Anna B Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Following on from another thread, I was wondering if anyone has had any experience of travelling abroad for hospital treatment, surgery etc, or knows of anyone who has? It would be helpful if you could share your experiences, both good and bad, as treatment here sometimes means a long wait or is extremely expensive, and there must be a lot of people contemplating it if it wasn't such a scarey prospect. How do you find the information about how well qualified a foreign surgeon is? Did you cope with the language? What about the risks of airplane travel after surgery? Aftercare, follow up treatment, risks, any sort of information really would be helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 All the doctors over here are foreign and they seem perfectly competant, I don't see why doctors in another country would be any different. Unless you end up in Africa being probed by the local medicine man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppins Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 My husband had an Indian woman doctor in the US when his own doctor was away, he reported her to Medicare because of the fee she charged him for a ten minute consultation, even though it was of no cost to us, we haven't seen her since, hopefully they shipped her back off to India. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vague_Boy Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 All the doctors over here are foreign and they seem perfectly competant, I don't see why doctors in another country would be any different. Speed of treatment and survival rates for things like cancer are much higher though. UK cancer survival rates 'the worst in the Western world' Doctors in the UK have admitted that some private clinics abroad do have better clinics and some do contain more up to date technology for treatment. The recovery will depend entirely on the clinic and treatment, the advancement of the disease and how early it has been detected. Germany Germany has a long tradition of cancer clinics and hospitality. Treatments in other countries have been cited to have originated in Germany, which has an exceptionally affordable price that doesn’t impede the quality of the treatment received. Germany has been regarded as one of the top countries for providing cancer treatment due to its revolutionary procedures, alternative treatments and gold mine of resources. Treatments that are not permitted in other countries are available in Germany, provided by highly trained specialists who consider all kinds of treatment and alternative routes. For anyone opting for cancer treatment abroad Germany is one of the top countries to consider as its success rate is covered widely by the media through articles, blogs and news stories online. France Survival rates in France for cancer are higher than the UK due to new medicine available that can’t be found in the UK. France tends to spend more of its money on healthcare than the UK and does not ration expensive treatments. There are no worries of delaying treatment as France has more radiotherapy machines, a greater number of linear accelerators and faster access to more doctors. Although not avid in providing alternative treatments to cancer patients who have been unsuccessful in the past like Germany, France has the highest success rate in Europe. LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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