Globe and Mail: Sun, Sand and Surgery … Today
The Globe and Mail, the newspaper of record in Canada with a weekly circulation of something like two million, leads their travel section today with a big article on medical tourism. Dave McGinn does a nice job looking at the phenomenon from the Canadian perspective, and I’m not just saying so because he interviewed me and mentioned my book, Beauty from Afar (though that certainly doesn’t hurt him, here.)
“As the demand for prompt, affordable medical services grows, more and more countries are encouraging foreigners to visit and take advantage of their health-care systems – for a fee.”
That’s how McGinn’s editor sums up the situation.
Among the chief reasons I like what McGinn did is that he didn’t body-surf the tidal wave of publicity for Thailand and/or India and researched other up-and-coming destinations. McGinn looks at Cuba, which I’d like to know more about and is more of a destination for Canadians than for U.S. residents; and also covers Costa Rica, Portugal and Spain, South Korea and Taiwan.
It was just the other day that my dentists in Costa Rica were telling me that they are seeing more and more Canadian patients.
The Globe and Mail couldn’t resist the almost cliche headline of “Sun, sand and surgery,” though I am sure that is not Dave’s doing. Copy editors | page designers are in a hurry. Been there, done that as well.
(article link to Globe and Mail Story)
jss @ January 23, 2008
