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Norma K is an American tennis player who tore an ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) while playing tennis in the United States. Unable to afford the surgery to repair or reconstruct the torn ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) in the US which was tagged at 000, she went to New Delhi, India to have the ACL repair surgery for only 00. Her surgery was coordinated by Healthbase (www.healthbase.com), an award-winning medical tourism facilitator based in USA. In the video, she shares her wonderful experience at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital with Dr. Yash Gulati and talks about the top quality care she received at an affordable price. Log on to http call 1-888-MY1-HLTH or 1-617-418-3436 or email info.hb@healthbase.com for more information.
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www.dentvitalis.com www.thedentaltraveler.com Welcome to the Dent Vitalis Centre for Dental Implant Prosthetics and Stomatology. This is a way of representing ourselves and showing you why we are here and how and what we do. We are situated in the center of the city of Rijeka, Croatia at the main city road, only a few minutes away from the bus and train terminals and perfectly connected with all available city and intercity transport lines. We offer great expertise, as we do specialize in implantology & prosthetics, but for a far more reasonable price than in western Europe (www.dentvitalis.com/home_eng.htm ). Our wish is to offer the best service posssible, and that is why we founded a tourist agency The Dental Traveler. The agency is here to take care of your stay and give you all the neccesary info about Rijeka and Croatia, one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Please visit www.thedentaltraveler.com

Cosmetic Harmony?s tips on finalizing a medical tourism company for Cosmetic Surgery

According to the National Coalition on Health Care, more than 500,000 Americans traveled abroad to receive cosmetic surgeries. With the increasing healthcare costs and long waits for cosmetic procedures, people are finding difficult to afford a quality surgery as and when they have need of. People have to wait for rendezvous for quite a few months and also need to squander a lot. A solution to these two major problems is ‘Medical Tourism’. It can give you quality treatment for a fraction of the price without waiting for a long time. Every year, millions of patients from all around the globe travel to medical tourism destinations to receive the best cosmetic surgery treatment at incredible prices. Some of the hottest destinations for medical tourism are Brazil, Colombia and Argentina. People from developed countries like U.S travel to these small countries popularly known as ‘medical tourism destinations’ for their treatments.

The medical tourism destinations are usually very attractive for people to have a healthy and safe vacation. Colombia is one of the most popular destinations that attracts innumerable tourist from around the world. Cosmetic Harmony, which is one of the leading medical tourism companies based in Colombia, is running in profits because of its quality services at affordable prices.

Anthony Giudice, Vice President of Sales, Cosmetic Harmony, explained the risks that are involved in finalizing a medical tourism company. He says, “Brazil, Colombia and Argentina are the leaders in the Cosmetic Surgery Industry. However, price should not be the only thing you are concerned with.  There will always be a significant savings when you choose to leave the US or Europe or Canada etc but you have to be very cautious to not shop only on price.  There are a wide range of price differences (sometimes abnormally lower price) and need to be very careful of prices that don’t fit into the realm of what other South American companies are charging.  The patients who are lured by these abnormally low rates have to compromise on the quality of the products and medications, Implants etc that are used on them.  Also, Board Certification plays a major role in finalizing your medical tourism company; if the Surgeons are not board certified they should avoid that company at all costs”.

“We at Cosmetic Harmony has only Board Certified surgeons on there team as well as we only use FDA approved materials in our surgeries all of our equipment not only meets but exceeds international standards.  Therefore Cosmetic Harmony will never be the least cost when comparing to other companies in South America but we are by far one of the best”, Anthony announces with delight.

Hence, selection of a destination for your cosmetic surgeries is the most important decision and should be carefully taken for a healthy, safe and a successful treatment.

For more information on Cosmetic Harmony:

 Visit: http://www.affordableplasticcosmeticsurgeryincolombia.com

About Cosmetic Harmony:

Cosmetic Harmony is a medical tourism company specializing in complete cosmetic surgery packages, including cosmetic procedures, travel, accommodations, transportation to medical appointments, a bilingual personal assistant and medications.

Cosmetic Harmony’s Affiliate program,

http://affiliates.affordableplasticcosmeticsurgeryincolombia.com/Login.aspx

Contact:

Anthony Giudice, Vice President of Sales

305.726.0527

Medical Tourism in Mexico and Panama

The term “Medical Tourism” also known as health tourism is becoming very popular in these days. It means to travel across different countries to find health care. These health care or treatments include common problems and complex treatments such as cardiac surgery, joint replacement, cosmetic surgery and dental surgery. The customer and provider communicate through reliable sources to assure quality of service and making contract. Such medical tours need leisure aspects of tourism and travel. Health tourism patients should know the extra cost in traveling, health care and accommodations on treatment locations. The popularity of medical tourism is increased by many factors such as long waits for certain procedures, high costs, affordability of travel, standard and quality of health and care services. Medical tourists travel to Europe, United States, UK, Canada, Middle East, Canada and Japan to obtain quality health care services at reasonable prices.

