Edith with the complaint of vision loss who applied to many hospitals, but received different diagnoses in her country selected Türkiye and our hospital for surgery. The English patient applied to Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, underwent a successful operation after evaluations had made here, then she regained her health and started to see again.
Caroline Edith, speaking to Anadolu Agency reporter regarding the treatment process and stating that she came across confusing information in England said: ''The doctors in England had told me that if they perform surgery, I might lose my eye.''
Edith, conveying that she worried about this situation a lot, said ''One of my doctors had praised this hospital so I decided to come to Türkiye. I was pleased with the outcome because I could see. I could see the colors and the lights, everything is so illuminated. I am so happy.''
''We would follow the patient from afar.''
Prof. Dr. Özlem Evren Kemer as The Training and Administrative Head of The Ophthalmology Clinic stating that the patient had applied to several hospitals in England said: ''She had a corneal complication. She experienced a distressed process based upon the fact that she had received a diagnosis in a clinic but she couldn't in another one and she was being informed in a confusing way instead. She contacted us as our clinic perform corneal transplant frequently.
Prof. Dr. Özlem Evren Kemer stating that a surgical intervention was performed, to protect sensitive cells in the eye and not to consider corneal transplant at the first level said: ''We would follow our patient from afar. Our patient is quite satisfied thanks to our infrastructure and our provided care. She was willing to undergo another surgery for the other eye. She would have left our country and hospital with great pleasure.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Osman İnan, The Chief Physician of The General Hospital Building where The Ophthalmology Clinic is located within, emphasizing that Ankara Bilkent City Hospital was the first and only accredited
on-campus hospital, said: ''It is our mission and vision to offer our accredited healthcare system for the whole world humanity and the people who need as part of our Institutional Quality Programme.
''Satisfaction Ratings of Health Tourism are very high.''
Prof. Dr. Levent Öztürk, The Coordinator Chief Physician of Bilkent City Hospital, expressing the fact that they reached a substantial point in Health Tourism, said: ''We had been striving to offer the best healthcare service for everyone applying to us for treatment while we had been providing service for the public.
Prof. Dr. Levent Öztürk, stating the fact that very featured and qualified procedures were executed in their Ophthalmology Clinic just as all the other clinics recorded: ''The patient from England had applied to us for corneal transplant. Our Ophthalmology Clinic done what it had been necessary for her treatment. The patient started to see brighter and more colorful compared to the past. Patients from the countries of
Europe and all around the world came here. We were offering service for our public and also our 'doors' are open to anyone who applied to us for a cure.'' Applications for health tourism are increasing, satisfaction ratings of health tourism are very high. The patients coming from abroad are offered service better-than-expected. We perform corneal transplant surgeries successfully just as many other organ transplants.