Exploring Berlin’s diversity

Berlin apart from its famous wall memorials, diverse culture, lifestyle, unique products and brands that will not be available anywhere else in the world, also offers the best healthcare facilities in Europe. The recent Berlin Lifestyle and Healthcare webinar concluded with a very good number of participants from the GCC region.

Shehara Rizly

The host Yamina Sofo, started off the session with the current situation in Germany and requested to be on guard with the regulations that change every day due to the pandemic situation. She further reiterated that the 16 Federal states in Germany have different or unique rules for each state, hence they should be carefully checked before sending the travellers on medical tourism. She requested to log into the site and find out details at this point of time. In her extensive presentation she shared some information about the destination as a whole – how it has become one of the most sought-after destinations for medical travel mainly due to its state-of-the-art, modern and superior healthcare facilities.

Taking over from her was Ralf Ostendorf. He shared about the destination of Berlin and the many diverse offerings it has to entice the GCC visitors, from the famous Berlin wall memorials, to uniquely Berlin products and brands that will not be available anywhere else in the world. He further reiterated the importance of the Christmas markets which is very unique to the destination and much looked forward to by many visitors. Berlin apart from its diverse culture, lifestyle also features the best healthcare facilities in Europe. He mentioned about the partners in Berlin which specialise in various medical conditions and how the network connects with patients to give a seamless experience to them as well as their family and friends that accompany them. An important point that Ostendorf mentioned was that Berlin has the largest Turkish community hence Arabic is a language which is quite familiar to the state.

Finally, Stefan Boeckle shared the importance of the facility and how they treat their international patients from the point of a single inquiry.  He emphasised that both local and international patients receive equal treatment which comprises high quality state-of-the-art facilities and the best medical practitioners and consultants. He further reiterated that he understands the necessities of the GCC travellers as he has already visited some of the private hospitals in Dubai and they are of superior quality, the same way as the Group.

He further reiterated that languages spoken include English, Arabic, Russian and Polish etc. and that the hospital Group of Vivantes was renowned for its superior and high-quality medicine, four-star hotel experience, affordable healthcare with patient safety and wellbeing as the highest priority. These unique features have given them an edge over others and ensure a seamless healthcare and lifestyle experience for all medical visitors.