Medical Insight launches website with info for health travel outside Romania; Turkey, new destination

Medical services consulting company Medical Insight has launched www.healthtravel.ro, the first Romanian site containing information about foreign hospitals. The website targets those who want to travel abroad for medical services and capitalizes on a developing trend on the Romanian market. Many Romanian patients – including Romanian president Traian Basescu – have chosen hospitals outside the country for major health interventions. “If in the past people used to go to Austria or Germany for treatment, now, according to our research, a lot of Romanians prefer Turkey for medical controls and interventions. This is a growing thing, considering that the quality of service is very high and that the prices are comparable to the ones in Romania and twice as low as those from the western countries”, says Adriana Sarbu, the general manager of Medical Insight. The site contains information about treatments, medical specialties or the country one targets for treatment, along with detailed presentations of hospitals based on the held certifications, reports of independent institutions and former patients reviews. The site also helps people who want informations about health insurance or funding opportunities for treatments. Medical Insight, founded in 2010, is a company that offers consultancy to those who are looking for medical services in foreign countries. Alexandru Camburu, alex.camburu@romania-insider.com