Weight Loss Surgery

Bariatric surgery, or weight loss surgery, is a type of procedure performed on people who are obese, for the purpose of losing weight. This weight loss is usually achieved by reducing the size of the stomach with an implanted medical device (gastric banding) or through removal of a portion of the stomach (sleeve gastrectomy or biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch) or by resecting and re-routing the small intestines to a small stomach pouch (gastric bypass surgery).

This group covers the news, stories of Weight Loss Surgery.

Using TourNCare

TourNCare has lot of capabilities, this group is created to explain these capabilities to growing TourNCare community.  Following are some of the capabilities of TourNCare.

• You can a write a blog about your medical tour on TourNCare.
• You can add video of your health tour.  You can embed the same video in the blog.
• You can post all the pictures on TourNCare.
• You can attach your twitter account to TourNCare account.
• Medical Tourism Companies or Hospitals can do all the above.

Only requirement to use all these capabilities is to become a member of this community at no charge. 

You can do all the features listed below just by being here

• Search for a hospital in the most popular medical tourism destinations.
• Search for a medical tourism company to facilitate your medical tour.
• Read the latest happenings in medical tourism industry.

Are you a medical tourism facilitator and looking for an additional channel to be more visible?   TourNCare now has a feature for you to add your company details to our database.

We at TourNCare want to serve you and be useful for medical tourism community, we would love to hear from you, please send your suggestions/questions to feedback@tourncare.com

Orthopedic Surgeries away from home

More and more people from developed countries are traveling to countries like India, Thailand, Singapore, Costarica, Mexico for getting treatment for their Orthopedic needs. 

There is a huge cost benefit especially for those who do not have any health insurance.  More and more main stream insurance companies based in U.S.A are offering medical tourism as an option, some of these companies even waive the deductibles for these procedures, if the treatment is provided by a hospital which has an agreement with insurance company.

This group is intended for those patients who either traveled to other countries for getting Orthopedic surgeries such as Joint replacement surgery, knee replacement surgery, hip replacement surgery etc.  or for those patients considering medical tourism option.

Dental Tourism a part of Medical Tourism

Many people are getting minor and major dental procedures done abroad or considering one especially when they are on vacation.

There were lot of news items that tourists visiting India were utilizing India's public health system for their dental needs.

This group is intended for the people who are considering dental procedure when they are on vacation to one of the medical tourism destinations or considering dental tourism.

Root canal treatment & crowns, complete dentures, cosmetic fillings, laminats are some of the procedures which are suitable for dental tourism.

TourNCare will be publishing the articles from experts in this field on this topic soon.

If you want to share your experiences, thoughts regarding this topic, please become a member of TourNCare.com and create a topic in this group.

Alternative medicine choices abroad

Please become a member and share your experiences.

Heart Surgery elsewhere, things to consider

Lately many countries like India, Thailand, Singapore have become famous destinations for medical tourists from simple procedures to complex surgeries like heart surgeries.

Did you or any one that you know have travelled to a different country for heart surgery?  Please become a member and use this group to share your experience, it will be very beneficial for some one who is considering.

You may

• Create a topic explaining your experiences both as a patient and as a visitor.
• Post a video with your experiences.

Cosmetic Surgeries abroad, to go or not to go

Many people are getting minor and major Cosmetic Surgeries done abroad or considering one.

This group is intended for the people who are considering cosmetic surgery abroad or who already got treated abroad.

If you want to share your experiences, thoughts regarding this topic, please become a member of TourNCare.com and create a topic in this group.

Medical Tourism - General Discussion

This group contains the topics which cover broader details of Medical Tourism. 

Please become a member and share your experiences.

Suggested topics for this group are

• Reasons for Medical Tourism
• Your Medical Tourism Experiences.
• Your thoughts about the Medical Facility Visited.
• Your vacation experiences and suggestion for others visiting the country/city you visited.