Medical Tourism

Medical tourism was once something that was only done by the idle rich, looking for cheap cosmetic surgery, but now more and more Americans are taking advantage of the health care that is offered in foreign countries. Find out why, even with the cost of airfare and travel, that medical tourism has become a valuable option for Americans requiring surgery and other medical treatments!

There is now a serious rise in medical tourism which can be broadly defined as the provision of cost-effective private medical care in collaboration with the tourism industry. The attractions of being able to have an operation or nose job, spa visit, holistic healing or yoga combined with a sunshine holiday without having to wait in the National Health Service queue is proving a growth industry.

Plastic surgery in Argentina is one of the fastest growing trend. The reason behind the popularity of plastic surgery in Argentina is because of its surgeons. Looking at the high demands of breast implants, laser surgery and nip-and-tuck treatments, surgeons in Argentina has all the reasons to be renowned. Aside from the quality of surgeons, the nation is one of the many countries that has advanced medical care facilities and world class health care centers that promote low plastic surgery cost. Patients might have questions about the quality of care overseas; however, one quarter of physicians in the U.S. are foreign-born, so the concept of having a Thai or an Indian physician is really nothing very new or very foreign to an American patient these days.

Medical tourism is fast becoming very popular in Thailand, especially given the fact there are some very good hospitals in Thailand catering specifically to foreign patients. Bumrungrad Hospital, Bangkok Nursing Home Hospital and Samitivej Hospital are three such hospitals which are also popular with the local foreign population living in Bangkok.