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Re: More Americans are traveling abroad for surgery.why not offshore?From: ainsron (ainsron@sbcglobal.net)Tue Aug 14 15:38:48 2007
Italy provides free care to all comers? Ronald E. Ainsworth, MD, FACOG -----Original Message----- From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of emilio porro Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 1:34 PM To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L Subject: More Americans are traveling abroad for surgery.why not offshore? _____ why nobody one of my U.S. collegues had never tought to a ship with foreign flag (for example Panama)and operating theathre floating in international seawater near for example to Florida or Texas or California where he can do surgery at low price for patient avoiding nightmare for insurance rules and U.S states laws for medicolegal problems.? He can go and come back quickly from there with a little ship or helicopter. Yours faithfully Emilio Porro M.D. Como -Italy http://www.sanbonaventura.com P.S.Here in Italy we have a lot of people coming from Africa,East Europe (Moldavia ,Romania,Polonia,Albania) and other countries (example China)who are cured and operated completely free of charge.They pay nothing! You wrote More Americans are traveling abroad for surgery. M"any Americans are still heading overseas for bargains on elective cosmetic procedures and other surgical care they could not afford otherwise." Some "are also seeking experimental therapy unavailable in the U.S., such as last-ditch stem-cell-infusion therapy for myocardial ischemia. They may also be trying to jump to the head of the line for an organ transplant." Estimates place the number of these medical tourists at 150,000 each year, but some experts argue that such figures are highly inflated. In any case, many of these tourists are influenced by the cost of procedures abroad. For instance, a patient who needed surgery to repair a leaking mitral valve was told the entire procedure would cost over $200,000, but he traveled to India where his costs totaled $10,000, including airfare. More and more patients are traveling to countries like Mexico, Thailand Argentina, Brazil and others for various procedures. While some receive care equivalent to U.S. standards, many return home with infections, surgical complications, and require immediate hospitalization, sometimes with lengthy stays. _____ Make every IM count. Download Windows Live Messenger and join the i'm Initiative now. It's free. Make <http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=TAGWL_June07> it count!
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