Foreign patients come for treatment to Polish hospitals

They are also interested in plastic surgery and orthopedic treatment. Hospitals are already counting the profits that foreigners are bringing them. Foreign companies are proposing treatments in Poland such as removal of cataracts, laser treatments and joint implants. There are not so many patients at the moment but, according to experts, there will be more and more every year. "In Poland, many treatments are several times cheaper than in private clinics in England," says Wojciech Moritz, director of Patient Choice International. "At the moment, foreigners are mainly taking advantage of dental treatments," he says. "They are interested in specialist treatments in clinical hospitals. At present, only a few people a year are coming but this could soon increase," thinks Dr. Jacek Michalak, director of the Office for EU Integration at the University Hospital In Łódż. (Rzeczpospolita 8 May, P. A 7) S.D.