(Los Angeles, California, March 10, 2016) Determined to explore new markets to sell their services, 20 clinics and hospitals in El Salvador have set their sights on American cities with higher concentrations of Salvadorans.
The initiative called Medical Tourism Network aims to capture the consumption of medical services by 10% of the nearly 3 million Salvadorans living in the United States.
Dr. Jose Eduardo Duarte, owner of Lourdes Medical Center, who is the promoter of the medical tourism group, emphasizes that if all efforts are united and working as a team, medical tourism could generate annually $ 100 million in the medium term.
Dr. Duarte highlights some of the country’s advantages over other medical tourism destinations that could attract Salvadorans as family ties, proximity to the United States, the connectivity of flights to El Salvador; low treatment costs compared to other countries in the region; clinical controls and health standards Ministry of Health and the new clinic rules of medical tourism that operates in El Salvador.
Salvador last year more than 20 million. Among the most popular services, are dental, orthopedic surgery, and plastic surgery.
The average expenditure for a Salvadoran medical treatment is $ 3,500.00 to $ 10,000.00 and has a stay of 11 to 21 nights in El Salvador.
In-network medical Tourism, medical companies have alliances with hotels and tour operators, who are responsible for transportation, sightseeing, and care of patients.
Faced with the question of why other initiatives to promote medical tourism in El Salvador have failed, Dr. Duarte details one of the factors is was only some foreign cooperation, and errors or failures were the lack of coordination and teamwork.
Whether the crime and violence in El Salvador is an obstacle to the project, Duarte is very optimistic about it and said “could have an impact on the project, especially with non-Salvadorans; but it does seem that the logistics of receiving patients, guide them within the country and restored at the airport are security measures that can reduce the events of insecurity. ” “And a key factor will be the support of Politur, a Salvadoran police unit specialized in Tourism,” he added.
The success or failure of the project highlights that will be vital teamwork and the union of employers, the Government’s collaboration and support of Salvadoran consulates in US territory, and associations of Salvadorans to publicize medical services
Medical tourism generated to El Salvador last year more than 20 million. Among the most popular services, are dental, orthopedic surgery, and plastic surgery.
The average expenditure for a Salvadoran medical treatment is $ 3,500.00 to $ 10,000.00 and has a stay of 11 to 21 nights in El Salvador.
In-network medical Tourism, medical companies have alliances with hotels and tour operators, who are responsible for transportation, sightseeing, and care of patients.
Faced with the question of why other initiatives to promote medical tourism in El Salvador have failed, Dr. Duarte details one of the factors was only some foreign cooperation, and errors or failures were the lack of coordination and teamwork.
Whether the crime and violence in El Salvador is an obstacle to the project, Duarte is very optimistic about it and said “could have an impact on the project, especially with non-Salvadorans; but it does seem that the logistics of receiving patients, guide them within the country and restored at the airport are security measures that can reduce the events of insecurity. ” “And a key factor will be the support of Politur, a Salvadoran police unit specialized in Tourism,” he added.
The success or failure of the project highlights that there will be vital teamwork and the union of employers, the Government’s collaboration and support of Salvadoran consulates in US territory, and associations of Salvadorans to publicize medical services.
The success or failure of the project highlights that there will be vital teamwork and the union of employers, the Government’s collaboration and support of Salvadoran consulates in US territory, and associations of Salvadorans to publicize medical services.
