Over 1.2 Millions Medical Tourists Visit Iran Annually
The president of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences(SBUMC) Alireza Zali said that the country has made great progress in the medical and health sector since 1979.
Zali said that Iran has paid great attention to the health sector, noting that there is no place be it towns or villages that does not enjoy government-backed medical services.
The SBUMC president went on to point out that since the victory of the Islamic Revolution, Iranian patients do not need to go overseas to receive medical services and treatment unlike, adding that now the country receives over 1.2 millions patients from abroad to receive treatment here in Iran.
The academic official further stressed that with the existing potential, Iranian medical centers can receive more than 5 million foreign medical tourists.
“Also, we have taken good steps in new health methods, including artificial intelligence, stem cells, novel technologies, biological systems, genomics, and nanotechnology,” Zali said, adding that the fifteen Iranian scientists who have acquired high spots in the world rankings of science production shows the intensified efforts and high-rankings of Iranian researchers in various fields.
4155/i
