Hip Replacement Surgery
Hip Replacement Surgery Overseas? Here’s What You Must Know
Traveling overseas to get a few elective surgeries done is no longer unusual; in fact there are quite a few vendors who provide customized medical tourism packages that cater to this specific niche, where patients can access premium medical care and procedures for a pittance of what it might have cost them back home, for the very same procedure. So whether you are looking for information on Hip replacement surgery in Mexico or need a bypass done, in India, here’s what you need to know.
The doctor: The first thing you need to find out when using third party vendors to travel overseas for medical procedures is to determine if the doctor/s who are going to operate on you, are indeed skillful enough to carry out the operation successfully. What are his credentials and Qualifications? You need to do exhaustive research on the doctors who would be operating on you and determine if they are indeed as good as they claim to be; whether they have carried out the specific medical procedures and their success rate. As a patient, you have every right to be informed and to know more about the doctors who would be carrying out the said procedure.
The Clinic: When it comes to hip replacement surgery in Mexico, or for that matter any other location, you may want to check out the clinic in question and find out more since it is where the procedure would be carried out. You must find out if the clinic in question provides for a pre and post medical checkup, and what their process is from pre to post operation? Do they provide for comprehensive post-operative care? While most overseas clinic may charge you just a pittance of what it may cost you to do the same procedure back home in states, you still need to do the grunt work and vet both the clinic and the doctors in question, before opting to sign on the dotted line.
Right clinic/ country: When it comes to choosing the right clinic or for that matter, the right country, you may want to consider a few other factors. For example, you may want to opt for one where you are able to communicate easily with others and English is the main means of communication. Similarly you may want to check all the overseas clinics and opt for one that comes with a better review, patient experience and charges some of the most competitive rates for the procedure in question.
These are some of the things that you need to know or to be more specific what you need to look out for when opting for surgeries in overseas locations.