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巴塞罗那医疗目的地是加泰罗尼亚的一个医疗中心，医院和诊所的平台，已经开始向其他国家进行宣传，以期待西班牙开放边界。

BMD的目标是促进加泰罗尼亚成为专业医疗服务的目的地，尤其是巴塞罗那市。

它是加泰罗尼亚政府通过加泰罗尼亚旅游局与两个领先的医学协会合作运营的平台。它拥有13个护理中心，其中七个是综合医院，六个是专科中心。它们一起涵盖了15个医学专业。

BMD在柏林ITB上出展，以期西班牙将开放其边界。

BMD声称，平台已接受来自世界各地的20,000多名患者在巴塞罗那的医院接受治疗或手术。

该平台促进整形外科，心血管外科，妇科，生殖医学，儿科医学，罕见病治疗，癌症护理，眼科护理，移植等专业。

西班牙将考虑从5月或6月开始计划接受对注射Covid-19疫苗的国际旅行者重新开放边境。很大程度上取决于欧盟何时发布新的数字护照。

即使到那时，仍然存在一个问题，因为大量的健康游客和医疗游客来自英国。由于英国已脱欧，因此它不属于欧盟数字护照计划的一部分。英国禁止出境旅行的禁令一直持续到至少5月，甚至可能数月之后。

Raising the profile of Barcelona Medical Destination

Barcelona Medical Destination (BMD), a platform of medical centres, hospitals and clinics in Catalonia, is already promoting itself to other countries, in anticipation of Spain opening its borders.

BMD’s goal is to promote Catalonia as a destination of specialised medical care, particularly in the city of Barcelona.

It is a platform run by the Government of Catalonia through the Catalan Tourist Board, in partnership with two leading medical associations: Barcelona Medical Centre and Barcelona Medical Agency. It has 13 care centres, of which seven are general hospitals and six are specialist centres. Together they cover 15 medical specialisations.

BMD exhibited at ITB Berlin, in anticipation of Spain opening its borders.

BMD claim that more than 20,000 patients from all over the world get medical treatment or surgery in Barcelona hospitals.

The platform promotes cosmetic surgery, cardiovascular surgery, gynaecology, reproductive medicine, paediatric medicine, rare disease treatment, cancer care, eye care, transplants and other specialities.

Spain will consider plans to reopen its borders for international travellers who have received a Covid-19 vaccine from May or June. Much will depend on when the EU launches the new digital passport.

Even then, there is a problem, in that a large number of tourists, health tourists and medical tourists are from the UK. As the UK has left the EU, it is not part of the EU digital passport scheme. A UK ban on outbound travel is in force until at least May and perhaps months later.