Medical Tourism is the popular term for global healthcare. Medical tourism is the practice of providing healthcare to patients coming from all parts of the world. In medical tourism, a medical facility needs to be globally competitive in order to provide excellent service.
Medical tourism can help boost the country’s economy because this will encourage tourists from different nations to come and seek proper healthcare. One of the many reasons why medical tourism is in demand is the fact that some countries like Mexico, offer not only excellent healthcare services but affordable healthcare services as well.
Several hospitals in Mexico are JCI accredited, which means that these hospitals passed the series of tests and evaluation conducted by the JCI. These JCI accredited hospitals are world-class hospitals. Here are some Mexican hospitals with JCI accreditation.
1. The American British Cowdray Medical Center IAP – is a 200 bed hospital that boasts of a state of the art medical technology. This hospital is under the Ley de Institution de Asistencia Privadas. The ABC is located at Observatorio Campus, Mexico City and another in Santa Fe Campus, Mexico City.
2. Christus Muguerza Alta Especialidad – this is a network of three hospitals located in Monterrey and other Mexican cities. This hospital specializes on short stay surgeries or surgical procedures that do not require long-term confinement.
3. Hospital CIMA Monterrey – The Mexican health ministry gave the Hospital CIMA Monterrey a level three acute care surgical license, this distinction is the highest distinction the Ministry can bestow on a hospital facility. This hospital also caters to transplant cases and is JCI accredited. Hospital CIMA Monterrey is located at San Pedro, Garza Garcia.
4. AmeriMed American Hospitals – is part of the American hospital chain that focuses on providing patients with a wide variety of health care services like the following: 24-hour emergency services, obstetrics and gynecology care, family healthcare, medical diagnoses and surgical treatments. This hospital is located at Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
As mentioned, medical tourism in Mexico enables the country to provide excellent and affordable health care services. Unlike in other countries where surgical procedures can be expensive, surgical procedures in Mexico are very much affordable. Here is a short list of the most common surgical procedures done in Mexican hospitals:
1. Bariatric surgery
2. Eye surgery
3. Cardiac surgery
4. Hip replacement
5. Knee replacement
6. Orthopedic surgery
7. Cosmetic surgery
8. Dentistry
9. Aesthetic procedures
Despite its success, medical tourism in Mexico continues to grow. In a few years time, Mexico will be the top destination for patients and medical practitioners alike.
