Health tourism is based in Zagreb County at more than 250 health facilities registered in the directory of health institutions.
The most represented health activity in the Zagreb County is dentistry and dentistry with more than 100 dental and dental practices. In addition, surgeries of general medicine, gynecology, pediatrics, physical medicine, home care medicine, general surgery, urology, diagnostics, radiology, ophthalmology, speech therapy and medical-biotechnical laboratories and dental laboratories are available.
There are numerous polyclinics and special hospitals in this county, among which they stand out Polyclinic Radiosurgery te Naftalan Special Hospital for Medical Rehabilitation. Polyclinic Radiochirurgia in Sveta Nedelja is a private special hospital that diagnoses and treats cancer with the help of radiotherapy and radiosurgery, with an expert team composed of top Croatian and international experts with decades of experience in oncology.
Within health tourism, but also wellness tourism, it is definitely a flagship in this area Naftalan Special Hospital for Medical Rehabilitation from Ivanić-Grad which, after significant investments in the complex of outdoor and indoor swimming pools, hospital kitchen and restaurant, kinesiotherapy hall, polyvalent hall and hospital parking lot, has become an unavoidable destination for health tourism.
Recall, the special hospital Naftalan deals with the treatment of inflammatory rheumatic diseases (rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis), diseases of the joints and spine and skin diseases (psoriasis and neurodermatitis). In addition to the spa program, the Special Hospital provides spa and wellness services, which opened up to new users. An additional advantage of this facility are cosmetic preparations: oil, creams and naphthalene-based shampoo produced by the subsidiary Ivalan Terme.
The comparative advantage of the hospital is the use of salt thermal water and naphthalene, which has long been known as a natural healing ally in maintaining health and preventing disease, and the first data on the healing properties of naphthalene were recorded by world famous traveler Marco Polo in the 13th century.
Naphthalene has over 20.000 treated patients, and numerous scientific papers have proven the healing properties of naphthalene, but also thermo-mineral water, which is why Ivanić-Grad is a unique destination for health tourism.
Naphthalene therapy is extremely beneficial in the treatment of skin diseases, above all psoriasis and neurodermatitis, inflammatory rheumatic diseases like rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis and diseases of the joints and spine. People with these diseases naphthalene therapy significantly improves quality of life.
New complex of outdoor and indoor pools