The World Medical Tourism & Global Health Congress Announces the Pre-Conference After Care and Continuation of Care Workshop

This workshop will cover what patients need in the form of after care and continuation of care. It will cover protocols and processes that need to be in place for after care, rehabilitation and physician follow up. It will also address issues such as coordinating medical records and the communication between the foreign provider and the domestic provider as well as issues such as privacy. The after care plan should already be in place prior to the patient ever traveling internationally for healthcare and is one of the most important aspects of medical tourism. This workshop will discuss how to successfully implement a aftercare program for your organization whether you are a hospital, clinic, doctor, insurance company, employer or medical tourism facilitator.

The pre-conference workshop is Monday, October 26th, 2009 at 8:00am- 5:00pm, with a break at 12:00-1:00pm for the networking lunch. The Exhibit hall opens conveniently at 5:00pm! This is the one event per year where Employers, Self Funded Health Plans, Insurance Companies, and Medical Tourism Facilitators that are looking to outsource healthcare overseas have the opportunity to meet with top International Hospitals and Medical Tourism Companies in one place for the ultimate networking event.

“The best Medical Tourism Conference of the year.” This is a comment they have heard over and over from delegates who participated in the first World Medical Tourism & Global Health Congress which took place in San Francisco California September 2008. The 2009 World Medical Tourism & Global Health Congress promises to match that sentiment and, at the same time, provide even more networking and advanced panel sessions for this international gathering.

The conference will feature up to 2,000 attendees, up to 200 speakers, and over 125 exhibitors. Don’t miss out on the 2nd Annual World Medical Tourism & Global Health Congress will take place on October 26-28th, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles California USA!

To learn more about Medical Tourism Congress in Los Angeles, please CLICK HERE

National Heart Centre Singapore Unveils New Techniques For Heart

by National Heart Centre Singapore

Heart patients with small, difficult to treat vessels requiring stenting procedures may soon have another viable option to treat coronary artery disease. Known as the CardioMind SparrowTM Drug-Eluting Coronary Stent System, this stent is 70% smaller in diameter than any other currently approved stent and targets at blood vessels smaller than 2.75mm in diameter.

The Sparrow Stent System is an improved version of the current stents in the market. Conventional balloon-expandable stents travel over guidewires to the lesion in the artery. The Sparrow Stent is incorporated into the distal end of the guidewire itself, therefore having the same outer diameter and flexibility as the guidewire. The stent travels as part of the guidewire to the site of the lesion. The cardiologist then releases the stent and allows it to self-expand and support the vessel wall. The tightness of fit of conventional stents, as well as their inflexibility and the forces delivered by the balloon expansion, may contribute to increased vessel trauma, which in turn leads to less favourable long-term results. The Sparrow Stent also offers more flexibility than the current stents, making it especially adaptable to the treatment of small, tortuous blood vessels often associated with diabetes, which represent 40% of the patients who require a stenting procedure. Over time, the polymer of the Sparrow Stent will gradually biodegrade away and return the stent to a bare metal state. Biodegradable polymers for drug-eluting coronary stents are thought to contribute to a reduction in late stent thrombosis rate.

The centre estimates that 10% – 30% of the patients requiring percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) may benefit from this revolutionary stent. The Sparrow Stent is currently being evaluated in a clinical trial known as the CARE II Study.

This multi-site randomised trial will test both the drug-eluting and bare-metal versions of the Sparrow, plus a competitive stent in 220 patients. The National Heart Centre Singapore is currently the only Asian site to have started in the CARE II Study. Four patients have been treated since the trial started here in September 2008.

“All four patients had uncomplicated procedural and hospital outcomes. I see a great potential for this stent since many of our diabetic patients have small vessels.” said Associate Professor Koh Tian Hai, Medical Director, National Heart Centre Singapore and also the Principal Investigator of CARE II in Singapore.

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Laparoscopic Roux-en-y Gastric Bypass Package in Argentina

Unable to lose weight !! Exclusive Laparoscopic Roux-en-y Gastric Bypass Package from $12,500

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Gastric bypass surgery will help reduce your weight if you have been unable to lose weight with other treatments or if obesity is causing significant health concerns.

