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With more than a million patients per year, the Medical tourism In Mexico faces challenges such as generate patient recruitment strategiestalent training and a legal framework to exploit its full potential, Forum experts agreed this Thursday Medical tourism In Mexico.

“Unfortunately, we have not explored the concept. We lack a common strategy, there are isolated efforts but there is no strategy that can attract more people. Medical tourism»said Javier Potes, director of the Mexican Hospitals Consortium.

During the event, organized in Ciudad de Mexicospecialists estimate that more than a million visitors come to the country each year for medical reasons.

In addition, it is the border cities, such as Tijuana, Ciudad Juárez and Reynosa, which concentrate the greatest number of consultations.

“Mexico “It benefits from an exceptional geographical location and low prices compared to the United States, but its potential has not been fully exploited” lamented Jorge Azpiri, director of development and expansion of TecSalud.

According to experts, he Medical tourism In Mexico leaves an annual income of around $8 billion, This is therefore a problem that concerns the medical sector as well as the logistics, gastronomy, hotel and tour operator sectors.

“There is a lot of information missing and, knowing that we are in a good period for this sector,We have infrastructure, certification, good location and competitive pricesyou have to take advantage of all this”insisted Misael Uribe, director of international medicine at Médica Sur hospital.

• Uribe acknowledged that over the past five years there has been an increase in the number of American and Canadian patients choosing to come to Mexico for their surgical procedures, but they are not the only ones.

“Now we are also seeing an increase in the number of patients from Central America, who previously traveled to the United States and now prefer Mexicothat’s why it’s important to take advantage of it,” he stressed.

Currently Mexico It is in the top 5 of the main destinations of Medical tourism worldwide and the most requested specialties are plastic surgery, cardiology, oncology, ophthalmology and bariatrics, according to these sources.