Wellness Visit is heavily investing in getting best education material for its tourists/ patients. This effort is to ensure that our tourists/ patients have some resources available at Wellness Visit, for understanding the healthcare problems. And by this we emphasize the need to create more awareness in facilitating better education in healthcare topics.
The topics on Health/ Patient Education complement the role of health education you are receiving from your health care providers. Your providers should always be your primary resource for health education. Information at Wellness Visit for Health Education should not be construed as personal medical advice. All medical decisions are made by doctors/ hospitals related to patient. Wellness visit just provides a bridge of communication between related fields of expertise.
The topic presented are for information only and are not intended to be suitable for medical advice. Any decision/s made regarding your health shall be made after consulting the qualified doctor in the field of that specialty. Thanks
Total Hip Replacement
Orthopedic procedure, to replace diseased hip with implants to restore function to hip joint...
Total Knee Replacement
Procedure to replace damaged and painful areas of knee joint to replace with implan...
Angioplasty (PTCA)
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Opens up blocked heart arteries. Performed through one or two arteries in groin, wrist of arm...
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
Also know as open heart surgery, to bypass a severely blocked heart vessel with a healthy one...
Breast Augmentation
Breast enlargement, natural-feeling implant material is placed in chest to increase breast size...
Facelift
Cosmetic or plastic surgery procedure to decrease wrinkling and sagging of facial skin...
Cataract Removal
Also called phaco-emulsification, restores vision by removal of opaque or diseased lens ...
Gama Knife
Neurosurgical procedure uses beams of radiation to treat tumors or lesions deep inside the brain...
Stereotactic Biopsy
Neurosurgical procedure to take small sample of tissue from the brain through a hole in the skull...
I understand that these education modules include general information and not specific medical advice. Shows graphics and pictures that have been simplified for better understanding. If I have any questions, I will check with my doctor or healthcare provider.
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Cyber Knife
CYBER KNIFE , radiosurgery is a non invasive treatment that delivers high doses of radiation to destroy Arterio Venous Malformations (AVMs) of the brain, used to treat tumor inside the brain ...
Hip Replacement Surgery
Severe arthritis or injury can cause pain and difficulty in movement at hip joints. Hip replacement is to replace the ball on the femur and socket on pelvis to improve function of hip joint...
Facelifts
A safe plastic surgery procedure, done under local or general anesthesia. The goal is to improve the look of the cheeks, jaw area and neck, by lifting the skin tissue in these areas...
Gastric Banding
Through small incisions in abdomen, under general anesthesia. Using a scope, special band is put around the stomach. Weight is lost because of small stomach causing the patient to eat less...
Knee Replacement
Knee replacement is recommended by doctors for patients of arthritis when it become very painful and results in decreased functionality of the knee joint..
Lasik
A safe procedure to improves vision and decrease or eliminates the need for eye glasses or contact lenses. Lasik allows doctor to correct a wide range of vision problems, using laser beam....
Liposuction
Cosmetic surgical procedure to remove the fat deposits form under the skin in order to shape the body. Under general anesthesia, the fat is removed using a medical device that looks like a pen and is hollow inside...
Open Heart Surgery
Open heart or bypass surgery is a procedure in which chest is opened and heart is exposed and coronary arteries at the surface of the heart are bypassed with arteries from leg or interior chest wall...
TURP
A procedure to relieve symptoms of enlarged prostate (BPH) done, under general, epidural or spinal anesthesia , to enlarge the passage of urinary tube to improve the flow of urine...
Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy
A common and safe procedure done under general anesthesia, to remove the tonsils and possibly adenoids. Can help to prevent frequent sore throats and help decrease the middle ear infection...
Medical Tourism Articles
- Medical Tourism, a very old concept dating back to thousands of years
more... - Obesity is a major international problem among the heaviest people in the world.
more... - Wellness Program is to establish a work environment that promotes healthy lifestyles, decreases the risk of disease, and enhances the quality of life.
more... - Each patient's wellness visit and recovery is important to us.
more... - Medical Tourism, also known as Global Health, is one of the fastest growing industries in Global Healthcare to seek out affordable and high quality medical care.
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Medical Tourism News
- 08 Nov 2008
Health and medical tourism will boost growth: Datuk Liow Tiong Lai,
Minister of Health
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Number of Egyptian tourists rise by almost 50%
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