Complete Laparoscopic Roux-en-y Gastric Bypass Package from USD $12,500

Services included in package price:

• All pre and post surgery consultations
• Medical fees
• Hospitalization as many nights as you will required
• Clinic expenses
• Cardiologist on surgery room
• Anesthesia
• Bilingual assistant
• Cell phone to reach the staff without charge
• Transfers to medical appointments
• Round trip from the airport
• Check up prior surgery with EKG, complete blood work, risk assessment and pre-surgical evaluation
• Psychological evaluation prior surgery
• Nutritional evaluation prior surgery and after surgery
• All pre surgical exams required prior surgery according to your medical records and current health situation
• Private clinic with your private room and nurse during your stay

Accommodation:
Our price does not include accommodation. We can make appropriate arrangement for you based on your specific needs.

Please click here to request additional information from Dr. Marco More.

*Please note: Surgery prices quoted are for planning purposes only to assist you in budgeting. These prices are for standard, non-complicated cases. Actual prices cannot be accurately provided until you have been thoroughly examined by the surgeon.

Rhytidectomy in India: Face recontouring at a less cost

by Tours2India4Health Consultants

If you have got fed up of aging signs on your face then Rhytidectomy in India can prove as a less cost face contouring solution to you. Rhytidectomy or face lift surgery is a good option to remove old age wrinkles on cheeks, chin and around eye bags. The aging process of the face is mainly an issue of decreasing volumes, principally fat. Nonetheless, at some point it is more expedient, and indeed preferable, to perform a rhytidectomy, or a face-lift procedure. The basic concept of a face-lift is simply to elevate the tissues of the face in order to restore a more pleasant contour.

As we age, the face undergoes predictable changes, so in general, as the volumes of fat, muscle, and bone decrease with age, there appears to be an excess of skin and muscle all these aging defects can be checked with a rhytidectomy. Indian clinical care and medical treatment facilities are earning good fame in foreign countries due to their low cost and excellent quality. Rhytidectomy in India is being done at the most efficient cosmetic surgery hospitals and clinics in India at Mumbai that have provided good results to foreign patients.

Rhytidectomy in India is provided at the most recognized cosmetic surgery centers to give best post recognized results. As a cosmetic surgery procedure of rhytidectomy is also well known as face lift surgery. If one is bothered by the signs of aging in your face, then a rhytidectomy may be right for you. Rhytidectomy is a surgical procedure to improve visible signs of aging in the face and neck. Rhytidectomy can be an effective way to improve appearance of face and boost self-confidence, but it is not for everyone. Patients whose skin is still relatively supple, and who are in good overall health, achieve the best results. Face-lift normally takes from two to five hours to perform. If you are having a platysma, or neck lift, the surgery will last closer to 5 hours.

Read complete article on Face Lift Surgery in India at PlacidWay.com

Dental Tourism in Puerto Vallarta

Don’t Forget to Smile!

Puerto Vallarta – land of sunshine and beachfront, colorful buildings and friendly people who know how to smile. What better place to travel for your dental needs to improve your own smile and take advantage of some of the most experienced and affordable dental care South of the Border. Sure, times are tough, but you have options. Every year, thousands of people visit this gorgeous city on the western coast of Mexico to find accessible dental care and services that include:

• Dental implants
• Porcelain veneers and crowns
• Root canal surgery
• Desensitizing treatments
• Tooth whitening
• Invisible braces

One such facility is PV Smile, located at Cornerstone Hospital in downtown Puerto Vallarta. Like many other dental clinics in Mexico, PV Smile offers state-of-the-art technology and high standards of professional care for patients from around the world. While specializing in restorative dentistry, staff at PV Smile also offers cosmetic and aesthetic dentistry that will give you that smile you’re looking for.

Dental tourism is nothing new, but continues to grow by leaps and bounds as medical travelers seek quality yet affordable dental care and general health care within the borders of Mexico. As one of Mexico’s most popular vacation destinations, Puerto Vallarta offers the best in travel accommodations and high-class hospitals, doctors, surgeons and clinics that specialize in a variety of medical fields and specialties.

Making good choices for professional medical services abroad requires that medical tourists take the time to research options and procedures offered by any medical desitnation. Word of mouth is still one of the best methods of advertising, so ask family, friends or acquaintances about their experiences while visiting foreign medical travel locations. Finding a reputable medical tourism agency is also required, that that will be able to advise on choosing superlative medical services, doctors and surgeons as well as arrange for travel, accommodations, treatments and procedures offered by a number of educated, highly trained and experienced providers in Mexico.

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Global Healthcare Options in Today’s Depressed Economy

by PlacidWay
March 12, 2009, Denver, CO: Individuals who have lost their jobs, and their health care benefits, worry about how they’re going to receive essential medical care and treatments without losing their life savings, their homes, or their retirement funds. There is an alternative, says Pramod Goel, founder and CEO of PlacidWay, a popular online resource for foreign medical travel and medical tourism. “Whether traveling to Mexico, Costa Rica, India or Thailand, there are choices – people don’t have to be constrained by local healthcare providers.”

