Iran's Health Minister Bahram Einollahi said the country has made remarkable progress in the field of health since the 1979 Islamic Revolution as more than 1.2 million foreign patients were treated in Iranian hospitals last year.
“Today, the Islamic Republic of Iran is one of the best countries in the field of health, not only in the region but also in the world,” Einollahi said in a meeting of the chief representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran abroad on Sunday, Press TV reported.
Pointing to the study of 7,000 foreign students in the field of health in Iran, Einollahi said, “Last year, we treated more than 1,200,000 foreign patients in the country’s hospitals, most of them from Afghanistan, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Turkey, India, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Lebanon and Tajikistan.”
The Iranian minister touched on the development of health tourism in the country. “The fields of gynecology and obstetrics, eye surgery, orthopedics, cosmetic surgery, cardiovascular diseases, urology, unnecessary medical treatments, general surgery, cancers and trauma are the most common diseases that encourage health tourists to visit Iran.”
Einollahi said health tourists acknowledge that Iranian doctors are highly skilled and competent.