Medical Tourism and Healthbase Help Canadian Bid Goodbye to her Chronic Back Pain
Released on: October 2, 2007, 9:04 pm
Press Release Author: Mumtaz Pachisa
Industry: Healthcare
Press Release Summary: When Canadian neurosurgeons refused to do
spine surgery on Jill Misangyi, her life was given back to her by
Healthbase and Indian
specialist doctors.
Press Release Body: When Canadian neurosurgeons refused to do spine
surgery on Jill Misangyi, her life was given back to her by Healthbase
and Indian
specialist doctors.
48-year old Jill Misangyi of Ontario, Canada bypassed the never-ending
wait lists in her country to get a spine surgery abroad through
Healthbase, a Boston-based medical tourism provider, to relieve
herself of her 16-year old back pain. She is back at her job as
a registered nurse just 5 weeks after her spinal decompression surgery
overseas. She shares memories of her life changing experience at
the Indian
hospital.
“It was a wonderful experience. I\'ve got my life back. The medical
team – the doctors, the nurses and everybody right down to the housekeeping
staff, is just wonderful. They make you feel very warm,” says Jill
of her surgical
team in India.
Unhappy with the medicare system and the long waitlist in Canada,
Jill says, “I had many MRIs over the past 2 years and they [the
medicare] always said it wasn\'t bad enough to operate on. It got
to the point where it was so bad that my pain medication had increased
so much that it was affecting my work life.” Many private neurosurgeons
whom she consulted would also not do the surgery on her. “They thought
I was drug-dependent and too high a risk for them,” adds Jill.
Unable to endure the pain anymore, she contacted Healthbase who
arranged her surgery at a world-class
hospital in India. She received a spinal decompression surgery
with fusion and instrumentation last July. It cost her less than
$12,000 for the surgery, round-trip air tickets for her and her
companion, hospital stay, hotel stay, and other related expenses.
The same spinal procedure in Canada is estimated at $40,000 just
for the surgery.
According to Jill, “There are a lot of people in Canada suffering
with back pain and it’s very hard to get surgery there. Waiting
lists just to see specialists are 6 months to a couple of years,
and another couple of years before or if they will do the surgery
on you.” She advocates
medical tourism and says, “I would most definitely recommend
it highly to anybody.”
About Healthbase Online Inc.:
Healthbase, a Boston-based
medical tourism facilitator, is a one-stop source for global
medical choices, connecting patients to leading hospitals around
the world, through a secure, easy to use and information-rich web
portal. Healthbase offers over 200 medical, dental, cosmetic and
surgical procedures and helps patients seek top quality healthcare
in various categories such as bariatric, orthopedic, cardiac, spinal,
dental, cosmetic, laparoscopic, etc. Healthbase’s partner facilities
are located in India, Singapore, Thailand, Mexico, Panama and Turkey,
and are expanding to Costa Rica, Argentina, Brazil, Belgium and
Malaysia. To ensure that patients receive the best care possible,
Healthbase works mainly with hospitals that have international accreditations
like JCI, JCAHO and ISO. To learn more, call 1-888-691-4584, email
info.hb@healthbase.com or visit http://www.healthbase.com.
Web Site: http://www.healthbase.com
Contact Details: Contact:
Mumtaz Pachisa
Healthbase Media Relations
Healthbase Online Inc.
Healthcare Beyond Boundaries™
287 Auburn Street
Newton, MA 02466, USA
Phone: 1-888-MY1-HLTH
Phone: 1-888-691-4584 (Toll Free)
Phone: 1-617-418-3436 (International)
Fax: 1-800-986-9230
Email: media.hb@healthbase.com
Website: http://www.healthbase.com
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