What is medical tourism?
Medical tourism, also known as health tourism or hospital tourism, consists of a patient traveling to another country to receive medical care.
In the Caribbean basin, many people do not benefit from a sufficient health system on their island of residence to manage certain diseases. Thus, in order to be taken care of, medical tourism remains the only way for these patients to get quality care.
If you live on a Caribbean island and are considering medical tourism to get treatment abroad, Martinique and Guadeloupe are ideal destinations. Located nearby, they allow you to benefit from the excellence of French medicine for a cost that is generally lower than in the United States. Discover in this article all the useful information for your medical trip.
Why leave for treatment?
Different reasons can lead a patient located in the Caribbean basin to make a medical trip to Martinique or Guadeloupe to benefit from medical care:
- a long waiting list in the clinics and hospitals on the island in which it is located,
- difficulties in receiving care at home,
- a condition that requires specific medical care, available only in a clinic or specific hospital.
Medical tourism in Martinique and Guadeloupe
Pediatrics, orthopedics, gastroenterology, neurology, urology, ophthalmology, cardiology, oncology, gynecology…
Many pathologies can be treated and cared for in Martinique and Guadeloupe, notably in the university hospitals of Martinique and Guadeloupe, but also in the Albert Clarac hospital of Martinique or in the various private clinics located on these two islands.
The advantages of being treated in Martinique and Guadeloupe
As a French territory, Martinique and Guadeloupe offer all the advantages and provide you with the excellence of the French health care system with highly qualified specialists.
Taking a medical trip to Martinique or Guadeloupe allows patients to benefit from quality health care , equivalent to medical care that can be found in Europe.
The Cyclotron is the next flagship of the University Hospital of Martinique
Do you know the Cyclotron? This latest generation device is a major diagnostic tool that will soon be available in the West Indies, at theUniversity Hospital of Martinique. This is a major step for this health establishment and its patients as it will be the first French hospital to be equipped with this device of which there are only 3 units in the world (Tokyo, Zurich, United States) with this degree of technology.
The Cyclotron is a high-performance medical tool that produces a large quantity of energy that gives rise to radioactive products that are then combined with glucose in the laboratory to produce radiopharmaceutical tracers.
During the examination, this tracer will be injected into the patient intravenously and can be detected by another radiodiagnostic device such as the PET Scanner or the PET-Irm, which allows us to obtain very high quality images and therefore a very precise, reliable and ultra-fast diagnosis for many pathologies.
In addition to its usefulness in oncology, the cyclotron also makes it possible to respond to other medical indications, notably in gynecology with the detection of endometriosis, or in the context of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
Medical concierge in Martinique
Why use a medical concierge to plan your medical trip?
Organizing a trip and a medical stay with or without your family requires a lot of preparation. Medical appointments, transportation and accommodation arrangements. This is even more complicated when you want to go on a medical tourism trip to a foreign language country. This is particularly the case in Martinique or Guadeloupe, for the inhabitants of the Caribbean islands neighboring Martinique and Guadeloupe.
Although the cost of care is lower than in the United States, the language barrier can be a real obstacle. Between the numerous medical procedures to be completed and the organization of the medical trip itself, the patient can quickly become overwhelmed.
Using a medical concierge service such as West Indies Assistance allows you to be accompanied by qualified professionals and to be serene before, during and after the intervention and the medical stay.
Being accompanied by a medical concierge also gives patients the opportunity to benefit from a list of medical partners (hospitals, clinics, laboratories and research centers…). This is not negligible!
We take care of everything for the travel and stay of the patient and his relatives!
How can a medical concierge help you plan your medical trip?
Transport and medical logistics
A large part of organizing your medical trip involves transportation.
Depending on your state of health, the medical concierge will determine for you the most suitable means of transportation: commercial flight with medical escort, air ambulance, bed-to-bed transportation…
And that’s not all, the medical concierge also takes care of travel between your various appointments.
Focus on your health and care, we manage the rest!
Housing
When you use a medical concierge, you also benefit from housing partners who are very helpful in making your stay run smoothly.
It is, in fact, very comfortable for you or your family to be able to stay near the hospital or clinic where you are being treated.
Based on your needs and expectations, Medical Concierge selects and books the most suitable accommodation for your medical trip.
Did this article answer your questions about medical tourism in Martinique and Guadeloupe?
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If you live on a Caribbean island and are considering medical tourism to get treatment abroad, Martinique and Guadeloupe are ideal destinations. Located nearby, they allow you to benefit from the excellence of French medicine for a cost that is generally lower than in the United States. Discover in this article all the useful information for your medical trip.
