Save $2,500 on Eye Surgery in Panama
Date: 11/23/2007Friday, Nov. 23, 2007
Read more about Panama in International Living Postcards--your daily escape
I’m not a young man, but I didn’t think I was old enough to have cataracts. However, the verdict of my eye exam was clear…much clearer than my eyesight, in fact. Looking through my natural lenses was like looking through cheesecloth.
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Save thousands of dollars with surgery in Panama
Date: 10/03/2007
"Americans are in the midst of a global shift in healthcare service: in a few short years, big government investments, corporate partnerships, and increased media attention have spawned a new industry-medical tourism-bringing with it a host of encouraging new choices, ranging from dental care and cosmetic surgery to some of the most costly procedures, such as hip replacement and heart surgery." Josef Woodman in his 2007 book, Patients Beyond Borders
Bangkok, Singapore, and India host tens of thousands of medical tourists each year. Their patients come mostly from Europe but, more and more, from the
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Date: 03/14/2006When a friend visiting from Florida came down with a bad case of flu, the first thing I did was ask an Ecuadorian acquaintance to recommend a doctor. Three hours later we were in the doctor's waiting room in Cuenca, and 15 minutes after that my sick friend was ushered into the office by the doctor himself (few doctors in Ecuador have their own nurses).
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