'Medical tourists' tell tales of woe
China Daily | Updated: 2008-03-21 07:25
Almost a fifth of "medical tourists" have suffered problems after traveling abroad for treatment, according to consumer group Which?
A growing number of Britons are choosing to travel abroad for surgery, attracted by big cost savings, but 18 percent of them concede the experience was problematic.
They included a tummy tuck patient who ended up with septicaemia and a liposuction patient whose stomach wound up "leaking cellulite".
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