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Medical Care

It certainly does not come naturally, to think of going overseas when we are told that we need major surgery or involved healthcare or dental work, or even when we would like cosmetic procedures done. After all, trips overseas are for holidays and happy times, they take a lot of planning and they are for fun, not medical duty…right? The answers are yes, they are for holidays and happy times, but they do not necessarily need excessive planning, and they can definitely combine fun with medical duty. We explore the top five reasons why medical tourism is exploding in popularity.

Price

This is the top reason cited for people to travel overseas for medical care. For example, if you need dental work done, you could be paying a tenth of what you would at home, for the same standard of work, at a hospital in Bangkok or hospitals elsewhere in Thailand, or at some of the excellent Indian facilities. continue reading…

Popularity: 11% [?]

Medical Tourism dates back to the times when wealthy Europeans and Asians would travel within their continent or to other continents to seek health related treatments. But, of late, the trend has been popularized by Americans, Canadians, British and others who travel to far-off countries in search for low-cost high quality health care or for care that’s not readily available in their country.

Following are the top 10 reasons why people travel to far-flung developing countries for medical care:

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Popularity: 2% [?]