Special Report: Medical tourism

Need surgery, will travel
When Anne Grant needed surgery on a painful arthritic hip, she didn't go to a hospital in Rhode Island. She didn't even go to Boston. Instead she packed her bags for India.

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Checklist: Things to consider when getting health care overseas

--- Video: Watch a clip of Grant's surgeon, Dr. Vijay Bose, performing hip replacement surgery / Warning: Images are graphic

Blog: Anne Grant chronicles her trip / photos by Phil West

Invoice: Read Grant's itemized bill from Apollo Specialty Hospital


Hip resurfacing: Many U.S. doctors say 'wait and see'
South County Orthopedics'
Dr. Robert Marchand is the only doctor in Rhode Island who performs hip resurfacing.

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Graphic: Compare hip resurfacing and hip replacement

--- Gallery: Dr. Robert Marchand performs hip resurfacing surgery / Warning: Some images are graphic

Related links

medtripinfo.com, a new Web site for people considering medical travel, features discussion forums, research tools, news briefs, and commentary. David Williams, CEO, comments on this story.

A book on medical tourism: www.patientsbeyondborders
.com

Anne Grant’s blog about her trip to India: maudandme.blogspot.com

More on hip resurfacing:

South County Hospital: www.schospital.com/
orthopedics/
orthopedics_hip.cfm

The maker of the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing System: www.hipresurfacing.com

A listserv of people who have had hip resurfacing or are thinking about it: surfacehippy
@yahoogroups.com

The Joint Replacement Institute, Los Angeles: www.jri-oh.com/jri_techniques.php

A patient’s guide: www.eorthopod.com/public/
patient_education/6638/
hip_resurfacing
_arthroplasty.html

Some health travel agents:

www.indushealth.com

www.medretreat.com

www.planethospital.com

www.tajmedical.com

www.globalsurgical
solutions.com

www.meditours.org

www.malaysia
healthcare.com

www.gchcare.com
(Global Choice Health Care)

Some international hospitals in Asia:

The Apollo Hospitals Group, based in India: www.apollohospitals.com

Bumrungrad International Hospital, in Bangkok, Thailand: www.bumrungrad.com/
Overseas-Medical-Care/
Bumrungrad-International.aspx

The Parkway Holdings hospital group, based in Singapore: www.parkway.com.sg