Medical Tourism

Thursday December 6, 2012

Medical Tourism:

Risks for B.C. transplant tourists

Vancouver nephrologist Dr. Jagbir Gill talks about patients with advanced kidney disease who travel overseas to buy a replacement organ on the black market at great risk to themselves - and the donors.

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Wednesday October 3, 2012

Medical Tourism:

CCSVI treatment

We hear a Courtenay woman tell of her experience with the experimental vein-widening procedure that will now be studied in Canada and then talk to her surgeon about what he has learned after performing hundreds of operations.

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Friday July 6, 2012

Medical Tourism:

Talk to your doc

Medical Tourism researcher, Rory Johnston, on the role of family physicians in patients' medical tourism decisions.

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• December 2012
  • Thu., 6 – Risks for B.C. transplant tourists
     
• October 2012
  • Wed., 3 – CCSVI treatment
     
• July 2012
  • Fri., 6 – Talk to your doc
     
• May 2012
  • Wed., 30 – Canadian MS sufferers reject registry
     
  • Mon., 28 – What makes Ryder ride, and MS surgery effectiveness
     
  • Thu., 24 – MS surgery warning
     
• March 2012
  • Tue., 13 – Medical tourism: private care and public risks
     
  • Tue., 13 – Why are Canadians seeking surgery abroad?
     
  • Tue., 13 – Medical heroin, nurses and medical tourism