10-Year Wait for Weight-Loss Surgery Causes Canadians to Flock Mexico For Surgery

by ron on October 15, 2011

Canada

There are 1,800 referrals for weight-loss surgery, which is plaguing the system in Nova Scotia, Canada. Many individuals face a 10 year wait to undergo weight-loss surgery. Some of patients on the list are in dire need to lose weight, while others may not be ready. Yet, with a wait this long, many people are feeling to need to lose weight quickly.

No more than ever, Canadians are fed up with the wait and are choosing to undergo the surgery without the help from the state.  However, people rarely have the $20,000 to $30,000 lying around to have the surgery in Canada. Yet, there are other options to undergo bariatric surgery – and one that is gaining increaed plublicity is Medical Tourism.

Medical tourism is when patients seeking medical treatments travel to another country to undergo some sort of medical treatment primarily to save money. Happening worldwide, this phenomena is being lead by Canada, United States, Germany, India, Mexico and China.

Mexico is especially noteworthy because of its close proximity to the United States and North America’s demand for low-cost bariatric surgeries. Today thousands of Americans are traveling to Mexico to undergo bariatric surgery.

This new urge of Canadians flocking to Mexico to bypass the long waits have bariatric surgeons like Dr. Ramos Kelly swapped with patients. Dr. Ramos Kelly, is a bariatric surgeon exclusively with aLighterMe and practices in Tijuana, Mexico. Convenient for patients looking for a quick excursion back to the United States. With over 6,000 bariatric surgeries under his belt, Dr. Ramos is considered one of the leaders in Mexico bariatric surgeries.

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