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In your travels - at airports , and train stations you will wish that your travels are as prompt , quick and easy as need be.  Even as an escort alone take care to think of what to wear and not to wear when it comes time for security checks.  Have you ever known an aircraft to be held back for one passenger being delayed at the screening area or at customs ?   If you are on way for medical treatment or acting as an escort - you will have tests , procedures and hospitality and accommodations all in place - set by date and reserved.  Why complicate matters unnecessarily ?

First thing first - think like a metal detector.  Ensure that there are no metal objects on your person or clothing  or as little as need be.   Items such as coins  and metal buckles on belts and shoes are widely thought of .  Ditto that for coins.  However there are other items which may not be thought of  - pens , heavy boots with metal inside ( heavy soled workboots , expensive shoes are two types of footwear which may well have metal in them)   Lastly on the list do not forget other items with metal in them - pens ,  clothes with metal studs and even bras with metal frames in them.

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It may seem to be an odd concern in relation to travel of the question of how your travel insurance does or does not protect you in the case of terror and terror attacks.

It can be said that overall your chances of being affected by a terror or terrorism attack are remote. This is true. However there may be additional effects of a terrorism attack not only on the direct victims but on travelers who are in the country of the place of attack or even other countries.

You, your travel companions or even the country that has the attack may not directly lie in your path. Yet your trip either at the point of destination or even way by points may be directly affected. You need not have been in Mumbai or even India itself to have had your travel plans greatly affected.

For example your medical treatment may have been assigned a certain date and yet due to the attacks you find that all air travel are grounded.

Does your travel insurance cover such for events for cancellations or delays? Are additional hotel and travel costs covered? Will any replacement travel fares or future trips for this purpose assigned covered or will it all come under the clauses of “not covered due to acts of war or terrorism “or some other “acts of …” coverage.

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Medical tourism has been seen by many as a blessing.  Que lines can be substantially shortened.  What may not be available in your home country may well be available to you elsewhere.  In Canada for example it may be a multi-year wait for hip or knee replacement surgery or therapy.  It is not only a question of convenience.  The poor patient may be incapacitated .  What kind of a life can they lead - almost being handicapped.   In addition they may live in great pain which for the most part will make them dysfunctional if not almost always in a “bad” mood.  Small reason why.

If they have the funds available one can well say - “What is money for”.  To have funds yet be in pain , not being able to lead your life as you want it is not a bargain in the mix.   Often it is not only a question of the money at all.  Its the quality of life afforded.  Quality of life is everything.

One may wonder the mentality of allowing such ques to take place.  In a socialist mindset the worst thing that can possibly occur is “Que jumping”.  The origin behind this way of thinking and value statement / judgment is that under socialism services and goods available are seen in the “pie”  concept.  There is only one “pie’  of services.  If one person takes a piece of pie there is less left for everyone else.  If you take a piece of the pie by jumping ahead of the Que then you are reducing the amount of goods/services / pie for me and everyone else.  Thus que jumping when it comes to medical services is downright evil and immoral.

The fallacy in this logic is that in progressive societies those that are most productive expand the pie or pies.

Their inputs , factories so to speak , produce additional pies.  It can be said that in the socialist paradise - the former Soviet Union - everyone had a job , but not everyone could afford to eat.   Even in the socialist paradise of the Soviet Union there were privileged classes - the “party members’  who certainly had great powers to jump the Que lines in a much greater fashion and manner than was and would be allowed in any of the industrialized “capitalistic” economy societies.

People will jump ahead in Que lines.  It is human nature.  On top of that medical tourism can offload some of the demands on a given health care system or systems freeing up the load.  On the other side though it is often the most affluent and powerful members of society who push for changes , upgrades in standards and service levels.  If they are taken out of the mix beneficial improvement in the medical systems and levels of services may not be afforded.

The Mumbai terrorist attacks are taking a toll on medical tourism , its volume as well as promotion.  This is of course occurring directly in the Indian subcontinent but is also being reported as an effect as well.

Directly patients from Muslim based countries , such as Pakistan , are not only having concerns about completing or initiating therapy and therapies  but even are having trouble obtaining visas.  Muslims from other countries have concerns as well in traveling to the Indian subcontinent.

In addition there is a general fear of international travel as a result - not only to India but what might be considered “third world destinations”.  What used to be considered most safe and even quaint may not be now.

Even though attacks have occurred in all the major industrial countries - be it the US with 911 , Spain or the UK with the tunnel bombings , some medical patients and their families reason that it may well be safer to “stay at home”.  The devil you know seems to be always safer and more familiar than the devil you do not.

Cost and convenience is one factor - safety and personal safety is another.  Convalescence time may be extended and prolonged and on top of that should not be stressful.

It can be said that “time heals all”.  This may well be the situation with medical tourism - the business itself , trends and image.  The initial shock will fade over time , other factors such as Que time and costs will sink back into place.  In the end things will be as they begun.

As of Dec 21 it has been said that the two hotels targeted in last month’s terror attacks reopened Sunday amid tight security.

The Trident hotel was reopened with a multi-faith ceremony. Later in the day, the nearby historic Taj Mahal Hotel also was reopened.

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It is said that in 2007 the travel industry had general overall revenue growth of 7 %. Whether than can be sustained with current economic conditions and the financial meltdowns is a question yet to be answered? On the one hand travel costs, out of pocket funds are reduced as well as the cost of fuel being a great determinant in the rise of air travel as well as general travel and even food costs play major determinant factors. Yet on the other hand tourists who may have traveled further field may stay closer to home.

