After taking advantage of a free eye examination in England and as I was a suitable candidate for laser I was quoted £2000 for the surgery which I don’t think included Intralase. I found a web site www.kaskaloglu.com (click on the English flag) which is an eye hospital in Izmir. Professor Kaskaloglu has been teaching and practising ophthalmology for 27 years and was voted best of the Show at the American Academy of Ophthalmology Congress in Orlando in 2002 and he performs over 2000 cataract and Lasik operations every year. He has all the latest machinery. I looked up the information and then sent him an email to find out the prices and arrange an appointment; there are different treatments, from which I chose the best which cost Preop exam 80 Euros, about £55 and Lasik Customised (Wavefront T-Cat, Q-Mode) with Intralase 1190 Euros, about £800. First we booked a cheap holiday to Kusadasi in Turkey through the Gold Trail brochure from Hays Travel. We paid £215 each, insurance etc included, for 2 weeks staying at the Zorlu Hotel which was clean and basic, with very friendly and helpful staff and in a good location, my appointment was booked for 1st May at 10 am. We got the Luxury coach from the Elbirlik Office in Kusadasi to Izmir (Central Garage) cost 17 ytl about £7 for 2, then 3 ytl about £1.20 for the bus (no 50) from the ground floor of the station to Alsancak, (pronounced Alsanjac). We got off the bus at Kulturpark (26th August Gate) and walked straight down the road where there is a signpost to the Eye Hospital. The no 250 bus goes to a different side of the park but you can come out at 26th August Gate. The eye hospital is spotlessly clean and all the staff wear white. I had my eye examination on the morning which found a torn retina which was immediately repaired (was not found in England) then my eyes were lasered at about 4pm the same day. (Painless), the worst part was when they inserted and removed what felt like a jeweller’s eyeglass in to my eyes, I only have small eyes. Straight after Surgery with the help of Sunglasses I could see an immediate difference, you do need sunglasses and the help of a Partner as you are supposed to keep your eyes closed as much as possible for the first day. We then got the bus back from Alsancak to the Central Garage where we bought our coach tickets from the Elbirlik kiosk and got the coach back to Kusadasi, another 3 plus 17 ytl about £8.20. That’s about £16.40 return for 2 people. My check-up appointment was for the next day, another £16.40, that’s about £33 for 2 people for 2 days transport. From what I could gather the price of a taxi from Kusadasi to Izmir is about 90 euros each way, about £60, that’s £240 for the transport. The saving by using the Bus is over £200. Not including spending money I paid about £1100 for my fortnight’s holiday in Turkey including the Laser.
Probably £2500 now just for the laser treatment in this Country.
For anyone that is interested these are some of the sites that I used.
www.turkeytravelplanner.com
www.adiyamanli.org/aegean_region.htm
www.kaskaloglu.com
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