Sun, sea and surgeons. Andrew Woolnough explores the growing trend of medical tourism as more people combine holidays with an opportunity to receive high quality health treatment abroad
There was a day when many UK residents would have quickly rejected the idea of going abroad to get medical treatment. The thought of receiving care in a hospital or clinic close to home provided a feeling of security at a time of dependency and doubt. But that is no longer the case. As hospital waiting lists remain lengthy in many parts of the UK, costs of individual treatments are soaring and superbugs are stronger than the drugs created to stop them. The thought of gaining treatment at a hospital close to home is not quite so comforting after all. The average person is voting with the...
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