Medical Tourism: Canadian jumps long NHS waitlist to get new hip in India

Published 4 months ago

Mike, from Ontario, Canada, needed a Birmingham hip resurfacing procedure but would have to wait for a year or two years because of the long NHS waitlist prevalent in his country. Then he learnt about the affordable zero-wait option of surgery... more

Mike, from Ontario, Canada, needed a Birmingham hip resurfacing procedure but would have to wait for a year or two years because of the long NHS waitlist prevalent in his country. Then he learnt about the affordable zero-wait option of surgery overseas through Healthbase (http://www.healthbase.com), Boston-based medical travel facilitator, and was fortunate enough to treat his deteriorating condition on time. In this video he talks about his surgeon Dr. Vijay Bose and the medical care he received at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, India. Log on to http://www.healthbase.com, call 1-888-MY1-HLTH or email info.hb@healthbase.com for more information. less

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