Up Close And Personal With Thai Healthcare

Good Health Care Available in Pattaya, Thailand

Date: March 8, 2010
Reporting From: Pattaya, Thailand

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Philanthropic Heart Surgeon in India Shares Favorite Patient Story

The Vijay Lal family pictured with Dr. Suresh Bhagia following heart surgery on the mother and twin boys (one twin not present).

Three patients from one family – all suffering from the same kind of heart disease – get the help they need from an Indian heart surgeon they met at a charity event in Fiji.  Two of the patients were 13-year old twins; the third patient was the twins’ mother.

Dr.  Suresh Thakurdas Bhagia, a heart surgeon affiliated with Apollo Hospitals in India, relates the following story:

I was in Fiji in October 2006 for a charitable heart surgery mission via Friends of Fiji Heart Foundation.  During our two-week stay in Fiji, the managers of this missionary group befriended me.  The managers were mostly based in Auckland, NZ. (more…)

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Medical Tourism Conference in Costa Rica

Lake Geneva, WI – Alajuela, Costa Rica- February 25, 2010–Costa Rica is hosting the First Latin American Global Medicine & Wellness Conference in San Jose, Costa Rica April 26-28, 2010.

This conference will generate more than 750 business meetings, and the organizers expect over 400 participants, with over 75 exhibitors from throughout Latin America. Top level health care industry speakers will address many topics related to the medical tourism industry. Attending this conference will provide you a unique opportunity to participate in negotiations with international buyers, insurance companies, self-insured companies, medical facilitators and other important players of the industry. Visit their website http://globalmedicinecongress.com/.

Costa Rican Medical Care will be showcasing their services at this conference. The purpose of this conference is for insurance company executives, employee benefit mangers, health underwriters, insurance agents, third-party administrators, and other interested parties to experience first hand what the hospitals and physicians of Costa Rica and other Latin American countries have to offer. (more…)

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Part I – Medical Survival Stories in Chile’

Seniors Get Good Care at La Clinica Alemana in Santiago, Chile'

Medical Care You Can Expect as a Senior.

My partner Ivonne is from Chile’, a magical destination of spectacular beauty, pristine national parks, seven weather zones and hospitable people.

The modern nation of Chile’ was founded by German immigrants in the late 1880s and their Germanic ways left an indelible mark on the nation.

Chilean society is low key, structured and rather formal.  Professionals are highly trained and take pride in their work.  It is a progressive nation that emerged from the dark years of dictatorship with a solid commitment to a social contract with its people.  This commitment includes an excellent education system, universal health insurance to all people and funding of superb medical infrastructure.

Medical Emergency

We were notified that Ivonne’s mother, Helga, a feisty 82 year young woman required immediate cardiac surgery.  I heard, with great concern, that her aortic valve required replacement. (more…)

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