At the 17th Russia — Islamic World: KazanForum International Economic Forum, VTB Medicine and the ZAKAT Charity Foundation announced a partnership to drive the export of medical services. The related document was signed by Arsen Shiroyan, CCO of VTB Medicine, and Suleiman Adzhiev, CEO of the ZAKAT Charity Foundation.
VTB Medicine and the ZAKAT Foundation intend to develop joint initiatives aimed at sharing expertise, providing information support to patients and implementing projects that contribute to improving medical tourism services.
The parties will build synergies in order to make medical services more accessible, strengthen trust in Russia’s healthcare and promote state-of-the-art approaches to medical travel.
VTB Medicine takes efforts to drive inbound medical tourism, providing for second medical opinions, connecting patients with doctors and clinics, building treatment plans and promoting healthy lifestyles and healthy longevity. Other plans also include launching a product for patients from Muslim countries. The ZAKAT Charity Foundation with the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Russia pursues social, charitable, cultural, educational and other socially beneficial goals, in particular, raising funds for the victims of earthquakes and other disasters.
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