Medical tourism in Baja California has declined, professional representatives say

Baja California’s health tour has been declining so far, with industrial representatives of the United States that the decline is due to economic tensions between Mexico and the US.

By 2024, the northern border state received 3.5 million foreign viewers looking for medical or dental care. Local hotels often advertise travel packages and special rates for medical tourists who have contributed to US $ 2 billion to the economy of Baja California, According to Fox News.

Clinics in the state of Baja California south of the US border are popular among medical travelers from the United States and Canada. The Joint Commission can be found through the medical centers in Baja, which contains certified health services by the International and Mexican Officers Medical Travel Mexico Website.

Medical Health Cluster, a base consultant company -based health consultant, has fallen from 20% to 40% in patients with surgery to Baja California in the first three months of this year.

“We have seen a certain decrease in the United States since last year,” The president of the medical health cluster Abraham Sanchez told Telemundo“Prevents the social-political economic environment from coming to patients.”

Sanchez also acknowledged that “countries such as Costa Rica, Turkey and Thailand have the most aggressive campaigns to promote services.”

Beyond the friction between the US and the Mexican governments, the local health department representatives said the issues relating to the rule of law have affected the industry.

Baja plastic, aesthetics and reconstruction surgery college, cited violence in cities such as Dijuana, citing violence on unlicensed doctors and clinics throughout Baja California, Baja Plastic President Ricardo Vega Montol.

According to medical health cluster, demands for barium surgery-pippass and other weight reduction procedures-have now diminished by US insurance policies.

According to the medical tourism magazine, patients with Mexico can provide them with equal or higher quality treatment than they can be found at home, and significantly low cost.

Medical tourists can save 30% to 80% in practice from cardiovascular surgery to orthopedic surgery, Los Kapos Medical Tourism Association president Maurizio Rais Morales Wessews Waswes El Scatcaliforniano told the newspaper. Los Kapos Baja is located in California Sur.

For example, Reyes said the cardiac catheter would cost more than 200,000 in the United States, while Los Kapos costs about $ 50,000.

The best medical tourist practices include tooth in Baja California, PlasticsBariatric surgery and orthopedic. Ophthalmology, neurological and fertility treatments are popular among health tourists.

With reports from TelemundoOvarian Chutcalifornia And Fox News