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While SA's public healthcare system faces challenges, the country's private health care sector offers world-class medical and health care. Those that can afford it, or mid- to upper-income earners, tend to belong to private medical aid or hospital schemes, and use Johannesburg's private doctors and hospitals. Foreigners also flock to Joburg for surgical procedures as our highly trained doctors have an excellent international reputation, and surgery costs are often significantly lower than elsewhere in the world. Joburg's plastic surgeons in particular attract large numbers of foreigners who often combine cosmetic surgery with a recuperative African safari or health spa holiday.​