Long Waiting List forced a Britain patient to travel to India for her Lap Band Surgery
Released on: September 26, 2007, 3:44 am
Press Release Author: Dheeraj Bojwani
Industry: Healthcare
Press Release Summary: Long waiting lists for operations on the NHS, and the high cost of going private in this country, are leading growing numbers of Britons to head abroad for surgery
Press Release Body: As more and more patients from Europe, the USA and other affluent nations with high medical costs look for effective options, healthcare tourism in India is definitely on the cards for most of them and the fast growing Indian corporate health sector is fully geared to meet that need. Not just cost savings or the high standard of medical care facility, but also the waiting time is much lower for any treatment in India than in any other country. Medical help is often an emergency and situations can turn worse if the treatment is delayed. While you might have to wait for several months to get a surgical operation done in the US, in India things can be arranged within a week. Among the factors that make India an attractive proposition for medical treatment is cost efficiency.
Indian healthcare sector's goal is to provide comprehensive and customized services for medical tourists come to India and not merely to schedule an appointment with a physician or sign the patient up for a treatment to make your medical tourism successful. The Indian healthcare sector has been growing at a frantic pace in the past few years. The windfall began ever since the developed world discovered that it could get quality service for less than half the price. The number of patients visiting India for medical treatment has risen from 10,000 in 2000 to about 100,000 in 2005. With an annual growth rate of 30 per cent. These figures are driven by availability of quality healthcare and the huge rise in numbers visiting India for treatment.
Long waiting lists for operations on the NHS, and the high cost of going private in this country, are leading growing numbers of Britons to head abroad for surgery. This is what Mrs. Savannah has to say about his experience of lap band surgery in India-"I\'m a 28 years old Social Worker from Britain. Most of my life I\'ve been thin, I started gaining weight after I had my daughter and got married. The weight slowly started creeping up more and more. I decided to do research on the best method of weight loss for those who are morbidly obese. Well, a few days later my friend mentioned that he had read an article by Forerunners Healthcare Consultants on Lap band surgery, I started my research and read that the average person looses between 75% and 85% of their excess weight. So if you had 100 pounds to lose you\'d most likely lose 80 pounds. Couldn't believe it. A weight loss surgery that didn\'t cut and slice your intestines or stomach didn\'t have any major side effects and would cause permanent weight loss. I found out that the surgery is very common in India. I did research to find out who the most experienced surgeon was that I could afford. I came across Forerunners Healthcare Consultants. I spoke Dr Dheeraj Bojwani who is such a nice person. I also spoke to several patients of Forerunners Healthcare Consultants to hear about their experience and they all had positive things to say about the group so I felt very comfortable with my decision. The hospital was immaculately clean and the nurses and doctors were so professional. I was really amazed. The day after the surgery I was feeling great, I have not had any complications with the surgery and till this day I have lost a little over 100lbs. I was very happy with the surgery and its result."
Medical tourism has become a common form of vacationing, and covers a broad spectrum of medical services. Medical tourism mixes leisure, fun and relaxation together with wellness and healthcare. A combination of many factors has lead to the recent increase in popularity of medical tourism. Exorbitant cost of healthcare and medical facilities in advanced countries, ease and affordability of international travel, favorable currency exchange rates in the global economy, rapidly improving technology and high standards of medical care in the developing countries has all contributed their share to this rapid development of medical tourism. India has originated as one of the most important hubs for medical tourism. Many people from the developed countries come to India for the rejuvenation promised by yoga and Ayurveda massage however, a nice blend of top-class medical expertise at attractive prices is helping more and more Indian corporate hospitals to lure foreign patients, including patients from developed nations such as the UK and the US, for high end surgeries.
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