Press release for Medical Tourism Company on bilateral knee replacement

Ms ABC was used to a full and active life, until the pain in her knees began to slow her down some years ago. By profession a teacher at the Enugu Campus of the University of Nigeria, Ms ABC holds masters degrees in science, rural sociology, and medical sociology.

She pulled on by sheer mental strength, but the arthritic pain soon got to a point where she could not walk anymore, let alone pursuing her passions of working on women’s isues and HIV/AIDS education.

It was then that she decided that she must focus on finding a solution for her problem. Hence Ms ABC, author and contributor to many professional journals and publications, took a sabbatical from the University and went over to her daughter’s place in Atlanta, US.

But there was a problem with getting the knee replacement done in the US: the inhibitive cost. Ms ABC is not insured and there was no way she could afford to pay $47,000 for one knee and $94,000 for both knees.

Hence, she turned to medical tourism. “I looked up ‘knee replacement in India’ on the internet and that’s when I came across ***Company. At that stage, I had still not made up my mind though. But the quick responses and extremely professional facilitation from ***Company helped me discuss the matter with my family members and arrive at a collective decision.”

***Company was with Ms ABC through each stage of the trip: from planning for the trip, getting the visas, arranging the surgery, and safe return home. “All questions that I had were answered. And even before I went there, I got to see the resume of the doctor who would treat me, Dr Sanjay Pai, and was very impressed. He had 18 years of experience in his field. That was very reassuring,” Ms ABC says.

The detailed information she received about the quality of medical care in India in general and knee replacement in particular combined with the fact that she could get the procedure done for an unbelievably low $14,000 for both knees helped her make up her mind. It also helped that ***Company got her a discount of $500 on her air tickets.

The Corporation arranged for her to get the bilateral knee replacement done at a world-class hospital in India,  affiliated to Harvard Medical in the USA. “It was very fulfilling to get the treatment in that hospital. The quality of medical care was extremely high. The nurses were mostly very young people and showed good training. A lot of them have been trained by mission hospitals and showed high ethical values. Their seniors, who were supervising them, were very experienced.”

“The medical team was simply superb. The anesthetists were good, too. And Dr Pai was an astounding team leader,” she adds.

Ms ABC got back to the US 10 days ago and is now recuperating. Soon, she hopes, she will be able to walk again and get back to doing the things she loves. “I used to go for long walks with my husband and friends and haven’t been able to do that for some time now. So, I look forward to all that.”

“I am very impressed with the highly professional way in which ***Company helped me. ***Company kept calling me from the US, asking how I was doing and if there was anything I wanted. I think that was very, very fulfilling.”