The Great 'Medical Tourism' Hunt

mandy_44

HOLLY wrote: »

My dental nightmare in Budapest was to lose all my top teeth. Caused through a one piece bridge of 14 teeth attached at one end to a fixed implant. To be brief the bridge snapped off taking with it several teeth still stuck in the cement. The rest damaged beyond repair. My British dentist said it was fitted in correctly with gaps between gum and tooth . The main reason was the fitting of the bridge to a rigid implant. Hence had all my top teeth removed now have a denture .The Dental agent Vital Europe now also called i believe Vitalpoint chose a Dentist called Profident for my treatment. I have had no apology or compensation from Vital Europe or Profident under their guarantee, because i would not go back to Profident under any circumstances. I have been so depressed and traumatised that as yet i have not tried to claim against them, but i will however long it takes. They also have a surgery here now so maybe it will be easier.
I would be greatful to anyone who has any advice on compensation. My apoogies if this message has been read before but i could not find it on this thread.

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I am going through a similar scenario with BHMS, once they have your money they don't care about the aftercare. People be warned, if you go to Hungary and the aftercare is in the UK, you still can not lodge a complaint in the UK you have to lodge it in Hungary. Even if the complaint is about your aftercare.:eek: You can only complain about the Hungarian company in this country if they did the treatment over here. Which I think is really lame. After all aftercare sometimes does consist of treatment in the UK. You have to really decide to take a risk it is down to you, you will be on your own:money:

mandy_44

keefyp wrote: »

I agree with you on this Mandy. The medical tourism ratings and reviews site at http://reviews.treatmentabroad.com is moderated by two external professional moderators - dubious reviews are rejected, and IP addresses and email addresses of reviewers are checked for "vested interests". However, the best recommendation is from someone who has been to the hospital/clinic/doctor for the same treatment that you are considering. Any reputable medical tourism provider will be happy to put you in touch with someone.

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Oh yes, the above website is NOT the place to go for unbiased reviews. It is totally misleading and I dread to think how many people fall for this:eek::eek:

BitterAndTwisted

Reading this thread has broken my heart about the disastrous treatment some of the posters have described and you do have my sympathy for what it's worth. i.e. not terribly much, I expect.

When I was on holiday in Goa a long time ago I saw a dentist recommended to me by people who had undergone treatment there. She was utterly charming, discussed with me the hygiene practices at the clinic and gave me some very, very interesting information about previous treatment I had received in the in the UK in the past which my own dentist at the time had not shared with me, if he was aware of it or even cared. She said that there were options open to me about what I had considered having done (crowns) but in her opinion it was not necessary or advisable as there was nothing wrong with the actual health of my teeth and that doing the work would entail a risk but it was up to me whether I wanted to proceed. I chose not to and was very grateful for her honesty. She gave me a quick scale and polish and charged me the sterling equivalent of about £3 I think.

I now see a private dentist in Central London who I consulted based on a personal recommendation, who is not inexpensive, but he has always advised me of my treatment options, the cost of them and the possible long-term outcome. I feel he has always been absolutely candid with me. He has also talked me out of having certain rather expensive treatments because he advised that they weren't strictly necessary so he didn't really want to carry them out, and about the risk involved with messing about with perfectly healthy teeth. I was considering having some amalgam fillings replaced at the time and then he sent me off to the hygienist, whose services I was in dire need of. I trust this fella implicitly and would be happy to recommend him to anyone who would care to pm me.

Toothsmith

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

I now see a private dentist in Central London who I consulted based on a personal recommendation, who is not inexpensive, but he has always advised me of my treatment options, the cost of them and the possible long-term outcome. I feel he has always been absolutely candid with me. He has also talked me out of having certain rather expensive treatments because he advised that they weren't strictly necessary so he didn't really want to carry them out, and about the risk involved with messing about with perfectly healthy teeth. I was considering having some amalgam fillings replaced at the time and then he sent me off to the hygienist, whose services I was in dire need of. I trust this fella implicitly and would be happy to recommend him to anyone who would care to pm me.

That's exactly as it should be.

rebeccamclellan

Hello everyone, my mother was suffering from a heart problem. Last year i took her to Bangalore in India for treatment, a friend of mine had told me about it. They were really good, the doctors over there explained me about the problem my mother was facing and the remedy for it. I was told that they will have to conduct a surgery for her to recover and they did perform it successfully and my mother is doing good now i.e, after the surgery :j
If anyone want any information regarding this, the hospital name is Narayana Hrudayalaya. The most important thing is even for such a complicated treatment I was not charged much compared to Uk. :j

So now my mama is fit and fine and happy that we did not spend much on her treatment yipeeee :T

Toothsmith

rebeccamclellan wrote: »

The most important thing is even for such a complicated treatment I was not charged much compared to Uk.

It was cheaper than free???????

Did they pay her to attend??

Anyone else smell Spam & curry here??

rebeccamclellan

Toothsmith wrote: »

It was cheaper than free???????

Did they pay her to attend??

Anyone else smell Spam & curry here??

I am sorry for replying so late...........

Can I please know wat do you mean by wen u say, "Did they pay her to attend??"

Toothsmith

rebeccamclellan wrote: »

I am sorry for replying so late...........

Can I please know wat do you mean by wen u say, "Did they pay her to attend??"

If you need a proceedure in the UK, it's free. We have an NHS system. Unless, of course it was some sort of 'cosmetic' heart problem.

If it costs you less than free, then it would seem someone must be paying you to attend????

lindaprkr

Toothsmith wrote: »

If you need a proceedure in the UK, it's free. We have an NHS system. Unless, of course it was some sort of 'cosmetic' heart problem.

If it costs you less than free, then it would seem someone must be paying you to attend????

Hi Toothsmith,
Do you mean to say that it will be free if i want any complicated surgery done is it???
Advance thank u for the reply

Toothsmith

Do you live in this country?