For many visitors, Dubai's healthcare system offers them an opportunity to get quick access to doctors and services.
Dubai has numerous advantages that make it a prime destination for medical tourists, according to medical tourism facilitators and locally based healthcare professionals. For many visitors, Dubai's healthcare system offers them an opportunity to get quick access to doctors and services, particularly in cases in which their country of origin's own healthcare infrastructure system is overloaded, which may result in unacceptably long waiting times.
"In some countries, waiting time is a matter of months," said Dr Reem Osman, the CEO of Saudi German Hospital Dubai. "People will want to travel and not wait six to eight months for treatment."
Additionally, Dr Osman noted that in many cases Dubai has "more acceptable" costs than that might be available in their own countries, as well as the convenience than can come with multiple check-ups being done at once.
"In general, people don't (necessarily) travel from place to place for smaller things," she said. "Or maybe they can come and have five or six doctor consultations at the same time. They might not be able to find it in (one place) where they are."
Khaleej Times