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Localisation | Poland is located in the middle of Europe |
Capital | Warsaw (1.708 Mio) |
Biggest cities (population) | Krakow (766,583), Lodz (753.192), Wroclaw (632,930) |
Inhabitants | 38,544,513 |
Politics | Parliamentary representative democratic republic, Prime Minister is the head of government of a multi-party system |
Religion | Catholic 91%, Orthodox 1%, Other Religion 2%, Atheist 2% |
Currency | Poland Zloty PLN = 0.235933€ |
GDP | 514,5 billion USD |
Official language(s) | Polish |
Climate | Mild summers with showers and thundershowers; cold, cloudy, moderately winters with frequent precipitation |
Time zone | GMT +1 |
Happy Planet Index (HPI) | 71 |
In the 13th and 14th century, Poland was the largest state in union with Lithuania in Eastern Europe. Then over 100 years Poland territory was split between Austria Germany and Russia. After the First World War, an independent Poland was created. The Nazis invaded Poland in 1939 shattered the young republic. After the Second World War, it was called the republic of Poland again.
Poland is not a dangerous country, they ranked 25 in GPI and it is just as save as the other European countries.
Tatra Mountains - Countless tourist routes through picturesque mountain valleys lead tourists to the lakes and ponds (the most famous of
which is Morskie Oko)
The Baltic Sea – The Amber Coast The Polish part of the Baltic coast is 788 km long. Apart from
amazing, golden beaches, picturesque landscapes of the sea and the cliffs, the entire shoreline is dotted with historical cities and
lovely fishing villages
Crowds of tourists are attracted by a unique feel of the city, many concerts and festivals, not to mention a magical atmosphere of the Kraków cafeterias and jazz clubs. In the very heart of Kraków, there are over 600 historical objects, 10 of which are of the highest international class and entered into the UNESCO World Heritage List. Among them is the St. Mary’s Church with a beautiful Gothic altar sculpted by Wit Stwosz in the 15th century and the Main Market Square – the biggest medieval market in Europe. The Wawel Hill with its Royal Castle used to be the seat of the great Polish rulers and the heart of our country. Today Kraków is one of the most important European centres of culture, arts, science and tourism.
Poland is a part of the Schengen states, which entitles the holder to stay in the territory of all Schengen states. There are Visas required for citizens of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.
The transport system in Poland is well developed, including a road network of approximately 412.260 km. A rail network links all of Poland’s major cities. In the North there is a high amount of important waterways which are connected to the Baltic Sea. Moreover, the Warsaw Chopin Airport and the Krakow John Paul II are International Airports. Other big airports in Poland:…Wroclaw, Gdansk and Katowice.………………..
The range of Poland’s accommodation is extremely varied. There are over half a million rooms waiting for tourists – some are typical and as always there are simple up to luxurious hotels available. Hotels belonging to the global chains are present in almost every city.
WHO ranking | 50 |
Physicians per 10,000 population | 21,6 (2009) |
Nurses per 10,000 population | 57 (2009) |
GDP spent on health care | 6,7% (2009) |
Education period of doctors | 6 years |
Education period of specialists | 2 years |
Health care in Poland is delivered through a publicly funded health care system, which is free for all citizens of Poland. The government provides free healthcare for children, pregnant women, disabled people and elderly. Furthermore, there are many private hospitals offering health care in Poland as well as a wide range of specialized physicians, especially in bigger cities.
In Poland subsidized health services are provided to Polish residents by the general health insurance. In order to offer health services the insurance company has to be registered with the NFZ (Narodowy Fundusz Zdrowia). EU/EEA citizens are also entitled to use the Polish health care by using the European Health Insurance Card.
A growing number of foreigners are taking advantage of the affordable, high quality healthcare in Poland. Recently the Polish Government
started to focus on medical tourism due to some funding programs of the European Union. The membership in the EU enables Poland to show
the excellent healthcare provided at affordable costs. There is a long tradition of medical studies in Poland especially in Krakow.
Kazimierz Wielki (Casimir the Great) of Poland founded the prestigious Jagiellonian University in 1364 which includes three faculties of
the Medical College within its structure.
Poland can make use of its beautiful landscape to compete with destinations
all over the world.
Strengths | Weaknesses |
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Poland has emerged as one of the premier destinations for health travelers in Central Europe and neighboring regions. In 2006, medical tourism patients accounted for more than 450,000 visitors to the country. These figures are expected to rise by 15%-20% each year as Poland gains popularity as a cost-effective and high quality medical tourism destination.
