a man died during a dental procedure in Turkey
As medical tourism grows in popularity, particularly to Turkey due to lower costs, a number of Irish people have now died over the past two years while they were undergoing dental and cosmetic procedures. Hiqa is an independent authority established to drive high-quality and safe care for people using our health and social care services in Ireland.
Under the scheme, the patient pays for necessary treatment in another EU or EEA country upfront and then applies to the HSE for reimbursement of the treatment cost.All issues as a result of their deaths would have been dealt with by the HSE and the Department of Health as they would have followed the correct procedures.
“It’s a very different thing from someone googling a procedure that they think they need, seeing a very well marketed clinic abroad, which can look very, very professional, and deciding themselves without support from a medical professional here about which clinic to go to, and unfortunately that can go wrong quite often. When people find their own services you never know what you are going to get,” he said.