Thousands of people travel around the world every year to exotic places; places with nice beaches to relaxed adventure and visit many historical tourist spots. Consider yourself having your medical surgery or other medical procedure done at a fraction of the cost of what you would have to spend in the US, and at the same time take advantage to travel to popular destinations around the world. The total price for the overseas treatment with the airfare, accommodations, and few days for relaxing time or vacationing on is far less than the procedure alone would will cost in the United States. In the US, more than 45 million are uninsured and the number continues to grow. For them who lack adequate insurance and seeking other necessary medical procedures, medical tourism can be the only option. Others are going for procedures not covered by their insurances such as cosmetic surgery or infertility treatments. Medical tourism is also sometimes referred to as Medical Travel, Medical Outsourcing, Health Travel, Health Tourism, Medical Vacation and Doc Holiday. It is increasingly becoming popular here in the United States and North America to travel abroad in search of low cost, world-class medical treatment. The patients does not have to exhaust all their life savings instead spend lot less and have a peace of mind. Medical tourism gives the global tourist the opportunity to get the best quality of medical surgery, cosmetic plastic surgery and dental surgery at lower cost. Cost is the prime reason for people seeking medial destinations; some people go overseas for immediate availability of procedures and sometimes the unavailability of certain procedures.

The countries that offer discounted medical procedures and the best known for international medical tourism includes India, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Brazil and Argentina. These countries are famous for international medical tourism destinations because of high quality medical expertise and the worlds best travel spots. Combining the two a medical tourist can have their procedure done and a vacation it at the same time make a great medical vacation.

Medical tourism is not a new concept. The history of medical tourism goes back a thousand years when Greek pilgrims traveled from all over the Mediterranean to a small territory called Epidauria which was the sanctuary of the healing god Asklepios and Epidauria became the original travel destination for medical tourism.

Significant Savings:
Procedures performed globally will save enormous amount of money. Quite a few numbers of people are struggling to find ways to meet their essentially needed healthcare in this region. For any surgery cost are so high and waiting time is so long that must needed surgeries are delayed and the outcome can becomes very painful. People have to exhaust up their life savings, retirement fund and sell houses or properties for these kinds of procedures and not mention indulge themselves into huge amount of debts. Uninsured and underinsured population mainly who live in this region pays a huge price with their health and wealth. For older generations with limited or no resources much needed healthcare becomes impossible. Medical visit opens up a new horizon for quality healthcare for uninsured, healthcare for underinsured and healthcare for people with restricted health insurance on time.

Medical procedures can be performed for as little as one –tenth the cost of what would normally are charged in the United States. The cost savings come from the economics of healthcare system in the United States where major cost driver is the bureaucratic system. As a medical tourist on another country, you eliminate the bureaucratic system and you can save your money. Your dollars are actually going to the hospitals that are taking care of your procedures directly. Lower cost does not mean lower quality. You are saving money by eliminating the high administrative, labor and insurance cost. For an example a heart valve operation might require $100,000 for you to pay in U.S whereas in a country like India it will be around $10,000. Lower labor cost and other administrative costs considerably help to drive the cost down and save you money. Factoring in the airfare, suitable hotel accommodations, and of course an opportunity for a peaceful relaxation, warm hospitality of countries that has rich historic background of welcoming visitors to their countries is truly worth considering.

World Class Medical Facilities:
These countries offer world-class healthcare using the same technology by competent specialists with similar or sometimes more success rate that costs substantially less than U.S and other developed countries. You will be provided the best of the region for the healthcare need. We will carefully selected medical institutions for you, which consistently meets the U.S standards. You will find surgeons and doctors who are well trained, well educated, nurses who works with the latest technologies and techniques to deliver best in class services to patients. The infrastructure in these countries is in equal competence with the best healthcare establishment in developed countries and United States. Our featured hospitals are JCI/JCAHO and ISO accredited and affiliated with the top American institutes. Realizing the importance of these particular affiliations and certifications major medical institutions are also in the process of obtaining them. Some of the medical institutions have world class medical amenities and services and sometimes exceeds any western institutions.

Experienced Medical Team:
We have selected internationally renowned hospitals in the countries that we offer services from, and they recognize the quality of healthcare you expect. The surgeons and doctors are all board certified by U.S or by western region. They are highly trained according to western standards. It is now a known fact that medical tourism is booming in these leading countries because of that and it is their own interest to have the best to keep up with the standard. Some institutions are internationally known medical and research centers specialized in particular treatments and we constantly review and monitor though our agents in that country to provide you the best. You will also be able to correspond with your possible assigned physician. They will be doing their absolute best to make sure that you have a wonderful experience.

Coordinated assistance through the entire process by experienced staff:
It is your health and you deserve the right to make an educated decision. Lower cost does not mean lower quality. Our partnering hospitals and their staff and our team members are well qualified and experienced in their respective fields. Most of our partnering hospitals are JCI-accredited hospitals. Also keep in mind these hospitals have surgeons and physicians who are U.S. trained. Further please also keep in mind that many physicians who currently practice medicine here in the U.S. got their training in another country. In the same note many U.S. hospitals are currently outsourcing medical procedures such as creating radiology reports to a different country. Our partnering hospitals are mostly accredited with top quality international medical care.

Saying all this, we here at WorldWide Medcare are committed to stay with you throughout the entire process of your medical journey.

From the moment we receive your call, we will ask briefly a few questions to familiarize ourselves with your medical needs. Then we will send you a few forms for you to and your local physician to complete and send it back to us. Depending on your medical needs we will ask you to choose a hospital from our recommendations. Then we will coordinate to have your medical records send over to your destination hospital. We will then make the necessary arrangements for your medical trip.

Complete confidentiality:
All your medical records, correspondence will be kept in complete confidential. Without your consent none of your medical reports will be realized. We will request copies of your medical documents which will be required for your treatment and send to the doctors and surgeons who will do the treatment. These matters are taken very seriously at Worldwide MedCare when handling your paper work and medical transcripts.

Regarding Your Safety:
The ever increasing popularity of medical tourism in United States, Canada, Middle East and Europe has forced these host countries to seriously consider the significance of raising the standard and improve the medical facilities. They have obtained all the necessary certifications and accreditation to the meet the western standard. For making it safe for foreign patient visitors the government has also intervened so that the highest standard is maintained by these medical facilities. They have recognized the importance of making the overall experience more comfortable, enjoyable and worth while. As a result thousand of patients from United States and other countries are taking this advantage of overseas medical healthcare opportunity and more are considering to have their medical needs taken care of into these countries. Considering your safety which is one of the most important issues we are committed to provide with all the necessary information. These countries have been hosting foreign visitors for decades and very friendly to the visitors. Regardless whether English is well spoken or not spoken in these destination countries you will be provided with our affiliated host country program managers to guide you and stay with you all along to assist you. They will be always at your disposal. Upon arrival to the destination country local program managers will receive you and assist you during the course. We have partnered with world class medical institutions where you will find western trained medical professions, and a team of friendly staff. These institutions are highly regarded for their reputations and have been constantly meeting the international medical standards.