consultants' visits

As part of our commitment to assist with the development of medical services within the countries in which we operate, Medilink organises programmes of visits for specialised medical teams from European hospitals to North Africa and the Middle East to undertake surgery on local patients, subject to any local laws and regulations.

Teams from a variety of medical areas are organised including ophthalmology (particularly corneal grafting), orthopaedics, cardiac surgery (adult and paediatric), and neurosurgery. In fact a number of visits in these areas have been organised to both public and private hospitals, and a large number of patients have been treated successfully without having to leave their country.

Continuity is vital to the success of these visits and a schedule of visits covering a period of about one year is therefore usually agreed upon with the hospital. This ensures that a team visits the country every two to three months, thus following up on previous patients and also providing regular training to local staff. These links also facilitate access for doctors to training courses in Europe.