Poland | Military Medical Academy University Teaching Hospital -Central Veterans’ Hospital | Medicover Hospital | Retina Eye Hospital | Center for Reproductive Medicine Bocian |
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Location and website | Quezon City Łódź, www.uskwam.umed.lodz.pl |
Manila www.medicover4you.com |
Warsaw www.retina.pl | Bialystok www.klinikabocian.pl |
Accreditations or certifications | Accreditation in process. Certificates & Awards: • 2013, 2011 - European Certificate Reliable in Healthcare, • 2010 - Certificate ISO 9001:2008, • 2010 - Leader of Advanced Technologies, • 2010, 2008, 2007 - Pearls of Medicine, • 2007 -The hospital was granted the Pro Memoria medal for its activity and commitment to veterans. |
ISO, Painless Hospital, Ministry of Health certification | ISO, ESHRE | |
Capacity of hospital beds | 650 beds (4 hospitals) | 180 | one day surgery | N/A |
Possible for accompanying person to stay in room | i.e. Hilton Hotel, Qubus Hotel (very close to hospital, only 5 min. on foot) | Yes | N/A | |
Medical tourists | German, British, Dutch, American, Canadian. Expatriates. | Expatriates, Swedish, Russians, British | Mostly expats from Embassies | Mostly expatriates but small amounts of British and Dutch |
Number of medical staff doctors/nurses | >2,000 physicians, nurses and administration. We employ highly specialized 62 independent researchers, 33 full professors including national and regional consultants, and 29 assistant and associate professors, as well as over 200 PhD academics. Nearly 630 fully qualified nurses are at our patients’ disposal, too. | 200 doctors, < 500 nurses | 8 doctors, 2 nurses | >10 |
Type of rooms available (prices) | Single rooms, double rooms. Prices vary (up to € 200 per day) | double, single, family, apartments | Hotels available next to the Hospital | N/A |
International patient department | Yes, they organise all the arrangements | Yes, they organise all the arrangements | Yes, they organise all the arrangements | |
Adaptations to cultures and nations | Yes, in food and religious habits | Yes, in food and religious habits | N/A | |
Languages spoken by staff | German, English and French | English, Russian, Polish | English | Polish, English, Russian |
Marketing of the facility/USP | maxillofacial surgery (we are the only one in Poland and few in Europe who performs: 1. ORBIT RECONSTRUCTION SURGERY - individual and precise implant for each patient affected by orbital injury 2. PRE-PROSTHETIC AND PRE-IMPLANTOLOGIC JAW RECONSTRUCTIONS -typical dental implant treatment cannot be possible in case of severe atrophy of jaw. It is possible to reconstruct alveolar crest by big own bone grafts. Good donor site are skull bone from parietal region or iliac crest), orthopedics, arthroscopy, rehabilitation, cardiosurgery, general surgery, extensive range of dental services (implant and cosmetic teeth whitening treatments, surgical, orthodontic, periodontic, endodontic, pediatric). Experience, that our hospital takes pride in, has been gathered for over 75 years. Our hospital is a multiprofile unit, which is one of our major strength. Many specialist surgeries, widely expanded basic medical care, outpatient clinics, clinical wards and diagnostic departments provide a complexity of medical services. | Word of mouth, internet, congresses and agents | Word od mouth, internet, press local and international | Word of mouth, internet, congresses and agents |
Specialisations | The most significant specializations of our inpatient departments are: orthopedics, arthroscopy, hand surgery, 2 departments of general surgery, maxillofacial surgery, neurosurgery, neurology, ophthalmology and sight rehabilitation, cardiology and cardio surgery, gastroenterology, internal diseases, otolaryngology and laryngological oncology, anaesthesiology and intensive therapy, urology, rehabilitation, hypertension nephrology and family medicine with a dialysis station and endoscope laboratory. Outpatient department Dental Clinic. | Obesity, surgery, vascular surgery, orthopaedics, neurosurgery, laryngology, thorax surgery, gynaecology, obscetric, cardiology, neurology, paediatrics and plastic surgery | Ophthalmology | Fertility treatment, IVF, gynecology, obstetrics |
Poland | IPS Western Hospital of John Paul II | INDEXMEDICA | Euromedic Hospital |
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Location and website | Grodzisk Mazowiecki 35km West of Warsaw |
Krakow, www.indexmedica.de | Katowice, www.euromedic.com.pl, www.silesiamed.com |
Accreditation or certification | ISO, EIC, EFQM, AQUAP, HACCP, Pain free hospital, In the national ranking of institutions providing the best medical care prepared by the newspaper Rzeczpospolita in 2012 Western Hospital took the 6th place in Poland, and second place in Mazovia. | ISO 9001 TÜV Rheinland,Dentsply-Friadent, VDW,3M-ESPE, Milestone,Geistlich,Mectron,Ecolab,Osstem | ISO 9001-2008 |
Capacity of hospital beds | 345 beds | 5 dental offices | 54 beds |
