Have you considered going overseas for private hospital treatment?
Health tourism has attracted a great deal of attention in the UK Media and national press. If you are considering going abroad for a knee replacement then you may find these articles on medical tourism of interest.
- The Independent “The international health service plan to give British patients the right to treatment abroad” (7septembre 2006)
- The Sunday Times “NHS patients make beeline for Belgium” (6 august 2006)
- The Guardian “Patients could be reimbursed for surgery abroad” (16 may 2006)
- Daily Mail: “NHS patients can reclaim private costs” (16 may 2006)
Are you well informed concerning coming to Belgium for your operation?
At the knee-institute we promise to make the process easier for you:
- We provide all-inclusive packages which we fully explain at the pre-assessment
- We will collect you at Brussels or Antwerp airport and bring you to the hospital
- You will meet the team the first day of your admission to the hospital
- Relatives or friends accompanying you will be brought to their hotel. They will be briefed and receive a tourism guide of Ghent.
Other advantages:
- No waiting, after the assessment in London, the booking of your airline ticket, hospital and hotelroom will take no more than two weeks.
- No language problems.
- High medical professional standard with more than a thousand joint replacement operations a year in the AZ Jan Palfijn Hospital.
