No Licence, No Worries: How Bosnia’s Private Healthcare Clinics Flout the Rules
Branka MrkicLjubuskiBIRNJuly 15, 202608:00BIRN looks inside the ‘wild west’ of private healthcare in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where even licencing rules are flouted. The air-conditioned premises of the Medical Art Centre in Ljubuski, southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, provide a welcome respite from the sweltering Herzegovinian heat. The reception is well-lit and spacious, the furniture new and white; soothing music plays over speakers, and friendly staff create an atmosphere of reassuring calm.
- ▪Branka MrkicLjubuskiBIRNJuly 15, 202608:00BIRN looks inside the ‘wild west’ of private healthcare in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where even licencing rules are flouted.
- ▪The air-conditioned premises of the Medical Art Centre in Ljubuski, southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, provide a welcome respite from the sweltering Herzegovinian heat.
- ▪The reception is well-lit and spacious, the furniture new and white; soothing music plays over speakers, and friendly staff create an atmosphere of reassuring calm.
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| Publication time | Wed, 15 Jul 2026 06:00:04 +0000 |
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Branka MrkicLjubuskiBIRNJuly 15, 202608:00BIRN looks inside the ‘wild west’ of private healthcare in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where even licencing rules are flouted. The air-conditioned premises of the Medical Art Centre in Ljubuski, southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, provide a welcome respite from the sweltering Herzegovinian heat. The reception is well-lit and spacious, the furniture new and white; soothing music plays over speakers, and friendly staff create an atmosphere of reassuring calm. Its website offers Botox treatments, dermal fillers, vitamin infusions, physiatry services, biopsies, tumour removal, ultrasound diagnostics, and breast reconstruction. There’s just one problem.
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