Brits flock to Cyprus for medical treatment
Increasing numbers of Brits are travelling to Cyprus for medical treatment, according to the health tourism website, Treatment Abroad.
Keith Pollard, the Director of the website, explained that the main driver of treatment abroad is cost. In some cases treatments in private healthcare clinics outside of Britain can be 70 per cent less. In addition to this, some treatments may be available abroad that cannot be found in the UK.
He reported that 40 per cent of medical tourists are travelling for cheaper dental surgery. "The most popular countries for this are Cyprus, Poland and Hungary."
He added that "25 percent (of British Health Tourists) are seeking low cost cosmetic surgery in countries such as Spain, Czech Republic, Greece and South Africa."
According to Treatment Abroad's dedicated Cyprus Webpage "Cyprus is a popular medical tourism destination offering low cost dentistry and cosmetic surgery and enabling people to combine treatment with a holiday in Cyprus or a city break in Nicosia.
Health Tourism figures for 2009 are not yet available, but the website estimates that 150,300 British tourists will have gone abroad for cheap treatments. This is almost twice the 2006 total of 77,000.
Source: Cyprus Mail.com
Keith Pollard, the Director of the website, explained that the main driver of treatment abroad is cost. In some cases treatments in private healthcare clinics outside of Britain can be 70 per cent less. In addition to this, some treatments may be available abroad that cannot be found in the UK.
He reported that 40 per cent of medical tourists are travelling for cheaper dental surgery. "The most popular countries for this are Cyprus, Poland and Hungary."
He added that "25 percent (of British Health Tourists) are seeking low cost cosmetic surgery in countries such as Spain, Czech Republic, Greece and South Africa."
According to Treatment Abroad's dedicated Cyprus Webpage "Cyprus is a popular medical tourism destination offering low cost dentistry and cosmetic surgery and enabling people to combine treatment with a holiday in Cyprus or a city break in Nicosia.
Health Tourism figures for 2009 are not yet available, but the website estimates that 150,300 British tourists will have gone abroad for cheap treatments. This is almost twice the 2006 total of 77,000.
Source: Cyprus Mail.com
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