Medical Tourism: Your Easy Way To Shed All Health Worries
Posted by business | travelling | Posted on March 6th, 2010
Medical tourism gets you all this and more. Long waiting periods to even get to a specialist in your own country leads you to nothing but frustration and further deterioration of your state. But with health travel on the rise, you certainly don’t need to go through this. Take a trip to any specialized hospital in India, Thailand or Singapore and be greeted by state-of-the-art equipment, trained medical staff, doctors with western certification, and all this at a much lesser cost. Being a medical tourist you’ll be amazed to find experts in major fields of medicine including cardiac care, neurology, gynecology, orthopedics, pediatrics, dental care, and ophthalmology. Friendly staff and high quality services don’t make you feel as though you are in a foreign land. International standards are maintained in each and every aspect of health care. So, what’s the verdict? Just go ahead and make that investment.
There’s no greater wealth than your own health, you’d obviously concur. But do you know how we are robbing ourselves of this wealth everyday and every second of our lives? Work pressures, busy lifestyles and erratic behaviors, they all form a deadly cocktail, leading us no where but to the end of our personal resource, health. Thankfully, this is a passing. People, young and old alike, are waking up to another course that’s making foray into the mainstream. We all take trips to foreign countries for business or leisure. Have you ever heard of traveling to a country for health’s sake? Referred by many names like health tourism and medical travel, medical tourism comes to rescue when you can’t find adequate help in your own country. What could be better than combining your vacation with medical treatment, the latter one being imperative? Medical treatments in developed countries like the United States and the United Kingdom may be good for the rich and affluent but what about the average middle class person. How many times did you deny yourself health care for reasons such as exorbitant price tags, or deficient insurance covers? Sometimes the medical procedures offered in one’s own country are just insufficient or lacking in one way or the other that make you seek help elsewhere. World-class treatment, certified doctors, private medical care, quality equipments, first-rate technology, these are just some of the ways to describe medical tourism
An industry in its own right, medical tourism is fast gaining momentum in countries like India, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong. Backed by extensive research, technological advancements, and well-equipped manpower, private players in many Asian countries have come up in a big way, offering nothing but the best to the medical tourist. We as mortals are bound to fall prey to dreaded illnesses like heart failure, kidney malfunction, liver damage, orthopedics diseases etc, the list could just go on. Be it urgent care or elective medical procedures, you can find specialized hospitals providing low cost and exceptionally good medical treatments. People across the world are now even availing the benefits of medical tourism packages. Customized to suit your health and holiday needs, these packages are medical treatment and sightseeing trip all rolled into one. Medical tour packages get you a step closer to your preferred treatment and medical specialists with recreation and fun as a major sidekick. Be it eye care, dental specialties, heart care, or alternative therapies as ayurveda and naturopathy, you can find it all through the help of highly specialized companies solely dedicated to this pursuit. No matter what your aim is, rejuvenation or putting a stop to the long standing illness, medical tourism caters to all needs. So, pack your bags and head to a specialized hospital in aisa and rid yourself of all worries and cares, you owe this to yourself.
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Very nice video, connects with viewers.
yeah it’s a nice place… I am a Filipino and I could say it’s a great country… I wa sthere last April 2010 just for a tour…. Bangkok is no nice and I like the Siam Square…
Without tourism, you would not have to look at fat, ugly people in shorts and white socks, running around proving to everyone that tourists can only speak AmeriKan and KNOW that if you YELL in someone's face, they will immediately understand AmreiKan.
They also forget how to drive.
I used to have a bumper sticker that said: "WHEN I GO ON VACATION I AM COMING TO YOUR TOWN SO I CAN DRESS FUNNY AND DRIVE LIKE A MORON."
I work with communities in developing tourism. The single biggest factor:
Whether or not the community sees tourism as an economic driver… takes it seriously. Community understanding and buy-in regarding the benefits of tourism is essential to development of the industry. Are they willing to commit financial and human resources to assist in developing the destination…
Political will by local politicians to take tourism seriously is essential. So many communities see tourism as a "last resort" (no pun intended!) and are still chasing smokestacks rather than dedicating time and energy to developing tourism.
Once this happens, obstacles can be addressed and the destination can build a plan to develop products to position themselves to attract desired markets.
@alejaperu I still the Philippines, Thailand now is like a bomb that will explode anytime because of those red shirt rebels..
Thailand is too charming to leave.
Life is amazing there don’t wanna leaves
You should learn other languages too,redneck bafoon!Or I should say “paysan”…sau taran prost!
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Tiger balm in Singapore.
The cost of our health care is far too high. Even a falling dollar cannot make us competitive with countries like India and Thailand.
Travel locally. Flying is one of the biggest producers of green house gases. And yes, Al Gore that includes you.
PS: Icon MC what oil company do you work for?
Tourism has increased immensely with now flights to Antartica from Sydney, you do have the chance to land but mostly you just fly over and look.
IM going BACK home.. baby! in july!
been nine times. Can’t wait for number 10
Hi, spa packages are actually getting popular nowadys. Not just the usual spa, people are going more for the holistic and healing spas programs. Key aim of the packages should be targeting relaxation, wellness and health. You did not say where you are located, so I will not be able to offer much.
But take a look at how this is done, like in Thailand. There are spas in hotels and packages offered cover the rooms, spa treatment and dietary health advice. This can be a 1-day, 2-day or even 3-day packages. So the guests gets pampered without having to leave the comfort of the hotel or resort room.
Standalone spa may be a bit difficult as you can only offer the treatment. Try to have a nearby accommodation tied in for a total package deal.
A check on the prices shows that such spa stay cost from between US$100 up to US$500 a day, depending on the location and hotel/resort status.
I guess it will be good if you can try and experience it for yourself. Take a trip to Thailand for one of these packages.
CIRCULAR FLOW: Foreign tourists spend money and that money generates higher incomes, which is then spent by individuals on more products and services, meaning more income for businesses, meaning higher incomes, etc.
IMPORTS? Tourism money acts more like exports than imports, since a country is selling its resources (natural beauty) and services (hotels, restaurants) in return for foreign money.
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I ? Thailand.
i still love the Philippines.. thailand has those unlawful red shirt rebels..