Another area of growth is in the medical tourism area. While some areas of internet related medical care – such as the sale of pharmaceuticals into the us from Canada has been reduced due to currency fluctuations of the us dollar have seen their growth and even business severely reduced if not hampered – medical tourism in the form of medical care away from the home country continues its unabated growth.

Some additional areas of growth within the medical tourism industries are for care of the elderly. This concept is being tried with European patients – elderly patients mainly in Turkey.

Elderly patients often consume a disproportionate share of medical and pharmaceutical budgets of any health care provider. It seems that with the elderly chronic care of a number of illnesses becomes a concurrent factor and issue. It is often said that in general medical care as a medical tourist consumer are 1/3 of costs in the home industrial country when all factors and costs are summed up. On top of that there are often delays and quest in tests and test results. If the number of tests and procedures can be done in one extended session both costs and costs due to delay and progression of disease states can be afforded. On top of that more speedy treatment may mean less major, less aggressive and costly as well as less heroic procedures need to be done overall.

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American Patients See Mexico as a Better Health Care Alternative … - The growth of medical tourism in Mexico and how the country will mature in terms of health care will determine the future of most American patients. According to Peter Maddox, Christus Health senior vice president for business, …

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Turkey as a Medical Tourism Center

Turkey can be said to be an expanding and growing center for medical tourism due to its geography placement and technological support systems.

Turkey is uniquely placed both in proximity and geographic placement alongside or at the peripheries of either Europe or the Middle East. It is in the crossroads so to speak.

Currently Turkey receives gross payments and revenue in the range of $ 400 million in the medical and health tourism sectors. There is a lot of potential for growth since the size of the medical tourist industry is said to be in the range of 130 billion dollars.

The scope of medical tourism that a country can serve is broad and deep – it is not only in simple procedures such as dental care or more extreme specialized procedures, which used to be the domain of teaching hospitals in the industrialized countries such as cardiac bypass surgeries, hip and knee orthopedic surgeries and even cardiac, kidney and even lung transplant surgeries but even more run of the mill surgeries such as eye and dental exams and cosmetic and plastic surgeries.

Costs are one factor. The estimate is that whereas eye surgery in terms of laser surgery for both eyes runs in the ranges of 3,000 – 5,000 Euros – this can be afforded in a competent Turkish medical center for $ 1500 Euros even when travel and transportation as well as hotel and routine hospitality industry costs are included.

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It is not only a matter of cost or jumping the “que”  that can often be a determinant positive factor in medical tourism .  Often as well it can be specific or unique medical treatment or treatments that may play the most important determining factor alone.  Take for example the unique healing qualities of dead sea “mud”.

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For millennium the dead see mud was known to have health benefits.  This earth from the dead sea can has the highest concentration of salt and minerals known in the world.  The dead sea area is the lowest part of the world.  Being so low it is downright hot.  Moisture evaporates out of the water of the dead sea.  There is no outlet for the water to drain to.  Its one giant sink hole.  The high salinity ( of the extreme) will osmotically draw the toxins out of patient’s bodies.  People with skin diseases such as psoriasis have been known to greatly benefit from the dead sea spa treatments and flock to this area.  The testaments of psoriasis sufferers who have travelled to the dead sea attest to this.   In addition to this patients with respiratory problems such as  asthma and cystic fibrosis seem to benefit from treatment with dead sea water and mud as well

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What is interesting to note is that even the medical insurance industry has now stepped into the act of evaluation , promotion and use of medical tourism both as a cost saving and queue shortening procedure..
Some will say that the basic tactic and reputation of insurance companies is to gladly accept insurance premiums while trying to shirk or avoid payouts.  While this is not true, it is true that as if with any business profitability is key.   Thus any cost savings or reductions are highly powered for any insurance provider or company due to its very powerful effect on the bottom line.  Any cost savings are money earned for the firm.  The one major concern to medical insurance providers who utilize medical tourism in an effort to save costs is prevention of any additional costs - whether it is for additional therapy when the patient returns home and has problems, or even of lawsuits.  For patients themselves it can be a nightmare.  The foreign medical care may be protected first by actual geographic and cost logistics, their legal and / or medical system and the costs of conducting legal actions in the far away foreign country.  As a result the first actions of unhappy or ill treated medical tourists who have been sent for far away medical care by their health care insurance company is to seek redress from their insurance provider.
As a result health care insurance companies have shied away from using medical tourism and medical tourist facilities - at least until the cost structure more than justified it.

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Medical tourism is a topical subject.  It depends on which side of the fence you are on - patient , patient with or without adequate funds , on what side of the “patient que”  you are on , or is there at queue at all.  People travel to foreign countries for products or services all the time .  Whether it is someone seeking jewelery or even a salami that is not available “at home”  or a Canadian on their way to purchase a Canadian NAFTA Canadian made Toyota only to discover that when the costs are all counted they are ahead of the game financially and even had a sort of holiday or vacation to boot.  It may be true that the lovely people at the border may make your like difficult, even if you are well prepared - but at the end of the day you have your car and your savings and that’s  that.

Medial tourism is no different.  Patients travel to foreign countries in order to receive medical care or medical care , or pharmaceuticals  that are not available at home , at a price they can afford , the wait time is too long , or perhaps they wish to have their medical services , and their recovery period away from prying eyes - often in the case of cosmetic surgeries.

In fact , the numbers bear up the increased popularity of “medical tourism”.  Recently Deloite - the international respected consulting firm came up with the conclusions that during the fiscal year of 2007 an estimated 750,000 Americans travelled abroad for medical care.  In fact the prevailing estimate that by the year of 2010  the number of American medical tourists may swell to 6 million patients.

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