PlacidWay continues to expand by adding international healthcare providers and facilities to their network on a daily basis – accredited and experienced facilities, physicians and surgical specialists in a multitude of medical fields including but not limited to cardiac care, obesity treatments and procedures, orthopedics, cosmetic and plastic surgeries, dental and fertility treatments.

Offering not only backgrounds of popular medical tourist destinations, PlacidWay offers treatment and procedures information, and comprehensive information about medical facilities throughout the world, including highly acclaimed clinics and hospitals found in Asia, such as India, Thailand and Singapore, as well as Mexico and South American destinations like Brazil, Argentina and Colombia. Certified treatment facilities in South Africa and Central Europe offer affordable medical care for travelers from Italy to Croatia, Hungary, Turkey and the Ukraine.

Says Dr. Dheeraj Bojwani, President of Forerunners, “India continues to expand high-quality, low cost and excellent customer care service oriented health programs. Our partnership with PlacidWay enables and strengthens our ability to deliver the best solutions for medical travelers seeking affordable healthcare abroad.”

“PlacidWay continues to provide resources to educate healthcare consumers on vast spectrum of options that are available, giving a rare opportunity to folks to seek and experience a multitude of global healthcare options that are available even in today’s economic conditions,” says Goel.

Growing numbers of foreign medical travel destination providers are accredited by JCI and ISO organizations, and follow guidelines designed by the WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety Standards in order to compete in today’s growing field of medical tourism.

Whether consumers are looking for affordable IVF treatments, heart care or bariatric surgery, medical care abroad offers affordable options for Americans & Europeans concerned about the future of their healthcare needs. PlacidWay offers in-depth information on medical treatments and procedures, wellness programs, and cost comparisons of such treatments. Case studies and articles written by medical experts from around the world provide PlacidWay customers recent and accurate information and transparent price quotes surrounding specific treatments at a variety of destinations.

Ms. Denise Hoogervorst, Director of Surgical Bliss, states, “Visitors from abroad are impressed by world class medical facilities, surgeons, and specialized care that South Africa offers. With rand currently being weak against US dollar, South Africa has become a very attractive medical tourist destination. Our relationship with PlacidWay helped us expand awareness of the South African health tourism programs to a worldwide audience.”

Explore the world of medical options at the click of a mouse. For free information regarding global health care options for individuals and families concerned about medical care and up-to-date information describing specialists, services, techniques and procedures for healthcare provider facilities around the world, visit www.placidway.com.

Last Hope Clinic

by BBC | Emcell

Stem cell transplants could offer the prospect of “science fiction-like” treatments to repair the human body in the future. But some desperately ill people are looking for a cure now.

Stem cells are the factory of our entire body.

They can reproduce themselves by dividing and multiplying into identical cells, giving them the potential to form any type of tissue.

On this basis, if stem cells offer the possibility of repairing every tissue in the body, does stem cell therapy have the potential to cure diseases where the problem is at cellular level, such as Parkinson’s, multiple schlerosis, muscular dystrophy and many more?

Quite possibly, but this treatment is controversial because the cells are harvested from fertilised embryos and aborted foetuses.

Leading researchers in the US have had their funding cut by the Bush administration because of these ethical issues.

But with the science still unproven, many desperately ill people are seeking help in other countries where clinical work with embryonic stem cells is permitted, such as Ukraine.

Stem cell bank
Twenty-year-old Stefano Tricarico makes the journey from his home in Italy to a clinic in the Ukraine that he thinks will help to save or improve his life.

He has terminal muscular dystrophy and feels he must go. “I realised that it was the only chance I had if I wanted to continue to have a decent life,” he says.

In a private clinic in Kiev he meets Professor Alexander Smikodub who is offering Stefano stem cell therapy for 15,000 euro (£10,000).

Some of Professor Smikodub’s patients say he is helping them and changing their lives, but his critics say the work has not been properly scientifically tested.

Please Click Here to request more information from EmCell Clinic.

Exclusive BREAST AUGMENTATION package for 3800 €

BREAST AUGMENTATION – BREAST ENLARGEMENT

Breast augmentation is considered to be relatively minor but very effective cosmetic surgery procedure. Although it is technically rather simple, this operation requires surgeon’s sense of proportion and shaping.

