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August 19, 2007 - 5:37PM

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Steve Slaven is seen in his hospital room in New Delhi with one of the nurses who cared for him.

Steve Slaven had never been to India. But when it came down to his health and a lack of medical insurance, he didn't hesitate to seek medical help there.

The Foothills resident is one more uninsured patient who has used the benefits of medical tourism, the practice of going abroad for medical, dental and cosmetic treatment, with the opportunity to sightsee thrown in.

Through Healthbase, a company that connects patients to leading health care facilities around the world, Slaven got in contact with Escorts Hospital in New Delhi, where he underwent triple bypass surgery performed by then-hospital director Naresh Trehan, a man Slaven calls "India's best cardiologist."

"I just felt really positive about the thing, and maybe the main reason was I had no other option. I could stay here and die, or I could go to India and get fixed," Slaven said.
"By the time I decided to go, I knew that if I didn't do something pretty soon I was going to be in big trouble. So to me it was like a gift from heaven."

More at : http://www.yumasun.com/articles/patients_35989___article.html/medical_slaven.html

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