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We are accustomed to the fact that doctors should deal with our diseases. But can the patient or his family do something for himself? Yes maybe. Choose who, how and where will treat it.
Today, there is a constant increase in offers in the field of medical services abroad. In a situation where the decision on the choice of treatment must be made quickly, the patient does not have time for error. This is true when it comes to, for example, oncological diseases. And here, more than ever, the services of a company organizing medical treatment abroad will come in handy.
How do you find the best talent? How to understand which clinic will provide the best conditions for diagnosing and treating specific diseases without being a narrow medical specialist? With whom to consult in a situation when a diagnosis similar to a verdict has been made? Is it possible to get quality treatment in foreign clinics for a reasonable price? Director Elena Ryabusheva knows how to get answers to these questions with an adequate investment of time and money.
The company “Stupeni” has been organizing medical tours in foreign clinics for several years. Clinics in Germany and Israel have long established themselves as the best in the diagnosis of cancer treatment. The rest of the countries can provide either good conditions for subsequent rehabilitation and recovery (Austria, Switzerland, France), or non-traditional methods of treatment (China), or insufficiently effective and questionable methods of treatment (clinics in Southeast Asia), or effective, but very expensive and often simply unattainable help (US clinics).
You should not be afraid of difficulties in organizing treatment in a clinic abroad. Many foreign clinics open their offices in Russia, so often for a consultation it is enough just to come to Moscow, and not fly abroad.
Clinics in Germany and Israel show the best results in the treatment of oncology.
How to choose a clinic?
Despite a significant number of nuances, difficulties in finding and choosing a clinic and a specific specialist, all these difficulties are surmountable. Search for a clinic yourself or hire – only the patient decides. It is impossible to say in advance which option will be cheaper.
You can independently address these issues – if you have the Internet, this is quite possible, although you will have to take on everything.
An approximate self-search path looks like this:
1. Choose a clinic and your doctor. To do this, you can use the ratings of clinics available on the Web.
2. Write a letter to the head physician of the clinic asking for accommodation. The letter describes the medical case and asks for the approximate cost of treatment. You need to write in German or English.
3. If consent is received and the price is agreed, then a deposit is transferred to the clinic’s account. Then you need to send a letter to the secretary of the head physician with a request to make an invitation for a visa. Important: the answer must be received directly from the clinic professor himself, and not from the international department. International departments (international offices) of clinics are, in fact, the same intermediaries, and their services are not free.
4. Apply for a visa for treatment.
5. Agree with the secretary of the head physician the date of hospitalization.
6. It is necessary to translate all epicrises into the language of the host country.
7. You need to book a hotel and prepare an airport transfer.
8. Do not forget to find an interpreter in the host country.
There are several pitfalls along the way. A large percentage of clinics take a multiplying factor for the treatment of foreign patients, because this is associated with a large amount of administration. In addition, the head physician can increase the fee by registering the patient as his private patient. If you are not a regular client of the clinic and are traveling for the first time, then there can be no question of any discounts. In the end, the doctor to whom you wrote may simply not answer your letter, mistaking it for spam. In German clinics, prices are higher, but if less is spent than planned, the difference will be returned to you. In Israel, the starting amounts are much lower, because only the required minimum is calculated, everything else is paid “on the way”. Therefore, by the end of the treatment, the final scores will be comparable to those in Germany.
Turning to the , the patient will receive a quick solution to all the above issues and completely transparent documentation. The cost of the mediator’s services is shown on a separate line and does not affect the cost of the treatment itself. All prepayments for diagnostics and treatment are transferred directly to the clinic’s bank account. Extensive work experience allows us to provide the patient with a reasonable choice of clinic, select the necessary specialists, and quickly organize a consultation of the best foreign specialists.
Before applying for treatment abroad, it makes sense to check the diagnosis. This can be done by contacting the best European doctors without leaving the country.
We recommend our clients to use second opinion – second medical opinion. For this, there is no need to travel to a foreign clinic. All necessary analyzes and examinations can be done in Russia. Based on the survey data, the specialist makes a conclusion. The physical presence of the patient is not always required in such cases. If necessary, the specialist can contact the patient via Skype. The cost of a remote medical opinion on the basis of a consultation is only 350 to 750 euros.
Often there is no complete confidence in the need for surgery, in the choice of a course of treatment. It is in such a situation that the second opinion will help to navigate. What is especially important is that you do not need to leave the country or fly, which is not always possible in an organism weakened by a disease. The conclusion will be ready in a short time. At the same time, you do not have to limit yourself to the opinion of one doctor, since the second medical opinion is given based on the results of a consultation of the best doctors in Germany. 80% of doctors providing this service are professors.
More than 30% of diagnoses are erroneous, in 65% of cases correction of treatment is needed.
will allow you to answer the questions:
· Is the primary diagnosis accurate?
· Is it possible to replace surgery with drug therapy?
· Are there any alternative treatment options other than those originally suggested?
· How complete and high-quality was the survey?
Modern telemedicine has made world-class medical services available to everyone.
Based on the opinion of the best European specialists, it becomes much easier to choose the clinic and doctors that are right for this particular patient.