About 1 in 8 women develops breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. In these patients, in case of removing the whole breast (mastectomy), the breast reconstruction option stands out as part of the treatment. Medicana International Ankara Hospital Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Specialist Assoc.Dr.Serhan Tuncer stated that a significant number of breast cancer patients are unaware that mastectomy could be performed concurrently with breast reconstruction or they avoid breast ..read more

ANKARA, (DHA) – Qatar Ministery of Health Dr. HananMohammed Al Kuwari has directly made contact with the private health sector in Turkey in order to send patients who are unable to find treatment facilities or opportunities in their country to Turkey. Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office added Turkey to the countries including US, UK, Germany and Thailand that will be applied for getting health services by the help of state facilities or individual facilities. Last week, Qatar M ..read more

SAMSUN (AA)- In Medicana Samsun Hospital, within the scope of “Scientific Meetings Organization”, a conference was organized on adult and pediatric liver transplantation. Medicana Ankara Hospital Liver Transplantation executive officer Assoc. Dr. Murat Zeytunlu has given physicians working in Medicana Hospital in Samsun, a lecture on adult and pediatric liver transplantation and donor safety. Zeytunlu who explained the historical development, indications and procedures of liver tr ..read more

According to the statement from Medicana, the patient who has undergone lots of surgery due to loss of function in the trachea, has come back to the life thanks to Cuneyt Aydemir, a faculty member of Medicana Camlica Hospital Chief Physician. 21 year old Iraqi Mustafa Faruk who had an traffic accident on his way back from picnic to home with his friends, was given medical treatment in his country.  In the intensive care unit, after he was intubated due to respiratory failu ..read more

In 2017, more than 1 million people came to Turkey for health tourism and they provided more than $ 10 billion of foreign currency inflow to Turkey. Turkey Medical Tourism Development Council Member, Özlem Safiye Kurt, stated that Turkey is the pioneer and reference country in the field of hair transplantation in the world. She said that “Turkey is one of the leading countries in the world for hair transplantation. Our doctors dealing with the health tourism have great dexteriy and ..read more

Engin Sönmez who explained that the DHI method has been applied for a long time said that “This method is especially used in patients who do not want to cut their hair. DHI Choi (implanter pen) procedure is performed by transmitting of the grafts into the needle. However, it is a more expensive method than the FUE method because of the need for a wider team and the difference of equipment such as CHOI.” Hair transplantation coordinator Engin Sönmez said that “Although the hist ..read more

Nowadays, it is mentioned an annual traffic of 30 million people within the scope of health tourism with the purpose of taking a better quality healthcare with more affordable prices and shorter waiting times. Expenditures of health tourism in the world are expressed with approximately 500 billion dollars. It is estimated that it will reach 1 trillion Dollars in 2023. Our country, especially in recent years, has been providing high quality healthcare services to its own citizens thanks to the ..read more