Best Countries for Surgery — Page 9

Nemocnice Na Homolce is a JCI-accredited state hospital in Prague. It pioneered the world's first wireless pacemaker. Core specialties include cardiovascular care, neurosurgery, and diagnostics.

• Pioneered the first hybrid heart chamber procedure and developed a new hypertension treatment.
• Features a Da Vinci Xi robot for advanced minimally invasive surgeries.
• Conducts over 15,500 surgeries and over 1.2 million examinations yearly.
• Diagnostic wing with five sections offers CT, MRI, genetic testing, and lab analysis.

Leech Private Clinic is a private hospital and day clinic in Graz, Austria, established in 2005. It specializes in planned diagnostics, elective surgery, and short-stay inpatient care across orthopedics, vascular, gynecological, and other surgical fields. The clinic employs 67 university professors as consultants.

• Treats 6,500+ patients per year with 100 doctors across 18 departments.
• Runs comprehensive health check-up programs completed within 24 to 48 hours.
• On-campus Med Center Leech houses specialist outpatient practices, a radiology and mammography center, and an eye laser center.
• Equipment includes CT, angiography, laparoscopy, bronchoscopy, and a sleep laboratory.
• Two rehabilitation wards and intensive care units support recovery after surgery.

Helios Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal is a private multi-specialty medical center located in Düsseldorf, Germany, specializing in orthopedics, urology, cardiac surgery, and general surgery. The hospital treats both adults and children, and is chosen by around 150,000 patients each year. It is most frequently visited by patients from CIS countries, the Balkans, and Arab League states.

Dr. Rodrigo Prieto Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery Center is an IFSO-accredited clinic specializing in weight loss and metabolic procedures. Bariatric and metabolic surgery are its core focus.

• Founded in 2008.
• Treats 250 patients each year.
• A team of 5 doctors operates across 4 departments.
• The clinic has 10 beds for patient care.

Soroka Medical Center is the fourth largest hospital in Israel. It serves over 60% of the population and performs about 30,000 operations each year. Its core specialties include neurosurgery, cardiosurgery, oncology, and orthopedics.

• 12,000 babies are born at Soroka each year.
• Home to one of Israel's most prestigious medical schools.
• Cardiologists lead in molecular biology of heart failure and offer genetic engineering for heart attacks.
• Saban Pediatric Center provides holistic care for children from around the world.

Rabin Medical Center is one of Israel's largest medical complexes, performing 60% of the country's organ transplants. Its main specialties include oncology, cardiology, cardiac surgery, and organ transplantation. Named among Newsweek's World's Best Smart Hospitals 2023.

• 6,000+ cardiology and cardiac surgery procedures performed each year.
• 20% of all cancer patients in Israel receive treatment at the center.
• 7 new radiation therapy accelerators, including 2 first-of-their-kind in Israel.
• Da Vinci surgical robot, advanced MRI, and digital mammography on-site.
• Five-star recovery rooms in the Gura Shashi tower for patients and families.

Herzliya Medical Center is a private hospital with 350 specialists and 20,000 surgeries each year. It treats patients from 50 countries. Its strongest specialties are orthopedics, neurosurgery, and oncology.

• Performs 5,000 orthopedic procedures each year.
• Ministry of Health inspection: patient safety scored 100, infection prevention scored 99.
• VIP patients receive an individual coordinator and a translator.

State Hospital Edith Wolfson is a general hospital in Holon, Israel. It has 60 departments and serves 120,000 patients each year. Its core specialties include pediatric neurology, orthopedics, and oncology.

• Focuses on pediatric neurology, monitoring at-risk infants and treating epilepsy and ADHD in children.
• Comprehensive body check-ups start at $1,300, coordinated by the medical tourism department.
• Over 2,000 staff and 650 doctors serve patients across 60 departments.
• The admissions office handles around 450 visits each day.

Luxmed Protez Clinic is a private single-specialty medical center located in Istanbul, Turkey. The team specializes in Orthopedics, Surgery, Prosthetics, and Orthotics. Since 2016, Luxmed has provided prosthetic care for more than 2,000 patients from over 30 countries, with prosthetists certified by Ottobock and Össur. The clinic offers below-knee and above-knee prostheses, including gait training, with treatment typically completed within one week. Patients receive a fixed, itemized treatment estimate before therapy, accommodation in a 5-star hotel, interpreter support in Arabic, English, and Russian, and remote follow-up care via WhatsApp after returning home. Luxmed Protez Clinic serves both adults and children. Around 200 patients choose the clinic each year. Patients most commonly come from CIS countries, the Balkans, and Arab League States.