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    Three-quarters of GPs report seeing patients with surgical-tourism complications
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    Three-quarters of GPs report seeing patients with surgical-tourism complications

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    2. Krabsandwich on

      And now they know why it was cheaper in Turkey, saw a piece about a lad that went to Turkey for veneers to all his front teeth. The lasted 3 months then some fell off and others had to be removed because of infection left him with a right mess.

      Probably better to wait for it here or if not on the NHS like veneers save up a bit more will serve you better in the long run.

    3. FlaviousTiberius on

      Funny considering someone on this very sub told me that we should get rid of the NHS and adopt a low regulation style of healthcare like in the third world to make it cheaper and that this would be better.

    4. Electricbell20 on

      It seems many people don’t understand that surgery carries a lot of risks and generally the idea is that the risks of undertaking the surgery is less than the issue at hand.

    5. 930913 on

      Each GP has what, 10,000 patients registered to them these days? So for 40,000 patients across 4 GPs, 3 of those GPs will have a surgical-tourist that went wrong.

      3 people in 40,000 or 0.0075%. This doesn’t sound like the story the headline is trying to make it out to be.

    6. ElectricNinja1 on

      They would be better off just matching the price of Turkey or wherever so people get the procedure here where they can get better care and not have to pay so much to fix complications.

    7. Ridgeld on

      “Gastric bypass and other bariatric surgery were most commonly seen”. I bet these obese people would have had issues anyway. And now that the fatjabs are easily and cheaply accessible the numbers of these surgeries will drop anyway.

    8. Cumulus-Crafts on

      I get immunotherapy infusions every six weeks to treat my Crohn’s disease.

      Before they start the infusion, they have to ask me if I’ve had a cough/cold/flu, if I’ve been around anyone with any infections, if I’ve been doing anything that puts me at risk of getting an infection… In the last six months, the nurses have also had to start asking me “Have you been out of the country to have a cosmetic procedure, such as Turkey teeth or a BBL?”.

      I thought they were just joking around with me. No, they have to ask that question alongside the other ones now because international cosmetic surgery has such a high chance of people developing infections and complications from it.

    9. wabalabadub94 on

      Yep I’m a GP seen this a handful of times. Patients will also have these random procedures done abroad privately and then expect the GP to carry out the aftercare (monitoring bloods etc) which we receive no funding for. Boils my piss.

    10. Rough_Champion7852 on

      Government should set up the ATOL of medical tourism. You go to a clinic not registered with the NHS for quality and governance, you are not covered for complications.

      You go to registered clinic, you are covered.

      Registered clinics pay for their registration with the idea being the system is cost neutral for the NHS.