Medical Tourism in Mexico

The specialists of plastic surgery and dentistry are very popular in Mexico. Medical tourism patients travel to Mexico from all over the world to obtain quality medical care in dentistry and plastic surgery. Americans also move to Mexico for dental health care because the charges of dentist in America are very high as compare to the charges of Mexican dentist. Mexican dentists charge one fourth to one fifth of US dentists price. This trend of medical tourism to Mexico is very alarming for American dentists so they have spread many rumors of infections, oral cancer and poor treatments against Mexican dentists.

In Texas, it is explored that health organizations can operate on both sides of the border but physicians of south Texas argue that they cannot compete with the lower costs of Mexican dentists. Legal system of Mexico doesn’t allow any kind of sue against Mexican doctors. Medical tourists are satisfied with the quality of health services in Mexico and according to an advocacy group of health care issues 90 percent care they received in Mexico is excellent. Mexican hospitals are not popular only for dental and plastic surgery but they provide quality services for bar iatric surgery for weight loss. Lap band surgery, a popular bar iatric surgery is approved by FDA in 2001 in US is also performed by the surgeons of Mexico. The hospitals of Mexico are well equipped with latest technology and medical equipments for all medical tourism requirements.

Medical Tourism in Panama

Panama is also a popular place for medical tourism due to its tourist appeal, position and use of dollar as the official currency. The medical specialists of Panama are very popular all over the world and use latest technology and equipment to treat patients. Doctors of Panama are bilingual and can operate on the same technology and medical equipment which are used in Europe and America. The charges of health care in Panama are 50% less than the charges of US. In addition to dental implants, assisted reproduction, plastic surgery, cosmetic dentistry, cardialogy, eye surgery orthopedics and pulmonology are the popular treatments in the hospitals of Panama for people in medical tourism to this country.

The equipment and technology used in the hospitals of Panama is up-to-date and the hospitals are affiliated with international organizations such as Cleveland Clinic, Baptist Health International of Miami, Johns Hopkins International, Miami Children’s Hospital, Tulane Health Science Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Harvard Medical Faculty and Physicians at Beth Israel, The Kendall Medical Center in Florida and Deaconess Medical Center in US. The doctors of these hospitals have latest information about the diseases and medicines.

US trained physicians of Panama provide high quality medical services at reasonable prices. The techniuqes used in health care, facilities and medications are not less than USA. Panama is rich with beautiful tourism destinations such as mountains, beaches and natural places which affect medical tourists pleasantly.

Philippine medical tourism and retirement gets needed boost

Amidst all the worry brought about by the global financial crisis, there exists a silver lining for developing nations.

With the price tag of medical attention in developed countries becoming too steep, its citizens are traveling to developing nations for their treatment – and they’re getting much more than what they bargained for.

Significantly lower fees, world class care and a vacation to boot – these make up the package for most overseas patients, which even when put together still costs considerably less than the sole treatment they would get back home. All this has come to be labeled under the banner of medical tourism and the Philippines is fast emerging as a major player in Asia.

Patients from the US, Europe, Australia and the Middle East have been traveling to the Philippines to avail of treatments at a fraction of the cost. From executive check-ups to cosmetic surgery to heart bypasses, the range of services offered in the country is as comprehensive as they are inexpensive. Top that off with spa visits and a local tour of the sights, then you have an unbeatable combination.

Given all these, the Philippines has been making its presence felt in the market in the last few years by organizing and participating in international conferences. Smaller scale conferences and hospital tours have also been organized with foreign and local press, travel agents and industry professionals to see what the Philippines has to offer the world.

The promotion of medical tourism is spearheaded by the Department of Tourism (DOT). Tourism Secretary Joseph Durano said that his department is pushing for medical tourism because it opens business-to-business opportunities among industry stakeholders. This leads further investments in hospitals, spas and other related businesses like hotels, malls and real estate.

In fact, Secretary Durano foresees that in five to ten years, the industry will be “ten times bigger…it (medical tourism) just requires a little push and when it gains momentum, it will have a life of its own.”

Tourism Undersecretary Cynthia Carrion also shares the same prediction: “If we continue what we started, by 2012, we’ll have as much as billion.”

One of latest the promotional steps is the publishing of the latest travel guide that offers comprehensive and useful information for visitors navigating the world of Filipino health and wellness. Entitled Philippines: The Heart of Asia (The Official Medical and Wellness Travel Guide and Directory), the guide is an indispensable tool that provides medical travelers options on the most suitable places for healing, rest, relaxation and rejuvenation.

The booklet contains a wealth of articles, maps, directory information, a list of the country’s best hospitals, spas, clinics, and more. Meant for both the seasoned and the first-time traveler, the travel guide is the definitive companion in the journey towards better wellness and health in the Philippines.  It is also accessible through the website www.philippinesheartofasia.ph.

Published by Honors Integrated Marketing (HIM) Communications Inc. with medical tourism advocate Joyce Alumno at the helm of the editorial team, the “Philippines: The Heart of Asia” is the official travel guide for medical and wellness tourism endorsed by DOT, DOH, and PPP Task Force. It will be released by the last quarter of this year.  Booking deadline is extended until September 15, 2009.

For inquiries, please call (+632) 910-8030, 468-9999, or 0917-8918998; or visit www.philippinesheartofasia.ph or www.himcommunications.com