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Medical Tourism in Greece
A New Meaning to Travel for your Health

By deTraci Regula, About.com

Taking a vacation in Greece is definitely good for your mental health abd peace of mind - but now, with medical tourism opportunities blossoming, it can be medically beneficial.

Greek doctors and hospitals are reaching out to "medical tourists" - those seeking treatment abroad. Popular with UK travelers, who are tired of long waiting lists on the National Health plan, other EU travelers are also starting to turn to Greece.

The Greek island of Crete, with its longstanding expatriate population of Brits and others, is in the forefront of medical tourism for visitors from abroad. In addition to travel for treatment, many facilities are now offering maintenance treatments for various chronic diseases, such as diabetes or kidney disease.

Mesogeios Dialysis Center Get Pregnant on Crete

Travelers looking for In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) treatments can contact the IVF clinic in Chania for their IVF Vacation Package. Combining pre-trip medical and treatment with "test-tube" fertilization and follow-up care, it also includes rooms at a nearby deluxe hotel and chauffeur service between the hotel and clinic.

Straighten Out Your Problems

The Maris Group of all-inclusive resorts has added a new twist - a Spinal Rehabilitation Institute offering a variety of therapies for the back.

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Temple-crowned Aegina - Natural Alonissos - Traditional Carpathos - Chewy Chios - Cos, The Doctors' Island - Queenly Crete - Dignified Delos - Do it all on Donoussa - Hydra, Artist's Island - Odysseus' Ithaca - Kalokairi "Mamma Mia" Island - Spongy Kalymnos - Aphrodite's Kythira - Lesvos, More than Sappho - Lovely Leros - Mighty Mykonos - Paros Paradise - Pirate Islands - Pastoral Patmos - Volcanic Santorini - Sexy Skopelos - The Dreamy Small Cyclades - Easy Spetses - Symi Summers - Very Greek Syros - Honeyed Thassos - Tilos, Island of Elephants

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