Medical Tourism
Medical Tourism
Medical tourism or medical travel or global healthcare or health tourism is a basically a term initially used by the mass media and travel agencies to define or describe the fast growing practice of traveling across international borders to obtain health care. Such medical services often include all kinds of elective procedures and also the complex specialized surgeries of various body parts like joint replacement including both knee and hip, dental surgery, cardiac surgery and cosmetic surgeries or plastic surgeries. The provider of these medical procedures and the patients use ceremonious channels of communication-connection-contract, with legal oversight or less regulatory to make sure the quality and less formal recourse to redress or reimbursement if required.
My experience with medical tourism
I live in UK and I had lot of health problems during the age of 30. And I was also financially very weak. Doctor adviced me for a heart surgery which would cost me around $200,000. That was too much for me and I realized I could not afford that. I told my situation to one of my business associate and he gave suggestion to me for medical tourism to the country India. He said it will cut my cost to almost 90% even after considering airline and staying expenses. Since there was no other alternative for me, I thought I must give it a try. So I planned everything and moved to India according to schedule and appointment by doctors. Since I already had a friend in
India, he came immediately to my help. The doctors treated me and I went through the surgery with peace of mind as my friend was very helpul and gave me all support. After the surgery I became very week.
Than my friend told me about some meditation techniques to get well soon. He used to practice himself and he told me about that. He told me about sahaja yoga meditation and a lady named Shree Nirmala Devi is founder of it. I already heard about such non-medical treatments from people who visited India for medical tourism. I trusted him and started doing meditation following the rules as mentioned in sahaja yoga book and what my friend told me. When I started first he told me to sit in front of mother's photo(Shree Nirmala Devi) and gave me what is called self-realization by raising my "kundalini power", which is said to be located inside every human being. In the beginning days I didnt feel that was something useful to me. But my friend prompted me to continue with it and I actually trust him a lot, so I continued practising it for another 15 days. But after 15 days I realized that it was the turning point of my life and visting india for medical tourism was a life changing experience for me.
I want to tell you what actually sahaja yoga meditation did for me. My friend was already a sahaja yogi(one who practise sahaja yoga). And a sahaja yogi has the right and capability to raise other's kundalini power as mother says this. So once my friend awakened my kundalini power I followed to clean my chakras(there are seven chakras in human body according to sahaja yoga) by some mantras. I used to regularly do this as instructed by sahaja yoga book and by my friend. Initially when my chakras were not clean I had a very little experience of
kundalini power awakening. But after practising for 10-15 days, I could feel that something is giving my body a great energy and peace. I had never been into such experience in life before. I could feel the cool breeze flowing from my hands and few more body parts. Though the heart surgery cut my cost but sahaja yoga was something I really achieved and could be proud of as having part of it. After practising it for 6 months, I eliminated all my health problems and I could feel as if I am at the age of 18 now. This is what medical tourism can do for you.
It's easy to see why people are tempted to combine travel with surgery: The cost of medical procedures is often much lower abroad. Although medical facilities in low-cost countries are often substandard compared to hospitals and clinics in the United States, there are also highly advanced medical facilities abroad that are specifically built or equipped for medical tourists.
India and Thailand are the two most respected destinations for low-cost medical care. Others include Belgium, Brazil, Costa Rica, Malaysia, Mexico, Poland, and Singapore.
But medical tourism is complex also. Going abroad for surgery is not same as walking to your hospital on the next street; there are a number of things that need consideration. From access to transparent information on international healthcare facilities and surgeons to details of surgical procedures, and from timely correspondence with the overseas hospital to booking the medical travel itinerary, consumer demands are multifaceted. Understanding the requirements of medical tourists and implementing that into our informative web portal is what has led us to achieving our mission of providing healthcare beyond boundaries by empowering consumers with information and making high quality healthcare accessible to everyone at affordable prices,” remarks Mohanasundaram.
But there is more advantage of medical tourism than a loss. According to an article by the University of Delaware publication, UDaily the cost of surgery in India, Thailand or South Africa can be one-tenth of what it is in the United States or Western Europe, and sometimes even less. A heart-valve replacement that would cost $200,000 or more in the U.S., for example, goes for $10,000 in India--and that includes round-trip airfare and a brief vacation package. Similarly, a metal-free dental bridge worth $5,500 in the U.S. costs $500 in India, a knee replacement in Thailand with six days of physical therapy costs about one-fifth of what it would in the States, and Lasik eye surgery worth $3,700 in the U.S. is available in many other countries for only $730. Cosmetic surgery savings are even greater: A full facelift that would cost $20,000 in the U.S. runs about $1,250 in South Africa.
The medical tourism market in India has been pegged to grow to around Rs 11, 000 CR by the next couple of years approx till 2012-13. Medical treatment in USA or Thailand. Quality health care & medical treatment in india at low cost. Cardiac Surgery, Bone Mone marrow transplant, Liver transplant, Orthopaedic surgery. Cost of key health care treatment is upto 30% low. Medial tourism in India emerges as a huge money spinner. Go for medical tour in India and treat yourself with the best quality care in India.