Medical tourism is expanding in Romania. The amounts spent by foreigners in the clinics from us have passed 20 million euros, in a single year, according to ProTV news.
The amounts spent by foreigners in the clinics of us grow. Photo shutterstock
Most foreigners who choose Romania come to this purpose for dental treatments and aesthetic operations, because, in us, the interventions are cheaper than in their countries. To these are added the Romanians who live abroad.
“There are costs 2 times lower than in Germany,” He says, for the quoted source, Romeo, a Romanian established in Germany, who has made dental implants in Romania.
Dental doctors confirm that the number of patients who come from abroad is increasing.
Most patients come from Spain, England, Italy, but also from Istrael, “Mainly for surgical interventions, implants, bone addictions and their continuation with prosthetic works”says Claudiu Roman, dentist.
A primary gynecological surgery testifies that he has patients on all continents, including Australia, South America, North America.
“The most common wine from Canada and Ireland and of course from all over Europe.”.
Increase the number of Romanians who are treated abroad
In 2023 there were 30,000 requests from abroad. Most have reached us for complex dental treatments. Following is cosmetic operations, obesity surgery, wellness and recovery procedures. The foreigners have spent 22 million euros for such treatments.
In the same year, Romania received almost 18,000 forms attesting that insured citizens in other European states have received medical care in hospitals in us in the country. Their value amounts to almost 25 million lei.
However, the number of Romanians who are treated abroad has also increased. In the autumn of 2024, the debt of the Romanian state to hospitals in other countries passed 218 million euros, according to ProTV news.
