Medical tourism refers to people traveling to a country other than their own to obtain specialized medical treatments or to undergo complex surgeries requiring high experience and technicalities, non-existing in one’s own country, or in better quality or even at lower costs than in the patient’s native country.

Why Medico?

1. A pioneering company in Lebanon and the Middle east
2. Contractual and cooperating with the best and most advanced hospitals and highly specialized medical centers
3. Medico’s work starts from the patients first contact call or email, his arrival to Lebanon, reception of adequate treatment then back to his home country
4. Medico’s staff will receive the patient in Beirut airport, and escort him to his hotel then to the medical center or the hospital to receive his required medical services.
5. After finishing all medical procedures, and being totally treatment, medico’s staff would then cater to the patient’s touristic needs or desires or escort him back to the airport to fly back to his country.
6. All through the stay of the patients, medico’s staff will be in continuous communication with the treating team, acquiring all medical reports and test results done on the patient
7. And finally, continuous communication and follow up with the patient after his return to his home country.

Why Lebanon?

Lebanon is known as the crossroad of continents, in the middle between Asia, Europe and Africa, and was always considered the link that connects the east and the west, furthermore Lebanon is known for its beautiful nature and moderate weather all year long! Most importantly Lebanon has sustained in international healthcare rankings a trajectory of continuous improvement scoring points well above its neighboring countries. In Tourism, Lebanon offers various types of activities, suiting all types of interests. Including intellectual tourism, where Lebanon is known as cradle of numerous civilizations and cultures. And entertainment tourism, like beaches and resorts as well as the renowned closeness between mountain and beach side.

One of the leading encouraging factors for treatment and tourism in Lebanon is the easy access to all medical and touristic services in highest possible quality, yet in a reduced cost comparing to other countries. Lebanon is home to the best and most renowned and World famous medical centers and hospitals in the Middle East, because of the high quality services offered with the help of the newest and most advanced medical and scientific equipment in the World and available only in Western Europe or Northern America.

More than 70 medical specialties are accredited in Lebanon, and more than 12000 medical doctors in those difference specialties. The Lebanese medical sector includes over 161 hospitals out of which 7 are academic hospitals with international accreditation, with 15000 beds besides 13000 hotel rooms. Those medical professionals graduated from over 46 countries including the USA, the UK, France and many others. It is also important to point out that many hospitals and medical centers in Lebanon hold International quality accreditation, (ISO 900), and many receive patients with difficult cases like open heart surgeries, bone marrow transplants, organ transplants, and that is besides the cosmetic surgeries, slimming techniques, liposuction, physiotherapy and children diseases and many others.

It is also imperative to mention other points of strength in the Lebanese medical sector:
* Extensive and long experience, where the first ever medical college and medical hospital were established in Lebanon throughout the whole Middle East.
* The Lebanese medical sector is managed in cooperation and coordination between medical colleges and hospitals which offers lots of positivity.
* Lebanon established a quality control system, also called "Accreditation", which got implemented since the year 2000, and it works on monitoring the quality of each and every service offered in all hospitals; either hospitality, managerial, or medical services. All those services are subject to this Accreditation system which has really high criteria and requirements for success, and where hospitals are not even allowed to operate unless periodically succeeding in it