Nope, I've read one too many stories in trashy mags about botched up O/S cosmetic surgery. Then again, one of my friends moved to Bangkok last year with a nasty gynie problem that Australian Drs had done nothing for. Her first visit to her Thai gynecologist he gave her a going over with the dildo cam, found the issue and had admitted her to hospital and fixed up within the week.
Soooo, I guess that if a serious medical problem arose while I was overseas I would be comfortable with Drs in a quality hospital treating it but I doubt that the Drs offering cut price cosmetic surgery and the Drs working in the good hospitals are of the same standard.
I think it's alarming that people feel that the "have" to go o/s to afford dental work though.... This girlfriends DD just couldn't afford it in Aust but in Thailand it was a done deal... I am just a bit shocked...
Our dental system is pretty horrible - it's kind of sad that people's dental work has become a mark of their economic state. The lamest thing is that the wait is so long that people lose teeth that could have been fixed if they had seen a dentist when they first tried to make an appointment.
This thread is reminding me that I'm long overdue for a visit to the dentist - I hate going.
Having had cosmetic surgery myself, there's no way I'd get anything done overseas.
So do the plane fares, accomodation, surgery and hospital stay all cost less than just the surgery in Aus or is it just the surgery?
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