| What happens if you decide to have a plastic | | | | International. In the United States if a hospital has |
| surgery in another country? For one thing, the | | | | JCI accreditation, it is considered to be one of the |
| procedure will cost you less and it will get done | | | | top hospitals of the nation. A hospital overseas |
| quickly because these facilities do not believe in | | | | with a JCI accredited to it will be first class |
| having a waiting list. However, how will you | | | | hospital offering care and procedures at par with |
| determine whether the facility is safe? How will | | | | US hospitals. |
| you find out whether the doctors have the | | | | If JCI accreditation is not available in that country, |
| proper credentials to perform a plastic surgery? | | | | there are other accrediting agencies like the |
| There is no doubt that when we go abroad for a | | | | International Organization for Standardization, |
| medical procedure, a process known as medical | | | | popularly known as ISO. An ISO accredited facility |
| tourism, we want the hospital to be clean, use the | | | | will have good management practices, consistency |
| latest state-of-the-art technology and have | | | | and efficiency. Similarly, in Hong Kong, hospitals |
| qualified and expert medical professionals. | | | | and healthcare facilities receive TRENT |
| However, living in a completely different country | | | | accreditation, and in Canada it is known as |
| makes this assessment very difficult. Although | | | | Canadian Council on Health Services Regulation or |
| medical tourism is a cost effective way to get a | | | | CCHSA. |
| medical procedure done, we have to ask | | | | In order for medical tourism to be safe and |
| ourselves whether medical tourism is safe. | | | | pleasant experience, it is imperative that you |
| One way to ensure that the healthcare facility will | | | | conduct a research on the facility and the doctors. |
| give you the kind of care you would demand | | | | Both should be accredited and certified by a |
| from a hospital in your country is to look for JCI | | | | medical board. All this should be done before you |
| accreditation. JCI stands for Joint Commission | | | | book your trip. |