Some folks in the UK that chose medical tourism ended up back at the NHS....BD
A growing number of Britons are choosing to travel abroad for surgery, attracted by big cost savings, but 18 per cent of them concede the experience was problematic.
More than a quarter said they did not receive the necessary follow-up care and 8 per cent were forced to turn to the National Health Service for emergency help when they got home.
"Unprepared patients may find themselves on NHS waiting lists for vital physiotherapy or seeing a doctor who's reluctant to follow up unknown work," said Stephen Cannon, an orthopaedic consultant and Which? expert.
Around 80,000 Britons were "medical tourists" in 2006 and that figure rose to an estimated 100,000 last year, according to the TreatmentAbroad.com Web site.
'Medical tourists' tell tales of woe - New Zealand's source for travel news on Stuff.co.nz
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