Shiraz's Medical Capabilities: A Potential for Developing Health Tourism

The head of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, emphasizing the scientific, specialized, and medical capacities of Fars Province, said these capabilities should be used to develop health tourism, facilitate services for international patients, and expand scientific and educational cooperation with countries in the region.

The president of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, emphasizing the scientific, specialized and therapeutic capacities of Fars, considered it necessary to take advantage of these capacities for the development of health tourism, facilitate the provision of services to international patients, and expand scientific and educational cooperation with the countries of the region.

According to Ambassador Arjan, Dr. Seyed Basir Hashemi, while visiting Shiraz Expo International Exhibition, visited various sections and booths of the exhibition and emphasized the role of scientific and medical capabilities of Shiraz in the development of international health interactions.

He stated that Shiraz, with its extensive scientific, specialized and medical capacities, has the ability to play an effective role in the health tourism of the region, and the targeted introduction of these capacities can provide the basis for more international patients to attend and benefit from the province's medical services.

Dr. Hashemi emphasized the necessity of facilitating the path of receiving medical services for foreign patients and added: providing easy access for international patients to Shiraz and medical centers, including the possibility of direct travel and facilitating the process of accepting and receiving services, is one of the requirements for the development of health tourism.

Development of health cooperation with Iraq

The president of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences emphasized the existing capacities for expanding health cooperation between the two countries in a meeting with Mustafa Tarafi, the Consul General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Basra, Iraq, which was held at the pavilion of the International City of Health.

Referring to the long-standing cultural, historical and religious relations between Iran and Iraq and the geographical proximity of the two countries, he said that the development of scientific, educational and therapeutic cooperation is one of the suitable fields for the expansion of bilateral interactions.

Dr. Hashemi listed the development of academic and educational cooperation in the fields of medicine and nursing as one of the potential areas for these interactions and said: The scientific and educational capacities of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences can provide the basis for the exchange of experiences, the development of educational cooperation and the promotion of health services in Iraq.

In another part of this visit, the president of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences emphasized the necessity of introducing the capacities of Fars province, referring to the variety of capabilities presented in the exhibition, and added: targeted use of these capabilities can help develop relations with the countries of the region.

He also emphasized the importance of connecting the scientific and therapeutic capacities of the university with companies active in the field of medical and pharmaceutical equipment and technological collections, and considered Shiraz Expo as an opportunity to identify new areas of cooperation and strengthen international interactions.

During this visit, Dr. Hashemi met and talked with Dr. Masoud Gudarzi, Deputy Coordinator of Economic Affairs of Fars Governorate and Saeed Musfa, CEO of Fars Special Economic Zone.