More and more foreigners seek paid health care services, mostly cosmetic surgery, surgical treatment of obesity and assisted reproduction, in the Czech Republic. Local health centres attract medical tourists from the UK, Germany, Austria and Russia as local clinics claim to charge half what the customers would pay at home for comparable treatment.
More and more foreigners seek paid health care services, mostly cosmetic surgery, surgical treatment of obesity and assisted reproduction, in the Czech Republic.
Local health centres attract medical tourists from the UK, Germany, Austria and Russia as local clinics claim to charge half what the customers would pay at home for comparable treatment. Unofficial estimates from clinics put numbers up in 2013 compared to 2012, with the number of foreign clients attending Czech clinics more than doubling in the past few years.
František Lambert of ISCARE clinic told local newspaper Pravo, “In 2013, we provided care for over 1.000 clients from Germany, mostly for cosmetic surgery and assisted reproduction, with some obesity surgery.”
One draw for couples seeking help to have children is that local legislation is less rigorous than other EU countries; allowing anonymous sperm and egg donation. Jaroslav Hulvert of ISCARE estimates that the total for local clinics was 4,000 to 5,000 couples seeking fertility treatment.
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