American Patient Gets the Best Out Of Her Medical Travel Experience By Having Two Different Surgeries Done
Monterrey, April 8th, 2009
The medical travel trend is catching up quickly with Americans and Canadians more commonly seen walking the aisles of Latin American hospitals and clinics. The region’s healthcare hubs are attracting thousands of medical travelers, and some even choose to use their trip wisely and get more than one procedure done.
Danielle, from New York, recently came all the way to Monterrey, Mexico’s nicest metropolis for what was initially only an affordable Breast Augmentation surgery. Her two pregnancies, plus weight changes and time were taking a toll on her otherwise young body and she knew that the time had come to give her body some tender loving care. Having seen price tags in local plastic surgery clinics range from $7,000 to over $10,000, she decided to look for options elsewhere, including slightly less expensive prices in Florida, and then several even lower priced surgeons in Latin America and the Caribbean. Her choice finally favored Dr. Rodolfo Flores in Monterrey, who has been in private practice for more than a decade and who charged her $3,120 for the exact same procedure and using top-notch implants.
However, her savings did not end there. She had already saved (factoring in airfare, hotels and other expenses) more than $4,000, but she wanted to use her recuperation time even more wisely. Having suffered from a light myopia since a child, Danielle chose to have a quick diagnostic and consultation with Dr. Isle Backhoff, one of the city’s most renown eye surgeons, who has had training in both the US and Israel. After briefly talking to Dr. Backhoff about her results, she was scheduled for a PRK surgery (vision correction) that would give her perfect eyesight back, to be done that same afternoon. The price for this, a mere $990.
In her own words and speaking about her experience in a letter written to Travel For Care, the medical travel specialist that assisted her all the way: “I just wanted to express you so many thanks for an exceptional experience. I just wanted to let you know everything went really well. Your service was way more than anticipated. The hotel was fabulous. Honestly your website does not express enough the level of class you both exude.” It is easy to tell that the combination of having a nice week-long trip to a beautiful city, being in the hands of professionals to guide her through having surgeries abroad, and having spent a total (all costs, travel, and incidentals) of less than $5,500 for a breast augmentation surgery plus vision correction on both eyes had her extremely happy. Patients like Danielle are everyday more common be it combining a main procedure with vision or dental work, medical tourism (also called medical travel) is benefitting hundreds of thousands.
Travel For Care is an innovative Medical Travel start-up firm headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico, marketing Medical Solutions to American patients looking for elective and non-elective procedures. For more information, please visit www.travelforcare.com
Dr. Rodolfo Flores is one of Monterrey’s top plastic and cosmetic surgeons. He works in private practice and operates in fine hospitals like Clinica Vitro, Ginequito, Christus Muguerza, and Hospital San José.
Dr. Ilse Backhoff is one of the finest eye surgeons in Mexico. She’s part of the Centro de Oftalmología San José, founded by vision surgery pioneer Dr. Jesus Vidaurri. She specializes in both vision corrective surgeries as well as cataract removal and other complex procedures.
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