http://medicaltravelsite.com/blog/2006/08/17/gastric-banding-at-yanhee-hospital/ Medical tourism in Thailand Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:22:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 http://medicaltravelsite.com/blog/2006/08/17/gastric-banding-at-yanhee-hospital/#comment-1273 Mon, 14 May 2007 13:02:48 +0000 http://medicaltravelsite.com/blog/2006/08/17/gastric-banding-at-yanhee-hospital/#comment-1273 [...] The UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is considering proposals to offer free stomach surgery for obese teens. The rationale is that it will reduce costs in the long term due to health issues arising from obesity such as diabetes and heart disease. That’s good, because at around 8,000 pounds the cost of the surgery is substantial. Of course they could consider off-shoring it since the cost of gastric banding surgery at Yanhee Hospital is about half that. [...] […] The UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is considering proposals to offer free stomach surgery for obese teens. The rationale is that it will reduce costs in the long term due to health issues arising from obesity such as diabetes and heart disease. That’s good, because at around 8,000 pounds the cost of the surgery is substantial. Of course they could consider off-shoring it since the cost of gastric banding surgery at Yanhee Hospital is about half that. […]

]]>