the healthcare tourism traffic'

Dubai to become leading medical tourism hub

DUBAI, August 9, 2015

State-of-the-art medical facilities, affordable cost of treatment and a bilingual medical team are pushing Dubai to become the region’s leading medical tourism hub.

Dubai’s medical tourism strategy and an increasing number of local hospitals benchmarking their facilities and services against global best practices have added momentum to the emirate’s emergence as a leading healthcare destination.

The medical tourism industry, estimated to be a multibillion dollar business globally, is expected to grow exponentially in the next few years, with over 100,000 medical tourists expected to visit Dubai each year, statistics showed.

Dubai’s medical tourism strategy, announced in 2014, aims at attracting 500,000 medical tourists by 2020, the year when the city would host the World Expo.

“Dubai is considered one of the world’s best and cost effective medical tourism hubs and attracts tourists from across the globe to avail the best health care facilities. In terms of infrastructure, connectivity and qualified personnel Dubai is well-positioned to attract a major share of the healthcare tourism traffic,” stated Dr Haider Al Zubaidy, CEO, Canadian Specialist Hospital (CSH).

“Hospitals in Dubai are competing with the best in the world in providing comprehensive primary-to-tertiary level care. More importantly, there is a growing focus on patient safety, quality, excellence and transparency. The medical tourism strategy identifies orthopaedic and sports medicine, plastic surgery, ophthalmology, dental procedures, dermatology, preventive medicine and skin care as areas in which Dubai can provide competitive and cost-effective treatment options to patients from abroad,” added Dr Zubaidy.

CSH is now an active member of the Dubai Medical Tourism (DMT) Club. As part of this esteemed club, CSH will bring together healthcare facilities of the DMT programme and create an environment to share experiences and promote Dubai as a Medical Tourism hub.

“The hospital has conducted several marketing campaigns and designed attractive packages covering all specialities starting from comprehensive health check-ups, to laparoscopic neurosurgery for patients coming from abroad,” Dr Zubaidy said. – TradeArabia News Service




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