Medical Infrastructure in Costa Rica: An Overview

Feb 10, 2012 by

Costa Rica is rapidly becoming the first choice destinations for Europeans and North Americans who are seeking affordable and quality dental care and cosmetic surgery. In the  Costa Rica Medical arena you can find the top dentists and cosmetic surgeries trained in the best schools and performing procedures at a fraction of the cost that you would pay in Europe or United States. Some 750,000 Americans sought medical service in health care in Costa Rica due to affordable Costa Rica Medicine. This boosted Medical Travel to Costa Rica that attracted many people from well developed countries in the world to seek the services in the country.

 

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Medical arena at Costa Rica

Costa Rica development started slowly. Traditionally the tourism here in Costa Rica has been on a small scale with small family that run the lodges and hotels. But this is changing quite quickly. Development started quickly in the country. Infrastructure development is the most important part of the host in order to make the visitors and tourists comfortable and make them really feel at home. When we talk about development such as infrastructure and land development, we salute those people who built it with their capacities and resources. And with the financial benefits from the increase in the tourism, new operations are starting up all the time. The number of medical tourists visiting the country has doubled and now approximately 1.5 million people visit to Costa Rica each year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Development in the southern region is beginning to emerge. A new hospital has recently been built with a new international airport to be coming soon. Moreover, several new resorts and marina developments are also planned in the area. Costa Rica has a very good medical infrastructure both public and private hospitals and clinics and excellent surgeons and doctors all trained in Europe and US and medical insurance is available for foreigners at very low cost compared to other countries. Guanacaste has been through major transformations as the Government of Costa Rica has been focusing on the major infrastructures like a new CIMA Hospital which includes medical practice offices, a commercial section with studio hotel and restaurants specifically targeting retirees and medical patients. The hospital is close to the international airfield that has become the heart of the expansion of Guanacaste as a tourist destination in the last 10 years. The private surgery will not only cater the locals but to growing foreign customers as well who are looking for quality care. Moreover, through the countless non public stockholders, Guanacaste has seen the enlargement and creation of everything from orthopedic centers, non public surgery hospitals, cosmetic surgery spas, recovery centers, psychological fitness centers, and more. Globally commissioned medical care is the final piece of the Guanacaste puzzle and defines the giant leap in the marketability of the area both as retirement and medical travel destination but also as the true long term alternative lifestyle choice for many North Americans.

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