Hip Resurfacing Surgery in India: WorldMed Assist Makes it Easy for California Medical Tourist
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If you had to choose between hip replacement near home for $50,000, or a less drastic cure, hip resurfacing, in India for $10,000 including all travel expenses, would your decision be as clear as Steve Berg's? Likely yes, once you learned your surgeon in India isfar more experienced in hip resurfacing than any of his counterparts in the US, and is UK board certified, and that the hospital is fully accredited. WorldMed Assist made it easy for Berg to travel abroad to India for orthopedic surgery. Pioneertown, CA. (PRWEB) April 23, 2008 -- Steve Berg's recent 15-day trip for hip resurfacing in India landed him a spot among the quickly growing ranks of American medical tourists. Just a few months earlier, he'd never imagined he'd need surgery, let alone that he'd fly halfway across the globe to get an operation he could neither afford at home nor find a qualified surgeon to perform. His trip saved him $50,000, including all medical and travel expenses. This was 1/6th the cost he was quoted in the U.S. Last October, Steve Berg went to his chiropractor for an alignment to alleviate hip pain that caused him to pop up to 16 ibuprofens a day. But x-rays soon confirmed the chiropractor's initial suspicion: Berg had severe arthritis which required surgery, not a chiropractic adjustment. An orthopedic surgeon confirmed the diagnosis a few days later, then hit him with further bad news: hip replacement would cost $60,000. He didn't have $60,000. As a self-employed vintage motorcycle restoration artist, Berg had opted seven years ago to forego insurance premiums, putting him among the 47 million uninsured Americans forced to gamble that they'll never need serious medical attention. He hit the internet, and learned there was an alternative to hip replacement, called hip resurfacing, that would provide him higher range of motion, shorter recovery time and the chance for future hip replacement should his arthritis cause further joint deterioration. But digging deeper, he learned it's simply impossible to find an experienced doctor in the U.S. because hip resurfacing was only recently (2006) approved by the FDA. Berg found that several countries overseas had been resurfacing hips for much longer and he began gravitating toward surgeons in India. "There's a pretty steep learning curve with this procedure, and I didn't want anyone in the U.S. practicing on me. When I realized what a high percentage of U.S. doctors came from India, I decided to go to the source!" Berg chuckled.
"First, I tried to arrange surgery in India by myself, but I got so tangled up with all the options and paperwork that I almost gave up. For three months, all I accomplished was getting my passport," Berg recalled. "Finally, I landed on WorldMedAssist.com and was impressed with the information they had about hip resurfacing. I e-mailed them, and they immediately called me back to talk about details. I was impressed with what they said and their follow-through. I told them to line up my options, and "let's push this through as fast as we can." With his medical travel destination already selected, WorldMed Assist presented Berg with a choice of two Indian hospitals. "I chose Wockhardt in Mumbai because a top surgeon there, Dr. Malhan, had done a large number of hip surgeries and he is UK board certified. WorldMed Assist forwarded all my records to Dr. Malhan, who assured me I was a good candidate for hip resurfacing." His confidence was further boosted when WorldMed Assist provided him additional background about Wockhardt. He learned they are a partner of Harvard Medical International, USA in establishing a chain of super specialty hospitals across India. On top of that, Wockhardt's Mumbai hospital is accredited by Joint Commission International (JCI) - the international arm of JCAHO which accredits hospitals in America. "All of this really gave me a lot of confidence," he said. "Three weeks from the time I first contacted WorldMed Assist, I was on a plane. My total bill was just over $10,000, including surgery, hotel, a two-week hospital stay, all my travel--and even some dental work I'd been putting off for 7 years." While recovering from surgery in a private suite complete with a visitor's couch, a computer, cable TV and his own deluxe bathroom, Berg met several other medical travelers. Some had made their own arrangements, as Berg had attempted to do; several others had used global healthcare facilitators like WorldMed Assist. "But no one had as clean an experience as I did," he said. "The biggest deal is having handlers at home to lead you through the entire overseas process. I told these other patients about WorldMed Assist's service--how they expedited my visa, made all my arrangements, and above all, how often they stayed in touch with me from beginning to end. They were all amazed at the level of service compared with their own experience." "Now, I'm home, and already back to work. The pain in my hip was gone a week after the operation. Before surgery, I could only stand for one hour and then I needed to lie on a hot pad for two hours…that makes for pretty slow progress restoring these motorcycles." About WorldMed Assist
Experts in medical tourism, WorldMed Assist's mission is to improve lives by helping patients receive high quality medical treatment abroad at affordable prices. WorldMed Assist coordinates and simplifies every aspect of care and travel. Orthopedic surgeries abroad such as hip resurfacing, hip replacement, and knee replacement are significantly less expensive than in the U.S., yet delivered with the same or higher quality care and results as set by U.S. standards. Waiting times are virtually eliminated, track records are proven, and facilities are state-of-the-art. For more information, go to http://www.worldmedassist.com. ###
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