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There are many americans as well as citizens from another country travelling overseas to get a medical procedures done (anything from hip replacements to dental work or cosmetic procedures,source International Living magazine).Cost savings can range from 15% to 75%.Not to mention you can also see another country,have a vacation.Also it can help people who dont have a good insurance.Well I would do it without hesitation.Would you?
I work in Canada and have seen more than a handful of medical tourists wind up in hospital with post op complications. Also, dealt with patients who went on holiday and then where medi-aired home post op.
I've discovered the following:
Choose your plastic surgeon in Venezula carefully
Avoid gastric by-pass surgery in Mexico
Hips done in Poland and other former east block countries are usually good
If your bowels aren't working before you go on holiday to Central America, get it checked out, the guys down there do an OK colostomy but you'll still wind up in hospital when you come home.
I can remember one patient who cost the Canadian taxpayer well over $1MILLION fixing her "cheap" overseas procedure. The staff who cared for her all felt that she should have had to pay for her care because she just couldn't meet the criteria for the surgery here and she "deserved" to have the procedure because she could have it done on vacation!!!
RelloydRN
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I'd really love to go there. Hopefully soon! :)