Healthbase.com, a Boston-based medical tourism facilitator, has successfully assisted William Nilsson, an uninsured American patient seek knee replacement surgery in India. Healthbase connects uninsured, underinsured and even insured patients to leading medical facilities overseas, arranging first-class treatment for them at major internationally-accredited hospitals in India, Thailand, Singapore and Mexico, and expanding to Costa Rica, Panama, Argentina, Brazil, Belgium, Turkey and Malaysia.



William Nilsson of Southern Utah had not paid much attention to the knee injuries he sustained during football games in high-school some 50 years ago. But when he tore his knee ligaments last year while playing golf, he, like 45 million uninsured Americans, didn’t know how he could pay for a knee replacement surgery. He saw the light of hope with Healthbase that helped him find low cost but high quality treatment in India, ensuring that he could play golf again.

Owing to the rising costs of healthcare in the United States, patients these days are traveling abroad for surgeries in various categories like orthopedics, cardiac, cosmetic, and dental among others. The cost of surgical care at overseas hospitals is typically a fraction of that found in the U.S., with equal or superior outcomes. William’s knee replacement surgery, for example, which would have cost him over $30,000 in the US, cost him only $6,500 in India. Even with travel expenses taken into account, the comprehensive treatment packages that patients can get measure in savings of thousands of dollars.

The quality of care delivered abroad is at par with that in America. Overseas hospitals that are JCI/JCAHO accredited maintain best practice standards of care. William quotes, “The doctors who treated me were very professional. They would visit our room many times a day. The quality of care I received on a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being the least, I would rate them as a 10."

After his successful surgery and recovery in India, William Nilsson returned home to the US in mid-April. He recalls his wonderful experience with Healthbase throughout the process of his treatment. In his own words, “I was very impressed with all the help I received and the clarity with which my questions were answered [by Healthbase]."

Healthbase.com makes treatment abroad accessible to more patients than ever before.

About Healthbase Online Inc.:

Healthbase is a one-stop source for global medical choices, connecting patients to leading hospitals around the world, through a secure, easy to use, information-rich web portal. Healthbase offers over 200 procedures and helps patients seek top quality healthcare in various categories such as bariatric, orthopedic, cardiac, spinal, dental, cosmetic, laparoscopic, etc. Healthbase’s partner hospitals are located in India, Singapore, Thailand and Mexico, and are expanding to Costa Rica, Panama, Argentina, Brazil, Belgium, Malaysia and Turkey. To ensure that patients receive the best care possible, Healthbase works only with hospitals that have international accreditations like JCI, JCAHO and ISO. To learn more, call 1-888-691-4584, email info.hb @ healthbase.com or visit http://www.healthbase.com.

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