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To: mishedlo who wrote (53329)	7/13/2006 7:41:54 AM
From: John Carragher	Respond to of 116555

medical tourism... don't we also have it working the other way. pregnant women who come to the states to bear their children to get them citizenship and return back home.

To: mishedlo who wrote (53329)	7/13/2006 8:14:51 AM
From: sciAticA errAticA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

re: Medical Tourism time.com bumrungrad.com Mish -- I keep an eye on Bumrungrad's "Special Promotions" -- one never knows when one might be tempted by an impulse excision...:-)

To: mishedlo who wrote (53329)	7/13/2006 10:05:35 AM
From: Bucky Katt	Respond to of 116555

RE: medical tourism, those prices are a bit high. My sister is currently in India on a yearly Yoga trip, and she recently had her teeth cleaned, with x-rays, cost was the eqiv of $8 and she also needed 2 old metal fillings removed and replaced, cost was $8 a piece, all done by a top drawer dentist.

To: mishedlo who wrote (53329)	7/13/2006 4:25:15 PM
From: Bucky Katt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

RE: Medical tourism, my sister in India informed me today of this cost/procedure update> "I got mammograms today for Rs 600 or around $13." What does this cost here in the US? And the following way it works in India> "Like every other medical experience I’ve had here, everything was very matter-of-fact. No robes, no waiting. You go in and take off your top and stand there in front of the machine called Bucky. They stick your can in the machine and flatten it between two pieces of glass like so much Playdough and tilt your head to the side and put your finger on the free breast and make you push it away. No lead vests, no radiation suits -- and one of the technicians wore the lightest blue silk sari possible. And like with yoga they do the right one first. This was my first mammo and it didn’t hurt as much as I thought (ie, nothing exploded). Afterwards they give you an analysis and your films; the images recall the surface of the moon. It's one souvenir I'm definitely taking home with me."