Medical Travel, also known as Medical Tourism, is not only helping tens of thousands to get a fresher new look with affordable plastic surgery abroad, but it also keeps growing into services that were never before thought possible. A specific area which is often overlooked is cancer care. Although going overseas for plastic surgery or weight loss procedures can help you save around 50%, the pricing differential in non-elective procedures such as tumor removal surgeries or radiotherapy is even greater.
As an emerging medical travel destination, the city of Monterrey, Mexico everyday offers more interesting healthcare specialties at its four JCI-accredited hospitals with an army of US-trained doctors. Such is also the case of cancer care. Not only have the top oncologists teamed together to form cancer-specialized centers, but also the equipment they manage is increasingly sophisticated. Heather Wicklow, Manager at Travel for Care, a local medical travel firm states “We are giving great focus to the market for non-elective procedures since our top-notch providers are extremely competitive not only in price but in quality and sophistication.”
A good example is how Travel For Care has assembled a specialized team of oncologists and neurosurgeons that are able to treat not only patients needing conventional radiotherapy, but most importantly brain tumors with stereotaxic radiosurgery. Headed by Dr. Cuauhtémoc De La Peña, based out of Hospital San Jose TEC (JCI-accredited) and equipped with a SIEMENS 10MeV Linear Accelerator with Brainlab planning systems, the team is ready for foreign patients that arrive and are thoroughly tested on day 1, get surgery on day 2, and leave on day 3. All costing around $17,000 while back home in the US it would go for over $40,000. A city so far known for business and manufacturing is on track to become a medical travel hub serving thousands of uninsured and under-insured Americans.
Hospital San José TEC de Monterrey is one of Monterrey’s best regarded healthcare institutions, accredited by the Joint Commission International, and part of the Monterrey TEC, Mexico’s largest private education system. For more information, please visit www.hsj.com.mx
Travel For Care is an innovative Medical Travel start-up firm headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico, marketing Medical Solutions to American patients looking for elective and non-elective procedures. For more information, please visit www.travelforcare.com