"Medical tourism"

Organizers-partners: AIR RT, Ministry of Health Care of Russia, Coordination Center for implementation of the federal project “Medical services export development”, Healthcare Committee under the Council of Muftis of Russia and the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Russian Federation.

Venue: the city of Kazan, IEC KAZAN EXPO.

Moderator: Oleg Olegovich Salagay, Deputy Minister of Health Care of the Russian Federation.

Speakers:

Rushan Hazrat Abbyasov, First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Muftis of Russia, Deputy Chairman of the Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Russian Federation;

Mert Akkoek, Founder of “B2B Medical Encounters”;

Sangadzhi Andreevich Tarbaev, Member of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation;

Ali Asghar Shalbafiyan Hussein Abadi, Deputy Minister of Tourism, Cultural Heritage and Crafts of the Islamic Republic of Iran;

Salaeva Alla Leonidovna, Member of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation;

Ece Salihoglu, Industry-based and academic adviser at USHAŞ, pediatric cardiac surgeon, Professor at Biruni University;

Dalip Kumar Chopra, President, Foundation of Healthcare and Wellness Promotion, India;

Doga Aleksander Viktorovich, Deputy General Director for Scientific and Clinical Work of NMIC (National Medical Research Center) IRTC (Interbranch Research and Technical Complex) Eye Microsurgery named after S.N. Fedorov, FGAU, Ministry of Health Care of Russia;

Diab Hassan Mohamad Ali, Deputy Director for International Affairs of the National Medical Research Center for Otorhinolaryngology, FMBA (Federal Medical-Biological Agency) of Russia;

Niko Azhari Hidayat, CEO of the Platform “Medical Tourism, Indonesia”;

Alla Gumarovna Gumerova, Deputy Chief Physician for Medical Affairs of the Children's Republican Clinical Hospital, Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Description:

Issues of medical tourism development in Russia and the OIC countries, as well as issues of medical halal services provision were raised during the session.

The federal project “Development of medical services export” has been making a significant contribution to the process of international integration in the field of healthcare and the development of medicine since 2019. To date, the following results have been achieved in terms of key indicators of the project: the number of treated foreign citizens as of the end of 2022 on an accrual basis amounted to 1.2 million people; increase in the volume of exports of medical services as of the end of 2022 with an accrual total amounted to USD 729.94 million. Top 5 countries showing the greatest interest in medical services provided on the territory of the Russian Federation by the OIC countries: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan. Vladimir Putin, the President of the Russian Federation, set the task to join the top five leading countries in the field of medical tourism.

The following areas and profiles are mostly in demand in the field of medical tourism: check-up, transplantation, oncology, neurosurgery, otorhinolaryngology, obstetrics and gynecology, traumatology and orthopedics, dentistry, ophthalmology, surgery, including cardiovascular surgery, urology.

Halal medical tourism is an additional package of services or additional services rendered and provided to meet the needs and requirements of Muslim tourists who seek medical treatment during a religious tour.