Does Anyone Know About Medical Tourism? Posted: 05-31-06 11:51am
Does anyone know about medical tourism?
I read in time that surgeries over seas
are a lot cheaper then in the us and that
a lot of the hospitals have their doctors
trained in the us. Oh, and that 25% of
the doctor in the us were trained
elsewhere.
I would love to have both a hip
replacement and a trip to singapore!!!
How much better could that be???
There was supposed to be a third answer to
the poll...
No!
But I guess I didn't hit the button, my
bad!
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Tamadrummer
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 710 Location: Zephyrhills,Fl
Posted: 05-31-06 12:30pm
Honestly, I would recommend that you go to
singapore and have a great visit and then
come back to the u s and get your hip
replaced.
If you have a horrible surgery experience
in this country you can at least sue for
compensation and try to get your bad
surgery fixed locally.
If you have a bad surgery in singapore and
come back to the us, you are going to be
asking a doctor that has nothing to do
with the surgery you had overseas and may
not be familiar with the procedure used in
that country.
Imo it sets you up for a real disaster and
you will have no alternative once it is
done. Also, if you have never had a major
surgery before you don't know that you
will not be into vacationing after double
hip replacement. After my back surgery
all I wanted to do was die. There is no
way to explain the amount of pain you are
in post surgery and durring physical
therapy
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sandyallen
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Posts: 4580
Posted: 05-31-06 13:23pm
It would be okay if you had someone to
stay with for sometime. I have learned
that cheaper is not always better.
Generally I am a positive person but what
if something went wrong, to me the plane
trip back would not be very comfortable.
I am no dr and it is your choice. After
my surgeries, I just wanted to come home
and be in my bed.
Good luck with your decision and your
surgeries!
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AvatarOfUrDreams
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 67 Location: Chicago
Posted: 05-31-06 14:56pm
Well, according to time the packages
include:
surgery, med's, room & board for you
and 1 other person, after surgery therapy,
and, um, a bunch of other stuff I can't
remember right now.
And no, I wasn't planning on sightseeing
after the surgery... I would go a few
days early to get the good stuff out of
the way.
Good points though...All of them...
I need to think.
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christyler
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Posts: 2
Posted: 01-09-08 18:20pm
As an experienced medtrotter, travelling
for health care is a viable alternative to
settling for what is available in my city
or state. Here's the reality: what we
perceive here in the US as a step out of
our comfort zone, is common practice in
almost every other corner of the planet.
What we call "medical tourism", or
travelling for health care, Europeans and
Asians call "health care". Meaning, it's
common practice to pursue health services
in other places, whether that is another
city or country. It would be like us
travelling to another city or, at the
most, to another state, for health care in
the US. Not a big deal in terms of
distance or comfort level.
