This is why Dubai is the most preferred medical tourism destination in the region

This is why Dubai is the most preferred medical tourism destination in the region

Dubai: An overseas cancer patient suffering with cancer of the larynx and pharynx got a new lease of life, as skilled Dubai doctors operated on him in a rare surgery lasting over six hours. The patient, who flew in from Seychelles in October 2020, was able to return home, with most of his vital functions intact. The radical life-saving surgery has gone to prove why Dubai is considered one of the most preferred medical tourism destinations of the region. It is surgeries like these that have helped UAE earn the number one rank for medical tourism as per a survey result released by UK's Global Soft Power Index. Medical tourists were able to come to the UAE, despite the pandemic as the country also has been ranked the 14th best worldwide in managing COVID-19. In this case, Garry Mervin Perine, 50, a schoolteacher and resident of Seychelles, was unable to swallow food or drink for several days, had lost enormous amount of body weight and was severely malnourished. Unable to find a suitable doctor in Seychelles, he began surfing the net for help in the region and stumbled upon the NMC hospital website, which had just the right doctor to