Our Journey
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From the time you first contact your coordinator, you will be given the most accurate information in the shortest time possible. Whether you finally decide to come for surgery with Gastric Turkey or not, we believe in the right to information.
You and your coordinator will get to know each other and make sure that Gastric Turkey can help you solve your problems. As you move forward and agree on a surgery date, your coordinator will guide you to confirm your spot by putting down a deposit, advise you with your travel details and answer any other questions you may have regarding such things as bringing a companion, extending your stay and so on. After you’ve sorted the details of your trip, you will be sent an information pack where all the details about your journey are recorded, including your receipt, as well as pre-op nutritional guidelines.
Upon arrival, your driver will greet you at the airport and facilitate your own unique journey. You will meet your doctor as you check in to the hospital. We will make sure you and your companion are comfortable and your minds are at ease.
Your blood and organ functionality tests will be performed and you will be admitted to surgery the next day. Your surgery will last around an hour and a half and, after that, you will be taken to your room for recovery.
During the following two days you will be monitored closely by your surgeon and our medical team. Your nurse will take you out for daily walks and make sure you are not experiencing any discomfort after the surgery.
On post-operative day two or three, your final checks will be performed and you will be given a ‘ready to travel/ fly’ document by your surgeon, to be presented at the airport.
You will be admitted to our community group, if you haven’t been admitted already, and begin the post-operative part of your journey.
We want to assist you in every way possible to make your post-operative journey stress-free and failure-free. You will therefore have access to guidelines prepared by Gastric Turkey experts on nutrition, exercise, mental health, setting expectations and many more topics. You can also request one-to-one consulting and coaching from our experts whenever you feel like it.
It is exhausting and stressful enough living with chronic health problems, battling against obesity every day, and not being fully understood by the people around us.
Traveling to Turkey for a life-changing surgery, with all the organisation and details to remember that travelling can entail, could easily cause a lot of extra stress for our patients. So Gastric Turkey has designed a seamless experience to take the stress component out of your journey.
Our caring hospitality team, meticulous surgeons, and pre- and post-op support staff embrace your journey with you and respect this huge step you are taking. Gastric Turkey is there for all your needs with hands-on support and advanced planning.
Gastric Turkey believes that every individual should be able to afford happiness and take back control of their lives.
Bariatric treatments in Turkey can cost around one third of what you’d pay in your home country. The main reason for this is the low cost of living in Turkey and its optimized, and therefore profitable, healthcare system which, in general does not suffer bottlenecks or long waiting times. There are also a lot of factors relating to the accessibility of healthcare in Turkey, such as incentives from the Turkish Government.
Supporting ethical profit margins in exchange for their premium quality service, Gastric Turkey also minimizes costs by growing the business organically and never resorting to paid advertising. We believe that word of mouth, based on the genuine experiences of our patients is the most accurate and accessible way of promoting our services. In addition, we follow business and economic trends to keep our operational costs at the lowest level possible and we invest in surgical and medical excellence for further improvement. Therefore, you can expect to pay between 2.6 and 4 times less than you would probably be quoted in your own country by planning your surgery with us. For many people, this would represent saving around two to three months of full-time pay.
Having a bariatric procedure with us in Turkey, whether it is a sleeve, a bypass, or a switch, will very likely be even safer than having it in your home country. All surgical procedures have their risks, but Gastric Turkey’s mission is to eliminate all foreseeable complications which can arise with bariatric surgeries.
In addition, the aftercare, follow-ups and continuous support we provide is of the very highest quality, and may well be a lot better than what you would receive following this type of surgery in your own country.