There are many reasons why foreign patients consider Chile as a convenient alternative to solve their health problems.
1.- A highly developed health industry
Chile stands out for counting on a first level Medicine, with health indicators of a developed country. The childhood mortality rate is of 3,1%, well below the figures of other Latin American countries.
2.- Academic excellence of their professionals
Doctors and professionals working in Red Santiago Salud come from the most outstanding Chilean universities, which are well-known by the Ministry of Education, according to international standards. Official data indicate that in the year 2010 more than 10 thousand foreigners are studying in Chilean universities undergraduate and graduate course.
The health team of our partner clinics carries out permanent training in Chile and abroad for the managing of new techniques and treatments; and, at the same time, are professionals distinguished in international congresses and seminars for their experience and knowledge. Moreover, the doctors of the Net carry out a work of preparation and education of foreign doctors and of the future Chilean medical generations.
3.- Constant investment in infrastructure and equipment
The private area of health is a consolidated industry and in constant development. For the period 2010 - 2011, the private clinics will execute investment projects that will exceed 500 million dollars, involving almost 700 thousand square meters of new buildings, with the aim of increasing their offer of attention in more than 1,000 beds and provide new equipment to their precincts. In this context, the partner clinics of Santiago Salud are part of this growth looking for fostering the high demand of Chilean and foreign attention.
4.- Incorporation of advanced technology
Most part of the investment that the private health area carries out is oriented to the renewal and incorporation of new medical equipment to offer the last and best treatments for patients. This is why many foreign patients travel to be treated in Chile, because they do not count on these equipments due to the high costs of the treatments in their respective countries.
5.- Highly specialized Attention
The clinics of Red Santiago Salud attention are centers of highly medical specialization in the area of cancer, trauma, heart and ophthalmology, among others. These establishments are considered in Chile and Latin America centers of reference for patients of different countries, health insurances, or the people derived from other hospitals or Chilean clinics, for the complexity of the treatment they require and that can only be solved in the centers associated to Santiago Salud.
6.- Organized area and efficient administration
The Chilean Health system is composed of the public and private sub areas, with the participation in the field of the health insurances and of provisions. Both are ruled by the Ministry of Health, instance of the State supervising the shared system of health insurances regulating both the Provisional Health Institutions (Health Insurance Institutions) and FONASA, through the Superintendence of Health (Social Security Health Institutes).
In relation to the administration, it stands out the fact that the 45% of the attentions in the private area correspond to users of the public insurance and that the clinics have working rates over 70%, giving a timely, efficient and quality attention. These results have pretended that many investors joined the industry to continue the path of growth and the State decided to bid on the health attention of their patients of Fonasa.
7.- Great connectivity of Red Santiago Salud
Santiago is the capital of Chile. It is the most important business pole in the country and the city that has had one of the most outstanding growths in Latin America. It counts on a great connectivity, through different means of transport (train, buses, taxis) and private routes that facilitate the movement of vehicles. The clinics of Santiago Salud are close to one another, allowing patients to make use of the net in an integral way.
8.- Agreements of attention for foreign patients
Our clinics have agreements with international Insurances and offer ways of payment that are very accessible for foreign patients. Moreover, the procedures are carried out under strict medical protocols allowing people to know exactly how much time and what costs will have their attention.
9.- Santiago, Capital of Health
In Santiago are located the most important clinics in Chile. Is in this where the main seminars and congresses of the medical, computing, health and international providers of medical equipment area are carried out. Many of these companies have their offices in Chile and also there are many foreign doctors that travel to the capital to carry out internship in the centers of Red Santiago Salud attention.
10.- Chile, a stable and safe country
Chile enjoys a social, political and economic tranquility and stability. It is considered in several international studies as the safest country in Latin America, due to its low indexes of criminality, which has turn this nation into a safe place for tourists and foreign investors. Many companies have chosen Chile as platform of Services and Trade for Latin America and several international experts look with interest its economic development, predicting a positive year 2011.
