The western Colombian city of Cali is emerging as one of the country’s most popular destinations for medical tourism, reported El Tiempo on Tuesday.
Previously known as the sports and salsa capital of South America, Cali now counts some 50,000 visitors a year who are looking for cheaper and higher-quality medical treatments.
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.
Maybe it’s happened to you: you need an expensive medical procedure, but you don’t have the healthcare coverage to pay for it. Whether it’s heart surgery with the price tag of a house, dental work or plastic surgery, medical care is very expensive in the United States.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA.– Frost & Sullivan has recently completed a global survey of hospitals and surgery centers providing plastic surgery. The survey, Growth Opportunities in the Global Plastic Surgery Market, reveals that plastic and cosmetic surgery continues to post some of the strongest procedural growth year-over-year of any surgical specialty. This detailed, quantitative, global assessment finds significant growth in select procedures and shows how opportunities vary widely by country.
“Boosted by rising income levels in developing countries, medical tourism, and growing cultural acceptance, plastic surgery is a critical segment for any company targeting the surgical market,” states Frost & Sullivan’s Vice President of Customer Research Dan Colquhoun.
The results of this research will help business planners and strategic decision makers within the medical device and pharmaceutical industries. The survey highlights which countries represent the greatest opportunity for companies in the plastic surgery market, which plastic surgery procedures represent the greatest opportunity, the number and identities of hospitals and clinics performing these procedures, and the degree of use of anesthesia and sedation in these procedures.
For this survey, 753 individuals in 15 countries participated in the project. Respondents were individuals who had plastic or reconstructive surgical procedures performed at their facilities and had one of the following roles in their organization: chief/head of plastic or reconstructive surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgeon, administrator, or nurse. The research was conducted in both public and private clinics and hospitals.
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