Medical and Wellness Tourism

Definition and Mechanism

It's a type of trip that aims to obtain medical treatment or Hospitalization in a medical spa in different parts of the Arab world. This type is for some patients who have diseases that can't be treated in their homeland and their treatment is available in another Arab country. That's because it has global medical competencies and capabilities, and a lower cost of treatment compared to foreign countries. Most importantly, you will not feel like a foreigner among your Arab nation's people. 

Medical Tourism: Medical tourism depends on using medical centers or modern hospitals that are spread in the Arab world, which have highly competent medical equipment and staff.

Wellness Tourism: Wellness Tourism depends on natural elements in treating patients and their recoveries such as mineral or sulfurous springs, sand, and sun exposure for treating some skin diseases, rheumatism, bone diseases, and others. These natural elements are available in the Arab world, especially in Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, and Lebanon.

How to start:

1. You have to get a medical report from your country about your medical condition.
2. Send that report and its annexes including medical tests, if available, to the medical body in the Arab country in which you want to be treated.
3. The medical body will let you know the assessment of your state and the treatment's cost estimation.
4. If you approve, you have to do the following, with the help of the medical body sometimes:

• Obtain a visa.
• Schedule an appointment at the medical body for treatment.
• Reception arrangements at the airport and provide a ride to take you to the residence.
• Ambulance arrangements, to provide one in cases of emergency when requested at all access points (airports and land borders points).
• Appointment follow-up with the treating medical body.
• Plan a tour depending on the patient's and his company's desire, taking into consideration the patient's health condition.

1. To reduce the treatment cost and adjust it, you can contact the medical expenses management companies to follow the medical condition and adjust the treatment costs, especially the ones related to the complications of the medical condition that are undrawn with the treatment's cost.
2. Most importantly, using this application allows you to contact the medical body directly and arrange the procedures on your own away from brokers and agents, which will save extra expenses that you don't need.