| |
Havana-guide :
HEALTH TOURISM CUBA
COSMETIC SURGERY - DENTAL IMPLANTS - HEALTH CHECK-UP's -
MEDICAL PROGRAMS
Patients’ going to a different country for either critical or optional medical procedures –also known as health tourism – is fast becoming a global, multibillion-dollar industry. The reasons patients travel for treatments vary. Countries that actively promote health tourism include Cuba, Costa Rica, Hungary, India, Israel, Jordan, Lithuania, Malaysia and Thailand.
Cuba’s medical services and tourism options recently arose interest in Guatemala, during the 3rd Cuba-Central America Meeting. The event allowed Cuban specialists from diverse fields of medicine to assess 294 patients interested in getting treatment in the Caribbean island, as part of the Health Tourism Modality. The patients were examined by oncologists, ophthalmologists, geriatrists, psychiatrists, internists, pediatricians and anesthesiologists.
Health care is big business for Cuba
Special clinics and hospital wings are set aside for paying foreign clients. In 1996, according to a US government summary, more than 7,000 “health tourists” paid Cuba $25 million for medical services. Biotechnology is also a leading hard-currency earner for Cuba, and the country exported $125 million dollars worth of medical supplies in 1995.
Cuba has made a conscious effort to attract foreign patients from Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Russia to specialized hospitals, which provide high-quality care at competitive prices. It has also distinguished itself by centering on the treatment of certain skin diseases which are not curable in other countries, and on the development of new procedures and drugs, such as for pigmentary retinopathy or vitiligo.
COSMETIC SURGERY
In recent years cosmetic surgery has become one of the most sought after procedures in Havana hospitals serving dollar-paying foreigners. At the Cira Garcia clinic, which is better stocked and equipped than most hospitals serving Cuban patients, many procedures cost about half of what they do in the United States. Despite a ban on American travelers to Cuba, U.S. patients -- many of them Cuban Americans -- rank third after Bahamians and Venezuelans seeking cosmetic surgery, said Dr. Jesus Burgue, one of the clinic's surgeons.
CLINICA CENTRAL CIRA GARCIA
(CIRA CARCIA CLINIC)
CALLE 20 NR 4101 ESQUINA AVENIDA 41
PLAYA HAVANA CUBA
TEL ++53 7 204.2811
FAX ++53 7 204.2640
email : faculta@cirag.cu
http://www.cirag.cu/ingles/clinica.htm/
PACKAGE DEALS IN CUBAN HEALTH TOURISM
The Cuban state owned travel and tourist organisation
CUBANACAN TOURISM & HEALTH suggests packages to combine
healthcare and wellbeing programs on the island.
For more details go to the
CUBANACAN TOURISM AND HEALTH website
Contact adresses
General Division
Calle 43 No. 1418 esquina a Calle 18, Miramar, Playa. Ciudad Habana.
Phone: (53 7) 204 4811 al 13 / 204 7219. Fax: (53 7) 204 1330 et 203 1630.
email: presidente@sermed.cha.cyt.cu
Marketing Division
Calle 18 No. 4304 e/ 43 y 47, Miramar, Playa. Havana.
Phone: (53 7) 204 8488/ 204 2023/ 204 2658.
email: dircomercial@sermed.cha.cyt.cu
International Medical Services Division
Calle 18 No. 4304 e/ 43 y 47, Miramar, Playa. Havana.
Phone: (53 7) 204 0114/ 204 2658.
email: dirsmi@sermed.cha.cyt.cu
Tourist Medical Services Division
Calle 43 No. 1418 on the corner of Calle 18, Miramar, Playa. Havana.
Phone: (53 7) 204 4811 to 13/ 204 1781.
email: directorsmt@sermed.cha.cyt.cu
> next page: Havana-guide: HEALTH TOURISM IN CUBA
|
