Tips for medical tourists
Planning your medical treatment
Research your treatment options: Make sure you understand your medical situation, diagnosis, and required treatment. Talk with your doctor about your personal situation and planning the treatment.
Talk to someone you know who has undergone the tratment abroad about their experiences.
Choose the right companion : Someone you trust, fun person, physically and mentally capable of helping you, organized – you need someone who can help you plan and execute your journey successfully to make sure you’re getting the most out of your trip while you’re wise on money & time spending.
Take time to find the right doctor. To help you build your trust ask for credential, experience, success rates, education degree, past patients’ testimonials, consultation fees and means of communication. Get precise explanations about the methods and materials used.
Get to know your hospital or clinic and check the accreditation, insurance policy, success rate and number of surgeries.
Once you’ve established a relationship or a scheduled consultation, the chosen doctor will probably ask you for assistive medical information so make sure you have prepared:
Post procedure recuperation planning
Try to book your trip in advance to make sure you get a good fair and you don’t get put on the waiting list and go through the risk of not being able to make it on time
Things you should not forget:
Make sure you take photocopies of your passport, visa and other documentation and keep them separate to your hand luggage and leave details of where you are going with someone at home.
Don't forget the tourism!
Plan your holiday based on the kind of treatment you are traveling for. In case it is something that will restrict your movements indulge in a holiday before the surgery and leave for home after a couple of days. Else you can enjoy a trip afterwards and go home feeling refreshed. Also take your doctor's advice before you make a decision. Take advantage of all the beautiful sights Croatia has to offer !
Research your treatment options: Make sure you understand your medical situation, diagnosis, and required treatment. Talk with your doctor about your personal situation and planning the treatment.
Talk to someone you know who has undergone the tratment abroad about their experiences.
Choose the right companion : Someone you trust, fun person, physically and mentally capable of helping you, organized – you need someone who can help you plan and execute your journey successfully to make sure you’re getting the most out of your trip while you’re wise on money & time spending.
Take time to find the right doctor. To help you build your trust ask for credential, experience, success rates, education degree, past patients’ testimonials, consultation fees and means of communication. Get precise explanations about the methods and materials used.
Get to know your hospital or clinic and check the accreditation, insurance policy, success rate and number of surgeries.
Once you’ve established a relationship or a scheduled consultation, the chosen doctor will probably ask you for assistive medical information so make sure you have prepared:
- - Your doctors’ reports and recommendations
- - X-Ray
- - Lab Test results
Post procedure recuperation planning
- - You should give yourself sometime to recover, to be on the safe side, plan a few more days that what the doctor recommended, just in case a complication happens
- - Get the detailed information on post procedure care
- - how many appointments you will need
- - how long you will stay at the medical facility
- - how long is the post procedure recuperation period
- - how much the whole medical treatment will cost
- - all the dates (appointments, procedures, checkups, etc…)
Planning your trip
Once you’ve scheduled your appointments, book your travel (air, hotel, transportation)Try to book your trip in advance to make sure you get a good fair and you don’t get put on the waiting list and go through the risk of not being able to make it on time
Things you should not forget:
- - Passport - check the validity of your passport
- - ATM cards, credit cards, insurance card if applicable
- - Medical history file
- - Enough cash
- - Contact information from the hospital/doctor and accomodation
- - Travel document (reservations confirmation)
- - Prescriptions
- - Visa if required – please check if you need a visa for Croatia
Make sure you take photocopies of your passport, visa and other documentation and keep them separate to your hand luggage and leave details of where you are going with someone at home.
Don't forget the tourism!
Plan your holiday based on the kind of treatment you are traveling for. In case it is something that will restrict your movements indulge in a holiday before the surgery and leave for home after a couple of days. Else you can enjoy a trip afterwards and go home feeling refreshed. Also take your doctor's advice before you make a decision. Take advantage of all the beautiful sights Croatia has to offer !