Now U.S. Doctors Traveling Abroad to Treat American Medical Tourists

Posted on 10 May 2010 in Uncategorized by admin

LOS ANGELES/PRNewswire/ — In what can potentially be a ground-breaking development, the California based medical tourism company Global Medical Excellence LLC has developed an innovative arrangement to tackle the increasing cost of healthcare in the U.S. GME has entered into contracts with U.S. Board Certified surgeons who agree to travel to India or Lebanon (and soon other countries) to perform surgeries on GME’s patients. Contrary to the existing phenomenon wherein U.S. patients traveling abroad are operated upon by foreign doctors, patients can now visit GME’s website and choose to have either a U.S. doctor or a foreign doctor for various elective surgeries such as Joint Replacement, Spinal Disc Fusion, Lap Band, Plastic Surgery, etc. Moreover, GME will be providing a comprehensive insurance coverage to the patients to mitigate all risks.

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Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism Conference Korea

Posted on 28 February 2010 in Uncategorized by admin

KHIDI (Korea Healthcare Industry Development Institute) will hold the first national healthcare and medical tourism conference in Korea on April 13-16th, 2010, and the event promises to be the biggest global healthcare and medical tourism conference in Asia.

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