Healthcare has become a global concern. In a competitive global
market where information is shared instantly, consumers have all the
knowledge and choices at their disposal. The internet enables the
patients to seek out the best service providers, to make comparisons
by themselves or to find out brokers and specialists services
provider in host country like India.
We come from a culture of people expecting the government to
provide health care, as we transition from a country where the
private sector is playing such an important role.
Thus, there is a risk that if we lose sight of the practice of
medicine as in part of a human discipline, a morally driven
discipline, and if we look at the practice of medicine only as
another market opportunity, then there will be values that will
be lost.
All of which is to say that medical tourism ~ indeed, any
surgery or other invasive medical procedure ~ is not to be
undertaken lightly. If you want or need a medical procedure that
might be performed less expensively or more quickly overseas, do
your homework ~ especially when it comes to the accreditation
and quality standards of hospitals you are considering and the
training and certification of doctors who would treat you.
Vibrant Medicare provides all relevant
information to you when it sends your medical consultants
medical opinion for your medical treatment enquiry.
Before planning a trip, there are several things to keep in
mind: Realize that you may not feel up to doing much after the
procedure. Although some packages include activities, doctors
say many patients should refrain from exercising or
participating in other activities for days afterward:
++ Forget sunbathing by the pool. After many
plastic surgeries, you'll have to avoid the sun until your skin
has healed.
++ Find out when it's safe to fly home
afterward. Many doctors discourage air travel after surgery for
fear of health risks that include deep-vein thrombosis on
long-haul flights.
++ Have a plan for follow-up care. You may
want to ask the surgeon to for tel. medicine or video
conferencing after care or ask your medical service provider how
best to safeguard your interests.
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