Iran urges for private sector's greater role in medical tourism

 07-Nov-17, Xinhua Net

Iran's health minister urged the private sector to boost participation in development of the country's medical tourism sector.

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"The Ministry of Health supports medical tourism sector that is directed by the private sector based on competitive prices," Hassan Qazizadeh-Hashemi said in an address to a medical tourism conference. "The country is far less developed in the field of medical tourism," Qazizadeh-Hashemi was quoted as saying.

"If we want health tourism to flourish, we need to trigger the private sector to become more vigorous in this regard while competition must be in terms of service quality and cheaper prices," he said.

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