KYIV. Dec 17 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The self-administration of clinics could become a catalyst for the development of inbound medical tourism in Ukraine, but to start the process it is needed to get support from lawmakers and the readiness of hospitals and physicians, experts that announced the creation of the Inbound Medical Tourism Club in Ukraine – inUkraine – have stated.
“Ukraine is a competitive country in the field of medical tourism, we want to make it a long-term project but not a one-time campaign,” the president of the inUkraine club, the director of JK Consulting Group, Yulia Khomych, said at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine.
“Inbound medical tourism could be a stimulus for the development of the health care system. Foreign patients are the resource that will provide our clinics and resorts with the opportunity not only to survive but also develop and provide a high level of services,” Vice President of the Association of Physicians in Medical Tourism Inna Daschenko said.
She also stressed that for the development of inbound medical tourism it is necessary to conduct work with foreign experts, as well as provide them with information tours in Ukrainian health care institutions.