Exclusive BREAST AUGMENTATION package ALL INCLUSIVE with FREE FLIGHT for 3800 €
The price of the exclusive package includes the following:

• Free flight (airport and flight arranged from Cosmetic Surgery Clinic Dr Toncic)
• Surgery and anesthesia
• Preoperative examinations – blood test and the ECG
• Overnight stay
• Medical bra
• Private accommodation – full board with medical aftercare
• Taxi transfers related to arrival/departure and all the rides related to surgery and check ups

While performing breast augmentation surgery, Dr Toncic relies on years of experience, his sense of shaping and artistic nature. All of these characteristics are best shown when Dr Toncic needs to make a preoperative sketch and while choosing the size and shape of implants, together with the patient, whose wishes are highly respected by Dr Toncic and his surgical team. All of our patient’s wishes are absorbed and taken into special consideration, as we always do our best to meet our patient’s wishes and aesthetic surgery options.

By inserting the top quality breast implants, by reputable manufactures, we can easily achieve the desired breast enlargement. Dr Toncic and his team use silicone implants by Mentor, Polytech Silimed or Allergan, reputable and renowned breast implants producers. After the operation, our patient receives the certificate for her implants.

Silicone implants are soft and when touched or pressed against, breasts feel very natural. It is important to know that patients can easily breast feed their babies with implants. After the surgery, breasts are available for medical examinations because the implants are placed under the pectoral muscle or above the muscle, i.e. directly under the breast gland.

To undergo breast augmentation surgery, patients have to be at least 18 years old.

Indications for breast augmentation include: underdeveloped and small breasts, breast asymmetries, innate breast anomalies and reconstructive breast surgery.

Preparation for the surgery
Although this operation is preformed regularly in our clinic, the professionalism of our surgical team headed by Dr Toncic makes us pay special attention to the preoperative preparation of our patient.

Therefore, before the surgery, our patient and surgeons meet for final preoperative consultation and medical examination. With the aim of achieving the best result possible, during the final preoperative examination, the surgeon makes a detailed and precise drawing on the patient’s breast. This is the point where Dr Toncic’s artistic experience and meticulousness are best shown. The drawing itself is an important orientation factor for the surgeon during the surgery, and as such it represents quite a big step on the way to the final success of the operation.

Postoperative period and recovery:

• Great success of the operations in Dr Toncic’s clinic is largely due not only to the experience of our surgical team, their precise and enhanced techniques, but also to well organized professional postoperative care.
• To be sure of the success of the operation and wellbeing of the patient, Dr Toncic and his team insist on regular check ups and everyday contact with the patient. For our patients’ safety, successful recovery and postoperative monitoring, we recommend optimal length of stay in Zagreb.
• This way, we leave nothing to chance. We monitor our patient’s recovery completely, which is crucial for our patient’s health and the result of the operation.
• Postoperative recovery after breast augmentation is individual, usually lasting 10 days after the operation. The stitches are removed ten days after the surgery, and our patient can resume her personal and professional activities.
• In order to have the least noticeable scar possible, it would be best to avoid sun exposure for six to twelve months after the operation.

Required stay in Zagreb:
Required stay in Zagreb is 10 days, so we can remove the stitches and monitor the early postoperative period completely. We indeed require that our patients stay in Zagreb for 10 days after the breast augmentation surgery, as this is the period that is of crucial importance for health of our patient and for the result of the operation. Having followed all the instructions, our patient can safely go home and without risking the possible postoperative complications.

Sick leave lasts 14 days for breast augmentation surgery. Ten days following the operation we remove the stitches from the incision, which is also an opportunity for the last check up. 14 days after home care and recovery, the patient can resume her personal and professional activities. However, the patient should avoid hard physical activities and lifting heavy objects for 30 days after the operation.

Complete service – let us take care of everything
Beside the operation, we can arrange travel and accommodation for our foreign patients. We are here to assist you in every step of the way. Therefore, we can book your flight, and private or hotel accommodation in Zagreb. Our driver will welcome you at Zagreb airport and take you to your accommodation.

Please Click Here to request additional information from Dr.Toncic about Breast Augmentation.

Miracle Workers for Athletes

by Banijel Botic | Croatian Health Brand

Just as the Kostelic family is a Croatian Sports brand, so is Telme Selce, headed by M.D. Vlasta Brozicevic, a Croatian health brand.

