Medical tourism is a variant of the famous holiday activity where, instead of going to a beach or a place of interest in a city, you go to a particular place to undergo a certain medical procedure, which can vary from a simple vaccine against a certain disease up to complex surgery.
Many cities have a high influx of medical tourists, as they are characterized by many professionals and a large number of medical centers specialized in medical procedures that may have a certain demand.
Among so many places that medical tourists can visit, today we are going to show you two cities that are highly visited by these people.
Medellin: outstanding city
The capital of the department of Antioquia, in Colombia, is known by many people for the medical procedures that are offered in the place, it is known that since 2012 there have been about five thousand foreign patients in the city, mainly looking for cosmetic surgery, since 2012 in the 1990s, the number of clinics offering this type of procedure increased.
On the other hand, Medellín has professionals who graduated from the best public and private universities in Colombia, guaranteeing quality for all processes, from surgeries to dental implants. According to statistics, this phenomenon increased especially during Many cities have the last years.
Tijuana: Capital mundial del turismo médico
It could not be otherwise, if there is a place that is constantly visited by medical tourists, to such a degree that it has been called the world capital of such activity, it is Tijuana, Baja California Norte, Mexico. This is due to the set of two factors, on the one hand, it has a strategic proximity to the United States, which makes it much easier for tourists from there to decide to visit the city for medical or conventional tourism.
On the other hand, medical graduates from that country build clinics in the city, which makes tourists see offers of quality procedures at an even better price, a condition that is accentuated by the business competition between these establishments.
Among so many procedures, one of the most requested is the procedure to put dental implants Tijuana, this is because a large part of the professionals in the area has studied abroad that guarantee the quality of the procedure, in addition to the proximity to the United States facilitates the import of the materials necessary to manufacture implants that have a much better quality than those obtained in other countries, a situation that also occurs with the price.
In addition, Tijuana has a wide range of cosmetic surgeries available for people who wish to undergo them, among them are bariatric operations, where the size of the stomach is reduced to a certain size to reduce appetite and, for hence the weight as well.