What seems to be missing from the article is that the vast majority of “medical tourists” are traveling for cosmetic surgery.
Fly to exotic local, get your face lift/lipo/boobs and recooperate in the pampered luxury of our resort. Fly home refreshed and remade, a new you.
Didn’t some pro-athlete lose his mother from cosmetic surgery she had in Brazil, or something like that? I can’t quite remember the story.
I’ve already dealt with several complications from discount breast augmentation in Mexico. When it goes bad, they wander into the ER and we are left holding the bag. None of the local surgeons wants to get involved at that point.