Medical Travel Considerations:

Despite the information that might make you think otherwise, the medical tourism is not always straight forward . Combine this with the internet shopping like atmosphere that was created in the medical industry today, there are very few safeguards for a layman considering medical travel. You will definitely need to do your homework before initiating the process. A few recommendations are listed below.

Assess your medical travel needs:

Make sure you have a valid medical or life style reason to pursue medical tourism. A good start is to have a solid understanding of your condition and your expectations you have for the said medical / surgical procedure. It might be a good idea to write down your thoughts and suggestions you might have received during this period.

To do list before travel

Needed resources for your medical travel:

Budget your Medical Tourism:

This has to be your first step to start the process. It won;t do any good to you if you do all the leg work and don’t have the necessary finances in order. The budget should have enough allowances for medical care, travel, out patient stay and tourism activities if desired. Also try to anticipate the unexpected and try to have enough line of credit on your credit card.

Your medical travel requirements to travel abroad:

Many countries need visa to enter. Every country would expeect you to have a visa. You would atleast need to have your passport handy before considering your medical travel.  It usually takes 4-6 weeks to obtain the passport in the United States. This time varies between different countries. Try to apply for the passport well ahead of the time.

We are different from other companies. The expertise of REAL Health care professionals WILL make a huge difference.

We are founded by American healthcare professionals with extensive international experience. We have business and family connections in the destinations. In fact some of our founders are born in those place before moving to United States.

Being licenced American health care professionals would give us some distinct advantages. Unlike others, we understand the patient disease states, patient expectations and ethical issues suroounding patient care. Our solid experience various patient care settings made us the choice provider for the complicated procedures. We are not ” Surgery Brokers”. We are NOT a bunch of sales people.

We are designed to succeed.We have keen understanding of local patient expectations and the practical realities in the hospitals abroad. This is one other reason even doctors trust us with their medical tourism needs.

We at World Medical and Surgical LLC  are a Medical tourism company managed exclusively by health care professionals. We take the patient’s safety and privacy very seriously. We don’t deal with “Surgery Clinics” with questionable reputation.

Our goal is to provide safe and effective healthcare choices abroad. Note that the safety comes first here. We are also committed to educate the patients to prevent the medical tourism mishaps. Our goal is to bring about the quality oriented approach in this vastly un regulated industry.

Our track record clearly shows that we are avid advocates of patient safety. We would like to take a moment to reiterate few patient service publications we have authored.

 http://worldmedicalandsurgical.blogspot.com/2011/09/importance-of-safety-in-medical-tourism.html

http://worldmedicalandsurgical.blogspot.com/2011/09/best-medical-tourism-company.html

http://worldmedicalandsurgical.blogspot.com/2011/09/perception-of-medical-tourism-about.html

http://worldmedicalandsurgical.blogspot.com/2011/10/is-ignorance-bliss-in-medical-tourism.html

http://worldmedicalandsurgical.blogspot.com/2011/11/ignored-aspects-in-medical-travel.html

http://worldmedicalandsurgical.blogspot.com/2012/03/tummy-tuck-surgery-complications.html

These are just a few publications aimed at educating the average medical tourist and to promote the awareness and the need of a safe medical tour.

We have recently added Wockhardt hospitals to cater to the diverse needs of  our medical tourists.
Wockhardt group has over 4 decades of innovation in various fields of healthcare. They have their presence in over 20 countries around the world including United States and Britan. They have the 5th largest Indian pharmaceutical company.  They the only recombitant insulin manufacturers outside the western world. This group invest consistently in the latest  technology. This would help them to meet and set new international standards. Wockhardt Hospitals  have established and follow process driven quality systems. They adhere to international standards of clinical care, safe environment, medication safety, respect for patient rights and privacy and infection control standards. They currently own and operate 9 hospitals in India.
Wockhardt, Goa
Goa is a very popular tourist hotspot for many western patients. It is surrounded by beautiful beaches and is visited by hundreds of thousands of western tourists. This is a personal favorite tourist location of mine. It provides the ideal combination of vacationing in a medical tour.

Click here to visit their website
http://www.wockhardthospitals.com/Goa-superspeciality-hospital
Sterling Wockhardt Hospital, Vashi (Navi Mumbai)
This is another location in Mumbai. Mumbai is the largest metropolitan area in India and is the the capital for the 2nd largest film industry in the world. This city is very vibrabt and truely cosmopolitan in nature. It is known as India’s financial capital.

Click here to visit their website.
http://www.wockhardthospitals.com/vashi-super-speciality-hospital

Wockhardt Hospital, South Mumbai
This hospital is 22 storied super specialty hospital and has a 350 bed capacity.This a tertiary care facility and is a crown jewel for Wockhardt group of hospitals.

                                                                                             
This hospital will be operational in 2012.
Click here to visit their website:
http://www.wockhardthospitals.com/south-mumbai-superspeciality-hospital

After many suggestions from our clients who had their surgery abroad, we have finally implemented some changes in our web site. The social media is changing fast. Many customers are using Google products. After we are finally done with our procrastination, we have implemented these changes.

Our Home Page:

We have installed the Google Plus icon on the top right corner of our website.

It is situated right above the “Select Language” button. Please feel free to click on g+. We would really appreciate it.

Blogger:

Alexis is doing a great job at Blogger. Please visit our blogger site and find out for your self the original articles by American healthcare professionals.

http://worldmedicalandsurgical.blogspot.com/

Please extend the same response you have been showing to us.

Alexis is also doing Google plus

You can search for her  under

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As usual, our facebook is at

http://www.facebook.com/Worldmedicalandsurgical

Please remember, if you like our site, you can show it. We do the things the right way. Your support can help us in becoming the best medical travel company.