Pakistan: Medical tourism profile

 

Overview

Inbound medical tourism 2019 Under 10,000
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Tourists 2019 1.46 million
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Population 2021 225.2 million
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There are many private hospitals in Pakistan. Healthcare in Pakistan is administered mainly by the private sector, 60% of all outpatient visits are private. The hospitals that provide the best standards of quality care are all managed by the private sector; and quality is variable.



Inbound

Medical tourism numbers in

Numbers now are in the low thousands. An estimated 2,400 medical tourists visit Pakistan every year for hair transplants.



Outbound

Medical tourism numbers out

A few thousand.



Environment

Medical tourism promotion

The Government of Pakistan is keen on developing medical tourism as long as it costs them nothing. A task force was formed in 2009 under the Ministry of Tourism whose objectives were to explore proposals to promote and develop medical, health, spiritual and wellness tourism in Pakistan. It all faded away.

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