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Currently, patients seeking treatment come primarily from CIS countries, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, as well as Arab states, China, Latin American countries, and less frequently from Europe and the USA. During the first half of 2025, 46,000 Chinese citizens visited Russia for medical purposes.
Absolute leaders in providing medical care to foreign nationals include specialties such as oncology, ophthalmology, obstetrics-gynecology, aesthetic medicine, dentistry, and pediatric healthcare, according to Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko.
During 2019-2024, according to official statistics, foreign citizens received medical care in Russia 21.5 million times, with services valued at over $1.2 billion, averaging approximately 3.58 million instances of medical care annually worth $200 million. The largest expenditures were for diagnostic examinations and medical care in obstetrics and gynecology, oncology, surgery, traumatology and orthopedics, neurosurgery, as well as cardiology and ophthalmology.
Foreign patients arrived not only from CIS countries but from other nations: India (over 230,000 people), Moldova (over 220,000), Turkey (over 81,000), Egypt (over 75,000), Georgia (over 60,000), Germany (over 29,000), the USA (over 26,000), and France (over 14,000).
Among leaders in medical tourism volume among federal clinics, according to 2023 data: the S.N. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution ophthalmology center (18.9% of total service costs), followed by N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology (14.1%) and N.N. Burdenko National Medical Research Center of Neurosurgery (8.8%). The top 10 also includes A.N. Bakulev National Medical Research Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, Sechenov University, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, and St. Petersburg's N.N. Petrov National Medical Research Center of Oncology.
Private clinics are also actively accepting patients from other countries. So, in 2024, about 10 thousand foreigners were treated at Medsi, about 80% of them were patients from CIS countries. "There is a big demand for cancer treatment. A full cycle of care is provided in Russia, the latest generation drugs are available, and all advanced equipment is available," said Elena Brusilova, ex–president of Medsi.
Source: TASS
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