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A team of researchers has found that British people travelling abroad for medical treatment are often unaware of the potential health and financial consequences they could face.
The researchers say this can, in some cases, have catastrophic effects for individual patients.
At least 63,000 UK residents travel abroad for medical treatment each year. However, the study led by the University of York, and involving the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Royal Holloway University, the University of Birmingham and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, concludes that many people are embarking on medical tourism without understanding the risks involved.
http://www.minsterfm.com/news/local/1202139/york-scientists-issue-health-tourism-warning/
The researchers say this can, in some cases, have catastrophic effects for individual patients.
At least 63,000 UK residents travel abroad for medical treatment each year. However, the study led by the University of York, and involving the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Royal Holloway University, the University of Birmingham and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, concludes that many people are embarking on medical tourism without understanding the risks involved.
http://www.minsterfm.com/news/local/1202139/york-scientists-issue-health-tourism-warning/