Medical Tourism in Costa Rica, Canada and Cuba

Medical tourism is very popular throughout the world.healthcare locations attract medical tourists to come
The choices of healthcare destinations vary fromhere for healthcare services. The doctors are well
patient to patient because a patient has to considertrained, experienced and have latest knowledge of
many things while choosing a destination. But somediseases and their treatments.
destination places are so much popular due to theCuba
quality of healthcare services, lower costs, availabilityCuba is one of the oldest healthcare destinations in the
of competent and experienced doctors and pleasantworld. The doctors, hospitals and technologies used in
environment that most of the medical tourists go theirhealthcare treatments are well reputed in the world.
for healthcare treatments. The healthcare facilities inHealthcare centers of Cuba are near beaches so
US and UK are good but very costly so inhabitant ofmostly patients choose it a healthcare destination.
these countries also try to find those places which arePatients from Europe and Latin America travel to
equal in quality but charge lower prices. Mostly peopleCuba to receive high quality medical service at lower
travel to these healthcare places for plastic surgeries,prices. The hospitals and doctors of Cuba are popular
cosmetic surgeries, and dentistry, cardiac andfor cancer treatment, addictions rehabilitation, eye
orthopedic surgeries. Some common good healthcaresurgery, joint replacement and cosmetic surgery. Costs
places include Canada, Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil,of treatments in Cuba are 60 to 80 percent less than
Cuba, Germany and Philippines etc. The doctors usethe costs of treatments in US. There are many well
latest technologies and techniques in the hospitals toequipped hospitals in Cuba not only for local residents
cure medical tourists.but for foreigners too. A documentary film "Sicko"
Canadaincreased the interest of foreigners in the healthcare
Canada is one of the best medical tourism destinationsservices of Cuba. The government of Cuba has also
which provide quality health care services at lowertaken some steps to attract medical tourists from all
prices. In countries like US and UK patients have toover the world to Cuba to increase income. The
wait for some kinds of procedures but in Canada theyresidents of UK, Bahamas, Canada, , Mexico, Jamaica,
receive immediate treatment. The most of the medicalthe Dominican Republic and US can travel to Cuba for
tourists travel Canada belong to America; they receivehealthcare purposes on a tourist visa. Due to the trade
excellent healthcare services at cheap prices. Medicalpolicy of America toward Cuba patients need
tourists can save up to 30 to 60 percent in Canada asapproval from the government of US so they visit
compare to America. The hospitals of Canada areCuba as private matter. Some hospitals of Cuba are
equipped with latest machinery and its beautifulworldly known for the quality of its services.