Released on: May 20, 2008, 12:19 am

Press Release Author: Mumtaz Pachisa

Industry: Healthcare

Press Release Summary: Healthbase, the leading award-winning medical tourism
provider has partnered with the South Korean Wooridul Spine Hospital in order to
bring greater options to Americans, Canadians and others looking for affordable,
timely and high quality spinal treatments.

Press Release Body: Healthbase, the leading award-winning medical tourism provider
has partnered with the South Korean Wooridul Spine Hospital in order to bring
greater options to Americans, Canadians and others looking for affordable, timely
and high quality spinal treatments.

Boston-based medical travel facilitator, Healthbase Online Inc. and Wooridul Spine
Hospital (WSH) of South Korea have partnered to provide uninsured and underinsured
Americans, Canadians and others with more affordable spinal treatment solutions.

"We are very happy to have Wooridul Spine Hospital onboard. The combination of
Healthbase as a leading award-winning medical tourism facilitator and Wooridul as a
highly accoladed spine hospital means that our customers will have the highest level
of service on both the ends before, during and after their medical treatment," says
the CEO of Healthbase, Saroja Mohanasundaram.

Awarded the best medical tourism website of 2007 by Consumer Health World,
Healthbase provides medical travel services to patients looking for low-cost high
quality medical care and dental care worldwide.

According to Hwang LEE James, Chief of International Patient Center at Wooridul
Spine Hospital, "Healthbase's excellent services are well-known in the industry and
we are glad to have teamed up with them. At Wooridul Spine Hospital, we have been
serving international patients for many years. With the help of Healthbase we look
forward to making the medical travel process for our international patients even
smoother."

Established in 1982, WSH has more than 25 years of experience in providing
systematic spine management as a total care system covering spine disease
prevention, diagnosis, test, treatment and rehabilitation. Its 108 spinal surgeons
treat patients in its various hospitals located in Seoul, Busan, Gimpo Airport and
Daegu. For better communicating international patients\' needs and information,
Wooridul International Patient Center provides English, Japanese, Chinese, French
and Spanish language services.

"Healthbase has the biggest and geographically most expanded network of healthcare
and dental care providers in the industry. With broader options comes greater
convenience. We believe in giving more choices to our customers so they can make a
better decision regarding their health care based on their personal needs and
requirements," says Saroja.

Healthbase serves the American, Canadian, European, African, Asian, Middle-Eastern
and Asia Pacific markets, and offers more than 200 procedures at over 40 hospitals
in 10 countries worldwide.

"With Wooridul Spine Hospital on board, our customers from North America, Asia and
Asia Pacific regions will find it more convenient to travel there for their
spine-related treatments," offers Saroja.

Wooridul Spine Hospital has innovated many cutting-edge technologies and
methodologies for spine treatment. Mr. LEE adds, "We have developed a unique
endoscope suited for more accurate diagnosis and fast treatment. In addition, we
have developed our own original surgical method. Based on patient-oriented medical
service, we have patient-dedicated teams where 4-6 spine doctors co-treat a patient
for a 99.9% success rate."

Among some of the many spinal procedures offered by Wooridul Spine Hospital are
Percutaneous Endoscopic Cervical Discectomy (PECD), Anterior Cervical Discectomy and
Fusion (ACDF), Percutaneous Endoscopic Thoracic Discectomy (PETD), Percutaneous
Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy (PELD), Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Foraminoplasty
(PELF), Percutaneous Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty, Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy
(IDET), Total disc replacement (TDR), Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF),
etc.

Wooridul Spine Hospital has received training center certificates from International
Musculoskeletal LAser Society (IMLAS), American Academy of Minimally Invasive Spinal
Medicine and Surgery (AAMISMS), and Asian Academy of Minimally Invasive Spinal
Surgery (AAMISS).

Healthbase provides spinal treatment, medical tourism and dental tourism services in
South Korea, India, Thailand, Singapore, Turkey, Belgium, Hungary, Costa Rica,
Panama and Mexico.

About Healthbase Online Inc.:
Healthbase, a Boston-based medical tourism and dental tourism facilitator, is a
one-stop source for global medical and dental choices, connecting patients to
leading hospitals around the world, through a secure, easy to use and
information-rich award-winning web portal. Healthbase offers over 200 medical,
dental, cosmetic and surgical procedures and helps patients seek top quality
healthcare in various categories such as bariatric, orthopedic, cardiac, spinal,
dental, cosmetic, laparoscopic, etc. Healthbase's partner facilities are located in
India, Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, Turkey, Belgium, Hungary, Costa Rica,
Panama and Mexico, and are expanding to the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia,
Argentina, Brazil, El Salvador and Guatemala. To ensure that patients receive the
best care possible, Healthbase works mainly with hospitals that have international
accreditations like JCI, JCAHO and ISO. Healthbase caters to the needs of individual
consumers, self-insured businesses, insurance carriers and third party
administrators seeking affordable medical travel and dental travel options. To learn
more, call 1-888-691-4584, email info.hb@healthbase.com or visit
http://www.healthbase.com.

Web Site: http://www.healthbase.com

Contact Details: Mumtaz Pachisa
Healthbase Media Relations
Healthbase
Healthcare Beyond BoundariesT
287 Auburn Street
Newton, MA 02466, USA
Phone: 1-888-MY1-HLTH
Phone: 1-888-691-4584 (Toll Free)
Phone: 1-617-418-3436 (International)
Fax: 1-800-986-9230
Email: media.hb@healthbase.com
Website: http://www.healthbase.com