Belgium is one of the premium tourist spots for medical procedures and many people travel across Europe and beyond for this service, they have now become specialized in this field.
So why has Belgium become such a popular destination in Europe?
Huge cost savings: In the UK for example, you may have to pay a whopping 9,000 – 12,000 for the gastric lap band, whereas the same procedure in Belgium will cost around 4,000. Surprisingly with this savings the quality of the gastric banding surgery is not less.
The quality of the surgery in Belgium is very affordable and yet still of a high quality. Laparoscopy is one of Belgiums specialities in their medical tourism. Gastric bypass or gastric lap band is typically done by Laparoscopy which means less time in hospital and patients have greater choice.
Belgian hospitals have a very high standard of hygiene standards and always uses the latest technology. Recently, The World Markets Research Centre put Belgium on top of a list of 175 countries on ratings done for medical purposes, one of the ratings being secondary infection or Staph rates. Belgiums secondary infection rate was found to be on an average less than 0.5% compared with 10% in the UK.
The doctors in Belgium have a very high standard as they are trained for 7 years after which they become doctors and their specialists are trained for12years.
Follow-up feature: Quite often patients are scared off by this part when it comes to overseas treatment. However, as with Belgium, many doctors do offer follow-up checks through their network in the UK and Ireland.
No need to wait for the surgery: As UK is famous for its waiting on the NHS. In Belgium, you set the date for the surgery, after initial tests are done, surgery is next.
Waiting is nearly zero, gone are the days of waiting months like UK, now you can choice your date and next stop is your surgery.
The location is ideal as they are central to many countries in the EU, Most countries have contact with Belgium by train, plane and auto mobile.
Belgians climate is ideal for people from the UK, as they basically have the same weather with nice summers and cold winters. Language is not much an issue they speak Dutch, German and French and most will speak English too.
