Medical Tourism

Can it make sense to get some procedures done abroad, in countries where quality is good but prices are a fraction of what they are at home? Not so fast -- there can be pitfalls, too. A look at the pluses and minuses.

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Why India is a leading medical tourism destination

The Financial Express With a millennia-old medicine history, this country now ranks 10th as a destination for people looking to travel for medical treatment, thanks to its combination of 21st-century health modalities, strong pharmaceutical sectior, and its traditional systems of holistic health and wellness. The India-based Financial Express take a look at the country's current situation and trends, and it's an enlightening read:…

Started by Paul Varmuza

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on our blog: medical tourism in Costa Rica

Costa Rica has a longstanding tradition of attracting holidaymakers around the world. Most of them have a craving for green, relaxing and adventure. However, people have recently discovered the undeniable fact that this country is nowadays a location where you can find proficient consultants than can provide you with high-quality medical care at a small portion of cost than other places (e.g. United States, Canada and Europe). Year after year one can see the increasing number of tourist who…

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Now on our blog: medical vs. health tourism, more

Tourism and health have taken on two new meanings. Health tourism can be broken down into two components, people who travel to a particular spot for medical reasons, such as cancer centers or for specific operations such a coronary bypass, and people who travel to a location for medicinal reasons such as rest and relaxation. Medicinal tourism caters not to the sick but to those who seek new levels of wellness. Examples of medicinal tourism are spa or centers that cater to non-essential…

Started by David Paul Appell

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Death tourism?

"Expert Panel Concurs: Hawaii Physicians Can Provide Aid in Dying." Why is this reported on eTN, a website about travel? The only answer I can think of is, the prospect of death tourism. Can it succeed? Would you travel 4,000 or 10,000 miles from home so you could die faster?

Started by Northeast News

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Darryl Musick October 14, 2011 at 5:33pm

Continuing our trek across the American Southwest today at The World on Wheels, we hop across the border to snowbird medical mecca, Los Algodones in Mexico, where there are more dentists and opticians per capita than anyplace I know: http://tinyurl.com/28j98zp

The World on Wheels

An ongoing adventure of travel and living while using a wheelchair. Tim has been disabled from birth. Darryl is his father and caregiver who travel…
Ed Wetschler May 16, 2011 at 4:53pm

A Swiss referendum has overwhelmingly approved suicide tourism. Will many people take Switzerland up on this? And does this count as medical tourism or its opposite?
Ed Wetschler November 13, 2010 at 11:14pm

Jordan, I read about it on eTurboNews, but you're right: When I do a little digging, I see the original story came out in 2009. Why it appeared this morning, I have no idea.
Jordan Simon November 13, 2010 at 10:42pm

Ed, wasn't that hospital already angling to increase medical tourism, especially for eart and spinal surgery.... or is this something new? If latter, where did you read the latest comments? Thanks.
Ed Wetschler November 13, 2010 at 4:08pm

And now a spokesman for the award-winning Holy Trinity Hospital in Ghana wants to increase medical tourism to that country. Can Ghana, in fact, compete against India, Thailand, Brazil, etc. for medical tourists ?
Tripatini November 11, 2010 at 8:37pm

Now on the Tripatini blog: a look at the booming medical tourism industry in India.
Northeast News September 24, 2010 at 5:04pm

DEATH TOURISM

As some of you know, I'm still fascinated by public relations efforts that are all about damage control. ABC News reports that increasing numbers of tourists are visiting Switzerland for assisted suicides, and, as Switzerland's tourism minister says, the whole business is making Switzerland look bad.

Should Switzerland put an end to this?
David Lawrence August 20, 2010 at 11:10pm

Coupla hundred miles north of us here in New England, Canadian doctors have issued a warning about transplant tourism. They say that you're likely to get an organ that the hospitals didn't get in a fair way. Anyone here seen 'Dirty Pretty things'?
Ed Wetschler August 18, 2010 at 4:14pm

Sam, Indian hospitals report no slowdown in medical tourism since that Lancet report came out. But could that be because people were already booked and committed -- and that they will start backing out now?
Sam Scribe August 16, 2010 at 5:04pm

I have friends who've had surgical procedures overseas, to both good and bad effect. Now Lancet, the British medical magazine, has reported that a new superbug that's resistant to antibiotics originated in India, so it might be a bad idea of British patients to visit India for surgery. I wonder how much this will affect medical tourism.