IPD

Definition of IPD:

Medical tourism or health tourism is traveling to a foreign country with the aim of receiving therapeutic and health services. Various factors give rise to this type of tourism, some of which include lack of specific types of treatment methods, higher costs of treatment and health services, and lack of access to modern health technology in one’s own country. On the other hand, considering that the costs of medical services in Iran are more reasonable as compared to other countries in the region and, at the same time, the medical and nursing services are offered at an internationally acceptable quality, many patients tend to travel to Iran in order to receive therapeutic and health services. In fact, these factors have made our country one of the most important destinations of health tourism in the region.

 IPD services:

• The international patients’ department (IPD) of the hospital consists of specialists, experts, and experienced doctors who work round the clock to lay the ground for the provision of health services to the international patients.
• The IPD expert is responsible for coordinating the referral of international patients to the hospital and offering them the needed services.
• Providing a residence atmosphere at the hospital based on the patients’ culture is one of the competitive advantages of Valiasr Hospital.
• Translation of all of the documents and forms of the hospital into the two languages of English and Persian has been a great progress towards maintaining the rights of the patients.
• The daily visiting of the international patients by the IPD doctor at the hospital and the presence of specialized and experienced doctors in the department are some of the factors that have helped Valiasr Hospital of Meshkin Shahr gain the trust of international patients.