2. Outline
• Global Medical Tourism
• Demand for Medical Tourism in MENA
o MENA Capacity for the Health Care Industry
• Lebanon’s Distinguished Healthcare
o Infrastructure
• Proposed Plan of Action
o Legal Infrastructure
o Medical Service Tourist Sector
o Projected Tourism Revenue
7. Medical Tourism Mena
KSA
12 JCI
$1 B
240K MT
$2 Billion IMF
Loan
Jordan
10 % Growth
40 JCI
$1.6 B
50K MT
44 JCI
42K MT
20% Growth
$16.8 B HC Costs
~ 2015
100K Medical
tourists ~ 2016
8. Middle East Healthcare Market Trends
Growing HC
Demand (9%)
Growing & Aging
Population w/ Chronic
Disease Burden
Health Consumption
Drivers: Rising Income
Levels and Increased
Insurance Penetration
(mandatory)
Human Capital
Shortages
Shortage in physicians.
High dependence on
expatriates
Limited medical
education options
Increased
Regulation
eClaims, DRG-based
licensing
Price Revisions
10. MENA Healthcare
400
488 497
885
264
688608
1579
771
1704
520
1612
KSA Kuwait Bahrain UAE Oman Qatar
GCC Per Capita Healthcare Costs (USD)
2000
2009
525252
52%
224%
134
%
54%
93%
97%
• Preventative Care
• Disease Management
• Population 3.2% CAGR
MENA Region Population (millions)
1950 2007 2050
Arabian Peninsula 8 61 125
North Africa 44 156 235
Western Asia 52 215 332
11. MENA Medical Tourist Projects
Oman
International Medical City
$1.0 B project
530-bed hospital
Transplant Center
Rehabilitation Center
Diagnostic
Prevention
Health Resort
Bahrain
Dilmunia Health Island
$1.6 B project
358-bed hospital
216-bed hospital
Specialist clinics
Sports medicine
3 five-star hotels,
Leisure & Recreation
Shopping centers
15,000 pp community
15. “Lebanon will be the regional resource serving the
advancement of health and medical tourism to the
people of the MENA”
Quality & Affordable Health
Care
Availability of Hospital Beds
Highly Qualified Medical Staff
Physician & Nurse Patient
Ratios
High Nurse to Patient Ratios
Geographic Location
World Class Services & Culture,
Skilled and Multi-lingual Staff
Medical Tourism Lebanon
16. JCI Accredited & University Affiliated Medical Centers
St. George
Balamand
University
Rafik Hariri
Lebanese University
Rizk Hospital
Lebanese American
Uni
Hotel Dieu
St. Joseph's
University
Center
Hospital
Kaslik University
University Affiliated Medical Centers (Non-Accredited)
Hospitals, Accreditation & Affiliation
Columbia University
U. George Washington
John Hopkins University
Saint Jude Children Research Hospital
University of Poitiers Neurosciences
Laval University in Quebec
Centers of Excellence
17. Infrastructure
Capacity … 100 000 Medical Tourists
Today … 10,000 foreign MT
10,000 Nurses12,000 Doctors
117
19
28
0
Private Short& Medium
Private Long Stay
Public Hospitals
(1570)
(9224 beds)
(3496)
20. • Al Manaa General Hospital
(AMGH)
• Damascus Cardiovascular
Center (DCVC)
• Jordan Ministry of Health
• Iraq Ministry of Health
• UNRWA
• Palestinian Red Crescent Society
(PRCS
• Al Quds University
• Medical City Teaching Hospital
(MCTH) in Baghdad
• World Health Organization
(WHO): Training for 100 Iraqi
physicians and nurses in:
o Advanced Trauma Life
Support (ATLS)
o Cardiac Life Support (CLS)
o Pre-Hospital Trauma Life
Support (PHTLS)
o Advanced Trauma Care for
Nurses (ATCN)
o Pediatric Trauma
• Al Quds University -
Palestine
• King Faisal Specialist
Hospital & Research Center -
KSA
• King Hussein Cancer Center -
Jordan
• Medical City Teaching
Hospital (MCTH) - Iraq
• Royal College of Surgeons in
Ireland (RCSI) - Bahrain
• Dr. Haifa Mahmoud Eye
Center/Hospital – Bahrain
• Mouwasat – KSA
• Harley Street Medical Clinics
– Abu Dhabi
25. Public Private Partnerships
Quality Assurance Board
Medical Research
Regional Marketing
Expedited Visas
Tax Incentives
Tax Write-Offs
Reinvestment into Healthcare
Low Import Duties on new equipment
Depreciation on old equipment
Initiatives
26. Moving Forward
Accreditation of Medical Tourist
Stakeholders
International Accreditation of
Health-Care Facilities
Informed Patient Choice
Continuity of Care
Non-Waiver of Liability
• Create a National Regulatory & Accreditation Board
o Maintain the Registrar of Medical Practitioners
o Administer continuing medical education
o Encourage synergies among the various medical centers
(medical, health, lab, wellness…etc.)
o Stimulate collaboration between the health sector and the
emerging entrepreneurial ecosystem in Lebanon.
o Regulate the ethical conduct of registered medical practitioners.
Privacy and Confidentiality of Patient
Information
Professional Standard of Care and Health
Services
Training and Certification of MT Agents
Medical Travel and Complication Insurance
Contributions to Compensation Fund
27. Potential Revenues
$0
$200
$400
$600
$800
$1,000
$1,200
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Medical Tourist Revenue
(million USD)
Tourist Revenues
Medical Revenues
Revenue
Medical Expense $8,560
Tourists Per Patient 4
Avg. Length of Travel 5
Expense/Person $300
Total Other Costs $6,000
Year Medical Tourists Healthcare Staff Service Staff Total New Jobs
2015 16,695 83 334 417
2016 26,085 130 522 652
2017 40,693 203 814 1017
2018 51,127 256 1023 1278
2019 62,604 313 1252 1565
2020 75,125 376 1503 1878
Total 6808