When you mention the Kostellc family and the planetary successes of Janica and Ivica, it must be mentioned that Dr Viasta Brozicevic owner of the Terme Selce, is an indispensable part of their lives. After Janica’s horrible fall in St. Moritz, when everyone was predicting the end of her sports career a doctors’ council at the Basel Bruderholz Hospital Successfully operated on our snow queen, restoring the hope of her return to the ski tracks. But there was a long way ahead for her full recovery. The best hospital in the world for sports injuries recommended Dr. Brozicevic to the Kostelic family, and Janica spent her rehabilitation in Selce.

Since that moment, the lives of Dr Brozicevic and her associates was never the same. They were taking care of the best woman skier of all times, as it eventually turned out. An unbelievable persistence and love for skiing, but also a unique organism with unimaginable high pain tolerance brought Janica back to the ski tracks. The other member of this incredible sports family has also gone through several difficult operations (even three on the right knee), and one of the reasons why Ivica fulfilled his boyhood dream, an Olympic medal, is related to Dr Brozicevic.

Working in the state administrative sector along with her husband, she soon realized that in the sports medicine she would not be able to realize everything she had conceived in her mind. She then realized the idea of a private polyclinic for sports injuries and opened Terme Selce in her family home. Employees of Terme Selce create a real family atmosphere. The guests have four apartments for their accommodation and the facilities are equipped with the best instruments for rehabilitation. Besides Janica and Ivica Kostellc, any Croatian and world famous football players have visited Terme Selce and Dr Brozicevic. Dr Brozicevic further educated her employees by her example of how to communicate with athletes, who are often in psychological shock in those moments.

When I first entered the lobby of the Terme, I was surprised by how friendly, cheerful and wholehearted the employees are, and this is crucial, in the words of Dr. Brozicevic, for an athlete’s recovery.

We help them with their rehabilitation, but we are also friends, psychologists, because this is what they need in those difficult moments- says Dr Brozicevic.

And now, let us return to the beginning of the story. Janica and Ivica Kostellc are a Croatian sports family with the most trophies, but if someone had fore-told those great results after all the injuries they suffered, many would have said: dreams, only dreams….. But the Kostellc family and Dr Brozicevic followed their dreams, and we can only be grateful for that. When you next visit the Crlkvenica Riviera and see the sign Selce, visit Terme; remember that this is the place where one of the most beautiful sports stories took place. And, the next time you see Janica or Ivica on the ski podium, keep in mind that the Kostellc family is a Croatian sports brand, and Terme Selce, headed by Dr Viasta Brozicevic, is a Croatian health brand.

Please Click Here to request more information from Terme Selce about Sports Medicine.

Think, Debate, Talk Back – It’s all happening at Global Healthcare Congress 2009!

Have you registered for the upcoming international congress, Global Healthcare Congress 2009 scheduled on 24 – 25 February 2009 in Singapore?

 

JOIN the Industry’s Best Minds at GHC ’09 at this truly global and forward looking Congress which hosts the TOP EXECUTIVES in the global Healthcare industry. Reaching out to leading players and payors in the healthcare indsutry, you can expect to meet CEO level executives over  2 + 2 exciting days of open exchange.

GHC ’09 will present 2 vital themes, “Crossing International Borders” & “Healthcare Cities & Hospitals of the Future” to discuss the issues in the demand & flow of international patients as well as capacity building efforts by hospitals to cater for this burgeoning growth in the foreign patients’ market.

Expert Speakers at GHC ’09 will present the most updated and relevant key issues that follow the industry’s transformation as it re-shapes & re-tools for the future. Get ready to actively participate in the many INTERACTIVE PANELS such as the CEO TALK SHOW, the PAYERS TALK SHOW, the AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION PANELS on organ transplant and trading in medical travel, local government policy responses, & should hospitals be franchised?

Special Highlights – get the insiders’ stories:

“Conversations with CEOs” – Find out what’s keeping them awake at night! Tough issues deliberated in candor conversations, get the real stuff….

“Leading Payors’ Talk Show” – Find out what’s up their alley next! Find out how they would decide to include your hospital in the plans, and on what basis?

“Public Policy Talk Back” – An interview with 2 public policy makers on their strategic plans to encourage global providers to come to their country & reverse the flow of patient flows across borders…..

“Fire Wrap on Hospital Franchising” – Could this be the way forward in expansion plans?

“Point Counterpoint Debate on Organ Trading” – What are the prevailing plans for organ trading in medical travel, what is the ideal framework to address ethical and transplant issues? You get to participate in the audience interaction forum!

Connect & Collaborate….at GHC ’09, where the world healthcare leaders convene

Register now to join us at this premier networking event! For more information about the Congress, please visit http://www.magenta-global.com.sg/healthcare or click here to download the GHC’09 brochure.

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