Costa Rica is not just a favorite destination for ecotourism. Due to its remarkable health care system, Costa Rica is attracting a great number of medical tourists as well. Costa Rica is mainly a popular destination for cosmetic and dental surgeries. However, Costa Rican surgeons are also gaining their ground in complex organ transplants and heart surgeries.
One major reason for this boom in medical tourism in Costa Rica is the fine reputation of its doctors. Doctors in Costa Rica are well trained and are certified by a national medical association before they can practice their profession.
Since it's relatively near United States, many Costa Rican doctors get their training abroad, and are usually certified by the American Medical Board. This means you get almost the same healthcare in Costa Rica as in the US. You can also check or verify the qualifications of the doctors in Costa Rica by contacting the Costa Rican Medical Board.
During the last decade, the medical tourism industry in Costa Rica flourished particularly in the field of plastic surgery. Aside from its first-rate doctors, the success in health tourism is also attributed to the low costs of medical treatments and procedures being offered in Costa Rica.
To cite an example, a cosmetic surgery is easy to afford since the total cost of a medical vacation in Costa Rica including airfare, accommodations and a few days of touring the place or sightseeing is still a lot cheaper than the cost of the procedure alone in the United States. Plastic surgeries in Costa Rica cost a third or even a fourth of what they cost in the United States. These treatments are affordable yet patients still get their desired results and are very satisfied with the whole medical vacation. A face lift in Costa Rica reportedly costs around $3, 000 while the price of the same procedure in the States could be anywhere from $7,000 to $15,000.
Statistics in Costa Rica indicate that over a million Americans go in medical vacations every year, and thousands prefer Costa Rica's modern hospitals, private clinics, and certified doctors who are usually bilingual. International hospitals in Costa Rica are being manned by certified surgeons who are all bilingual to best serve the needs of medical tourists.
Costa Rica is different from other medical tourism destinations that offer all inclusive programs for the surgery and the vacation after the surgery. Costa Rica offers something different and exciting. It has a range of dedicated facilities for recuperation with the comforts of a first class hotel and with the presence of doctors and nurses you trust to take care of you and monitor your recovery and progress.
As a medical tourist you have a choice whether to stay in a recuperation facility or in another place. Costa Rica is indeed a lovely place to rest and relax. There is always the beach as well as the spas for your relaxation after your treatment.
