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.
Mediescapes India 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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