Traveling abroad for medical treatment or for plastic and weight loss surgery procedures is a common
phenomenon these days. However, many people have apprehensions and doubts before
they sign up for the surgery or embark on their journey for treatment abroad.
And when traveling means
visiting a developing country like India, people, especially from Western
countries have lots of doubts in their mind about the safety, quality of care, results
and so on.
Medical Tourism to India
Statistics show that an increasing number of people from
Western countries like UK, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand are coming to
India for their medical treatments- both elective surgeries (cosmetic, weight
loss and dental) and non-elective procedures such as joint replacement,
cochlear implants, heart surgery and cancer treatment.
Medical Tourism industry in India was worth $ 3 billion in the
year 2015 and is expected to reach at $8 billion by 2020. India has now become
the second most popular medical tourism destination in the world.
It is not only because the cost is much less, the healthcare
facilities are at par with the Western countries and the doctors more skilled
and services more personalized.
Read More- Why Medical Tourism to India
Famous Briton Underwent Gastric Bypass surgery in India
Mariam
(name changed) is the CEO of a renowned communications company based in UK.
With lots of problems surrounding her personal and professional life, she
always felt a failure to be unable to manage a lot of things because of being
overweight and a host of health problems because of her weight. Her sleep
apnea, joint pains and fibromyalgia were getting worse because of her weight
and she was struggling to keep her business alive in the recession times
because of not being able to concentrate on her work.
Because she didn’t want to spend a lot on her surgery during the times when the company was already going through a crisis, she started looking for affordable bariatric surgery overseas.
She was well aware about the skill of
Indian doctors and that the healthcare facilities in India were good; so India
was one of the options she thought was worth considering.
However, there were many options closer
home as well- in Europe where the flights were cheaper, visa was not required
and distance was not much.
Having worked as a registered nurse in
NHS, she knew what kind of facility and surgeon she was looking for. Thus, on
close comparison between the quality of services, surgery cost and skill and experience
of the doctors between India and Europe; she found India to offer better value
than its European counterparts.
Since she was travelling
alone, she wanted to make sure that she would be well taken care of before,
during and after the surgery. Since India was a foreign country to her, she
wanted someone professional and reliable to organize her trip.
She chose IndiCure after a series of emails and phone calls were
made. She later confessed that she wanted to “appear” difficult to make sure IndiCure
was capable enough.
She underwent gastric bypass surgery in India with
IndiCure and lost about 50 kgs in around one year and 2 months of the surgery.
She has been quite happy and satisfied with results and is looking forward to
reaching the ideal weight.
Gastric Bypass Surgery
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Gastric bypass or Roux-en-Y
gastric bypass is a type of weight loss surgery that works by making the
stomach smaller and the digestive system shorter. The surgery makes the stomach
smaller in size, which reduces the amount of food that stomach can accept,
thereby reducing the food intake. The food bypasses a section of the small
intestine resulting in lesser calories absorption by the body resulting in
weight loss.
An article in the British
tabloid where she confirmed that she underwent gastric bypass surgery in
India and was happy with the way things underwent has created new hopes in
the mind of Britons who were waiting to undergo the surgery because they could
not afford it in their own country but were apprehensive about travelling to
India for it.
“The article has worked favorably
for us. The number of people inquiring about bariatric surgery from UK has
increased tremendously”, says IndiCure spokesperson.
Weight Loss Surgery in India
While a gastric bypass
surgery in UK costs around 15,000 pounds, the cost of gastric bypass in India even with the best and most renowned bariatric surgeons is around 4,500 pounds. If you add the
airfare and the hotel expenses, the total cost comes to about 5500 pounds,
which is almost a third of getting the gastric bypass surgery in UK.
Though UK media is quick to
add the stories of botched up surgeries overseas, it is rare that successful
stories of surgery abroad get published, which can help people make an informed
decision.
Media and local lobbies
create a lot of noise when there is even a single case of complication after
surgery abroad. However, there are many more cases of complications after
surgery done locally and those generally go unnoticed.
“We have seen that our patients
coming from overseas experience better results and lesser chances of complications
than when they undergo the surgery in their home country. This is because we
are very careful in selecting the right patient for the surgery and very
careful in choosing the surgeon who would perform the surgery. We have a panel
of Board certified surgeons with more than 20 years of experience and excellent
track record”, says Dr Ruchika from IndiCure.
However, one must always be
cautious in choosing the right provider for your surgery in India. Board
certified surgeon, accredited facility and a professional and reliable medical
tourism company who can take care of all ancillary things so that you can
concentrate on your surgery and recovery are a must for a successful trip
overseas.
IndiCure is the most
renowned name for providing quality surgery in India at affordable prices. With
hundreds of happy clients from across the world, IndiCure understand your
requirements well.
For more information on
obesity surgery in India, write to us at info@indicure.com or call us
at +91 9320036777 or +1-877-270-2448 (US Toll Free) or talk to us at Skype@IndiCure