Monterrey is shaping up to be a medical tourism capital worldwide due to the offer and potential for infrastructure, technology, and location.
This is stated by the director of the Corporation for the State Tourism Development (Coetur), Lorena de la Garza to publicize the sectorial plan of Medical Tourism, which highlighted the advantages of the entity in this area.
“Avant-garde technology, competitive prices, and personalized attention give us the conditions for Nuevo León to seek to position itself as a national leader in the medical tourism segment,” he said.
“Nuevo León has hosted important medical events, which has boosted the tourism of meetings, being this specialty the one that contributes the most to the industry at the state level. In 2015, 33 medical congresses and conventions were held, including the Mexican Congress of Anesthesiology, the National Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics, the National Congress of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the World Congress of Autism and the International Congress of Pediatrics, “reports Codetur in a press release.
The state occupies the first place in producing talent, with more than 15.7% of doctors in the country, 20.4% of gynecologists and 18.5% of pediatricians. Nuevo León is one of the pillars for medical tourism in Mexico and its participation will allow that industry reaches a value of $ 3,935 million dollars in 2018, says Euromonitor.
Emilia López-Portillo, director of the Cluster Monterrey City of Health, highlighted that only in 2014 the hospitals that adhered to this organization provided care to more than 9,391 foreign patients.
“Nuevo León stands out as one of the leading entities in Mexico in terms of medical services, we have in the state a public and private hospital infrastructure of the highest quality and professionals internationally recognized,” said Eduardo García Luna Martínez, president of the Specialized Medical Services Cluster Monterrey Ciudad de la Salud.
With a reduction in surgical procedure costs of 30 to 50 percent compared to hospitals in the United States, Nuevo León became a national leader in medical services.
And it is that according to the international consultants Patients Beyond Borders, Mexico has the fifth place in the countries most visited for surgical interventions, only below Costa Rica, India, Israel, and Malaysia.
Right now, thanks to HOST, treatments like stem cell therapies for autism and cerebral palsy are developing en México with a high success rate.
Sources:
https://abcnoticias.mx/perfila-nl-como-capital-de-turismo-medico/10877
http://www.milenio.com/estados/impulsan-turismo-medico-en-nuevo-leon
http://www.elhorizonte.mx/seccion/nuevo-leon-pilar-en-turismo-medico/1605684
http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/monterrey/resurge-turismo-medico-en-nl
