{"id":18345,"date":"2016-10-13T07:12:19","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T07:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/medical-tourism\/?p=18345"},"modified":"2020-05-15T10:50:19","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T05:20:19","slug":"medical-tourism-playing-pivotal-role-strengthening-yucatan-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/medical-tourism\/medical-tourism-playing-pivotal-role-strengthening-yucatan-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical tourism playing pivotal role in strengthening Yucat\u00e1n economy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Yucat\u00e1n economy is seeing a surge in its medical tourism sector with a deluge of tourist population, particularly from the US and Canada flowing into Mexico. Many of these tourists find their way to the Yucatan province. This trend has turned into a growth booster for development of the Yucatan fiscal potential.\u00a0On 30th June in M\u00e9rida, the capital and the largest city of the Yucat\u00e1n state of Mexico, a team of three pundits on the subject were engaged in a conference focusing on the impact of medical tourism on Yucat\u00e1n economy.<\/p>\n

Conference on Medical Tourism<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Among the participators were Dr Jos\u00e9 Enrique Guerra, a distinguished medical facilitator and proprietor of Yucat\u00e1n medical services, Irak Greene, the director of tourism business development with the secretariat of tourism development of the Yucat\u00e1n and Jose Yurioste, the editorial director of the Yucat\u00e1n times.<\/p>\n

Around 20 doctors and medical professionals including dentists, surgeons, ophthalmologists and other experts on health care and the medical domain who were native to the district attended the conference as well. The meeting was held at Harnesses’ Irish Pub on Paseo De Montejo.<\/p>\n

Yucatan \u2013 A Hotspot in Medical Tourism<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Greene observed that annually, around seven million tourists venture out of their countries seeking medical treatment abroad. Treatment in Mexican clinics being way cheaper had been the prime reason for the Canadian and American medical tourists pouring into the country.
\nFor an American medical tourist, Yucat\u00e1n clinics are around 30% cheaper than their counterparts in the US. Greene further added that there are approximately 20 million annual net surfers’ visiting the exclusive website of the Secretariat of tourism development of the Yucat\u00e1n called\u00a0yucatanhealthcare.com. Out of the mass visitors,20% of the segment is in quest for updates in English.<\/p>\n

Yucatan Medical Services \u2013 24×7 On call<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Guerra contributed his thoughts on the Yucat\u00e1n Medical Services stating that it has completed its 4th year now helping a number of foreign patients.Offering medical concierge services, YMS includes 24 hours on call referrals to a private communication grid of dental and medical experts.Many patients have in fact migrated permanently to Yucat\u00e1n from the US and Canada. This was what Yurioste observed after spending four years in Yucat\u00e1n Times.<\/p>\n

Foreign countries send more medical tourists to the Yucat\u00e1n\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

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A lot of thoughts, efforts and strategies have gone into a comprehensive exercise directed towards bringing in more and more patients from abroad into the Yucat\u00e1n medical clinics. The success rates are phenomenal and the customers are more than happy.<\/p>\n

The Yucat\u00e1n medical services work on the following lines:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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