Possible for accompanying person to stay in room | Yes, in the private rooms | Yes | no, hotel 300 m away from the hospital, possibility of hotel booking through patient coordinator |
Medical tourists | British, American, Canadian, Expatriates, Middle East Asia, countries of the former Eastern Bloc. | Scandinavians, British, German, expatriates | Canadian, British, American, Dutch, Scandinavian, Iranian |
Number of medical stuff doctors/nurses | Doctors: 90 Nurses: 280 | 24 | over 160 physicians, over 280 nurses |
Type of rooms available (prices) | Single rooms, double rooms. Prices vary (up to € 120 per day) | Single rooms, double rooms, multi-bedded rooms hospital stay included in the treatment price | |
International patient department | Yes, they organise all the arrangements | Yes, they organise all the arrangements | Yes, they organise all the arrangements. Patient coordination is carried out by silesiamed.com sp. z o.o. |
Adaptations to cultures and nations | Yes, in food and religious habits | Yes | Yes, in food and religious habits |
Languages spoken by stuff | German, English, French, Russian | German, English, Norwegian | Polish, English, Spanish, Italian |
Marketing of the facility/ USP | Word of mouth, internet, promotional brochures, participation in the initiative to promote medical tourism in Poland | Word of mouth, internet,and agents | Word of mouth, internet, conferences, magazines, folders and booklets |
Specialisations | neurosurgery, orthopaedics and trauma, urology, cardiology and interventional cardiology, neurology, apoplexy, paediatrics, general and oncologic surgery, internal deseases | Alle fields of dentistry, X-ray and CT scan diagnostics | General surgery, vascular surgery, ophtalmology, thopaedics, cardiology, cardiac surgery |
Poland | Diagnostix | Sports Clinic Żory | Krakow - Pasternik Rehabilitation Clinic |
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Location and website | Wisła www.diagnostix.pl | Żory, www.sport-klinika.pl | Krakow, Modlniczka, www.pasternik.com.pl |
Accreditation or certification | PN-EN ISO 9001:2009 | ||
Capacity of hospital beds | 18 rooms (36 beds) | 42 beds | 94 beds |
Possible for accompanying person to stay in room | Yes, in the private rooms | yes, in the private rooms | Yes |
Medical tourists | Mostly expatriants from Irland and Great Britain,but also patients from Eastern Europe:Russia, Ukraine | Yes, in neurological rehabilitation | |
Number of medical stuff doctors/nurses | nurses, physioterapists, personal trainers, dieticians, coach from different sport dosciplines: cycling, running, etc., physiologist | 7 orthopedic surgeons,4 anesthesiologists,20 nurses,11 physiotherapists,10 medical secretaries | >60 |
Type of rooms available (prices) | Single room, double room, apartment, Price from 60 € for 2 person/double room per night | single and double rooms ,Price vary(80-90 EUR) | Single rooms, double rooms. Prices vary (up to € 100 per day) |
International patient department | Yes, they organise all the arrangements | Yes - International Patient Consultant | |
Adaptations to cultures and nations | Yes, in food and religious habits, diet preperad by dieticians | Yes, in food and religious habits | Yes - in eating habits and day or week schedule |
Languages spoken by stuff | English | English,German,Russian | English, German |
Marketing of the facility/ USP | Word of mouth, internet, congresses and agents | Word of mouth, internet, congresses and agents | Word of mouth, internet, congresses |
Specialisations | Sport examination, rehabilitation, diet, diet vacation, wellnes, personal training, Health Care | Orthopaedics- arthroscopy and TKA,THA Sports Medicine,Reumatology,Physiotherapy | Complexive neurological rehabilitation in brain stroke, multiple sclerosis and other neurological disorders. Movement rehabilitation laboratory, physiotherapy, physical therapy, hydrotherapy, medical massage, speech and swallowing therapy and psychology. |
Treatment | Average Price |
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Cardiac bypass | 13800 |
Gastric bypass | 7100 |
Knee replacement | 10500 |
Hip replacement | 10300 |
Hip resurfacing | 12800 |
Botox treatment | 500 |
Breast augmentation | 2990 |
Facelift | 3990 |
Liposuction | 3836 |
Dental implants | 1094 |
Rhinoplasty | 2134 |
Lasik eye surgery | 0 |
Note: All prices are estimates, and may vary widely from source to source depending on services included in the estimate (i.e. doctor’s fees, hospitalisation, administration costs or the patient’s age and medical history). Due to non-disclosure strategies of the various locations, it was not possible to make a clear separation between those factors. All prices given for the specific facilities have been provided by the hospitals/clinics themselves via email or telephone contact. The prices are given in Euros (€).
N/A means either that treatment are not available in the specific hospital, that a price estimation cannot be found or that the medical facility did not disclose the information. For the average prices, printed literature has been used before researching sources on the internet.