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How this country is emerging as a medical tourism hub

Kazakhstan is positioning itself as Central Asia’s medical tourism hub. The country attracted about 80,000 foreign patients last year and aims to increase that to 300,000 annually. Among the attractions is Astana’s National Research Oncology Center, which hosts the region’s only proton therapy unit.

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00:09Kazakhstan is positioning itself as Central Asia's medical tourism hub.
00:14Foreign patients reached 80,000 last year, over 10 times the 2023 level.
00:19The Kazakhstan Medical Tourism Association now projects 300,000 annually,
00:25supported by AI diagnostics and telemedicine.
00:30Welcome to East-West Connect.
00:31We're highlighting business and economic opportunities in Kazakhstan
00:34and the wider Central Asian region, connecting with Europe and beyond.
00:38According to the country's health care ministry,
00:41the cost of diagnostics and surgeries in Kazakhstan is 5 to 10 times lower than in the United States and
00:47Europe.
00:49Patients now travel from 50 countries since 2020.
00:52Growth has been strongest from India and China, up 40-fold and 24-fold respectively,
00:58while arrivals from Turkey have tripled.
01:00We spoke to the country's health care minister, Akmaral Alnazarova,
01:04to discuss the development of the country's medical cluster.
01:09Minister Alnazarova, thank you for receiving us.
01:12What makes Kazakhstan competitive with established medical tourism hubs like Turkey or Germany?
01:18Kачество медицинских услуг и соответствие всем международным требованиям.
01:23У нас есть сеть клиник, у которых есть аккредитация GCI,
01:26то есть это золотой стандарт аккредитации,
01:29который полностью гарантирует качество и безопасность
01:32обслуживания наших пациентов в этих клиниках.
01:37Конечно, международная аккредитация, которая является гарантом безопасности.
01:42Это 9 наших флагманов, среди которых центр нейрохирургии.
01:48Он сегодня проводит очень сложные высокотехнологичные операции
01:53и на головном мозге, и на спинном мозге.
01:57Уже в течение нескольких лет у нас функционирует аппарат гамма-нож,
02:02который, в принципе, тоже, особенно для пациентов в Центральной Азии,
02:06достаточно доступен и в ценовом диапазоне,
02:09и в целом по качеству медицинской помощи.
02:11Это единственный аппарат гамма-нож в регионе Центральной Азии.
02:15Клинику кардиохирургии необходимо здесь назвать
02:19как один из флагманов кардиохирургической помощи
02:23как в регионе Центральной Азии, так и в целом в странах постсоветского пространства.
02:30Сегодня вопросы трансплантации сердца.
02:33В целом кардиохирургические операции проводятся
02:36на уровне в целом мировых клиник.
02:40Поэтому есть Национальный Центр охраны материнства детства,
02:45который также аккредитован.
02:47И есть пациенты из других стран,
02:50которые приезжают с детьми с различными онкогематологическими заболеваниями
02:55и получают также помощь.
03:00Все клинические протоколы, которые сегодня являются основой для проведения лечения,
03:08они все гармонизированы с европейскими стандартами,
03:13проходят оценку технологий здравоохранения,
03:15которая уже более 10 лет внедрена в Республике Казахстан.
03:19Вопрос качества лекарственных препаратов у нас гарантируется.
03:24Мы сейчас получаем третий уровень зрелости по бенчмаркнингу
03:28Всемирной Организации Здравоохранения.
03:30Мы первые на постсоветском пространстве,
03:33кто имеет вообще второй уровень зрелости,
03:36не говоря уже как бы о третьем.
03:38Поэтому однозначно, что это гарантирует полностью
03:42качество тех лекарственных препаратов,
03:44изделий медицинского назначения,
03:46которые используются на территории Республики Казахстан.
03:48Министер, спасибо за время.
03:50Спасибо большое.
03:53The country is expanding its specialized cancer treatment capacity.
03:58Six radiotherapy centers and 19 endoscopy units
04:01have opened with upgrades completed at 17 oncology centers.
04:06Last year, Казахстан became the first in Central Asia
04:09to launch proton therapy,
04:11marking a major milestone in regional cancer care.
04:16Gulnara Shakenova, who has been diagnosed with brain cancer,
04:20has begun treatment at the National Research Oncology Center's
04:23newly opened proton therapy unit in Astana.
04:26The facility delivers highly targeted treatment
04:28designed to attack tumors with precision
04:30while minimizing damage to surrounding healthy tissue.
04:33At the early stage of her therapy sessions,
04:36she says she remains hopeful.
04:56Kazakhstan has become the 25th country in the world
04:59to offer proton therapy to cancer patients.
05:01The facility operates the high-tech ProBin 360 system,
05:05incorporating technology from the United States and Sweden.
05:08It has the capacity to treat up to 1,000 patients annually.
05:12The IAEA mission was here this January,
05:16checking what we have here,
05:18what kind of infrastructure, the staff, the professionals, and so on.
05:22So we hope that in the coming years,
05:26we will become the anchor center.
05:28It's like a regional center in Central Asia
05:31who help IAEA to educate the countries around us.
05:38By expanding cancer care,
05:40Kazakhstan is strengthening its position
05:41as a regional medical hub.
05:44Joining us now is Adilet Tabarov,
05:47deputy chair of the Soledadka Erbekova
05:49National Scientific Center for Healthcare Development.
05:54Mr. Tabarov, welcome to the program.
05:57Which medical technologies developed in Kazakhstan
05:59are already being used in hospitals,
06:01and do they meet European regulatory standards?
06:04There are technologies that are currently
06:06in the moment, which are already ready for
06:12to insert and use in the clinic.
06:16It's, first of all, the technologies that are developed
06:20with using artificial intelligence.
06:22It's for early diagnosis of disease,
06:41are there any health tech startups that are attracting for investment
06:46can Kazakhstan become a regional hub for medical innovation and where do you see the health tech sector in five
07:10years
07:10in five years we will become a key center for innovation and innovation in the region in Central Asian countries
07:23because we have the development of the development of Kazakhstan is actively working with Central Asian countries
07:48so that's all for now see you in the next episode of east-west connect
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