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The term medical tourism was hardly
in existence ten years back. The phenomena of traveling to other
countries for specialized medical treatment has started as a result
of overburdened public healthcare systems and high cost of medical
services in the developed nations. Patients in Britain, Canada and
some other developed countries are waiting for the major surgery
and sometime this waiting period is more than few months. In USA,
millions of people are without health insurance and major part of
them are without dental coverage; because of the high cost of medical
services, these people can’t afford the treatment in their
home country at their own expenses. But, in developing countries
like India, South Africa,
etc., cost of the same treatment is around one tenth of that in
the developed nations and waiting time is near to nil with high
quality medical facilities and professionals. So, patients from
developed nations now look for inexpensive, high-quality foreign
healthcare options.
Cosmetic surgery, eye surgery,
kidney dialysis, open heart surgery, pediatric heart surgery, bone
marrow transplants, hip and knee replacement, organ transplantation
and dental treatments are among the major health problems that attract
the patients from developed nations towards the medical tourism.
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